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Khon Kaen University |
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Information provided by: | Khon Kaen University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00566579 |
Persistent human papillomavirus (HPV) infections is the single necessary cause of cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is still the major health problem in the developing countries. It has been the first rank women's cancer in Thailand for many decades. Approximately 10-20% of Thai women have the high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infections in their cervices. This will frequently lead to low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs) (10%), high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs) (0.8%), and finally, cervical cancers (0.16%) within 10-20 years. The treatment options for LSILs are either observation or ablative surgery. However, in our institute, cryotherapy, which is the one of ablative surgery, is more frequently used to comfort our women. It is not only effective but safe with only minimal side effects; watery leukorrhea for 2-4 weeks, and local cervical infection not more than 1%. Contraindication to this procedure are active cervical infection, lesion of 2 mm-larger than probe, lesion inside cervical os and suspected cervical cancer. Additionally, in developing countries such as Thailand, this treatment is safe, acceptable, feasible and effective. Patients with LSILs could also have this treatment in some rural area from the 10-days trained nurses. Fortunately, recent reports showed that cryotherapy has abilities not only in clearing LSILs but also clearing the HPV infections, its necessary cause. However, there are no randomized controlled trial compared its clearing ability between observation and cryotherapy. Therefore, a randomized controlled trial is needed to demonstrate that. Findings from this trial will contribute enormously to older women who already get infected by HPV. Aside from preventing cervical cancer in treated woman, cryotherapy could also give her relief from worrying about having a time-bomb like HPV infection in her cervix.
Condition | Intervention |
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Human Papillomavirus Clearance at 12 Months |
Procedure: Cryotherapy |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Treatment, Randomized, Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Cryotherapy for Human Papillomavirus Clearance in Biopsy-Confirmed Cervical Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions: a Randomized Controlled Trial |
Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
Study Start Date: | December 2007 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | March 2009 |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
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A: Experimental
Cryotherapy
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Procedure: Cryotherapy
Double freezing technique
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B: No Intervention
Observation
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Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
Contact: Bandit Chumworathayi, MD | 66818733327 | bunchu@kku.ac.th |
Thailand, Khon Kaen | |
Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University | |
Muang, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 40002 |
Principal Investigator: | Bandit Chumworathayi, MD | Gynecologic Oncology Division, OBGYN Department, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University |
Responsible Party: | Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Thailand ( Clinical Epidemiology Unit (CEU) ) |
Study ID Numbers: | HE500830 |
Study First Received: | November 30, 2007 |
Last Updated: | November 30, 2007 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00566579 |
Health Authority: | Thailand: Khon Kaen University Ethics Committee for Human Research |
Human papillomavirus Clearance Cryotherapy |
Genital Diseases, Female Uterine Cervical Diseases Precancerous Conditions Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia |
Uterine Diseases Uterine Cervical Dysplasia Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia |
Neoplasms |