The Chronic Pelvic Pain Study:

Chronic pelvic pain can affect your qualify of life. Doctors at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite you to take part in a exploratory study to find what causes PELVIC PAIN related to ENDOMETRIOSIS.

• Tests how sex hormones, immune chemicals, stress hormones, and genes relate to how the nerve, muscle, and skeletal systems are involved with pelvic pain.
• Tests how the nerve, muscle and skeletal system relate to pelvic pain and endometriosis.
• Tests whether menses contain endometrial stem cells and how these are related to endometriosis
• Includes surgical treatment for endometriosis and other causes of pain.
• Offers women a "whole person" approach to managing endometriosis, including psychological, social, physical, and quality-of-life issues, providing referrals to other resources as needed.

Important sub study: Botulinum toxin (Botox) Injections

Location: The NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, outside of Washington, DC.

Cost: All study related care and surgery are provided at no cost.

You may be eligible to take part if you:

• Are between the ages of 18 and 50
• Have a 3-month history of pelvic pain or are healthy volunteers without pelvic pain
• Have normal menstrual cycles (25–34 days)
• Are not pregnant, or do not plan pregnancy in the next 6 months
• Can come to NIH 2–3 times a week for 6 weeks for visits

For more information, visit http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ or call us. The NIH study team will be happy to explain all study procedures, risks, and benefits.

Telephone: 1-800-411-1222
Internet: http://www.cc.nih.gov/
E-mail: prpl@cc.nih.gov
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