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Registration number
ACTRN12611001111965
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
22/10/2011
Date registered
25/10/2011
Date last updated
7/01/2012
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Anterior Elevate or Laparoscopic Abdominal Sacrocolpopexy in women with post hysterectomy apical prolapse – a Randomised Controlled Trial
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Scientific title
In patients with post hysterectomy prolapse, is Anterior Elevate mesh kit as good as or better than Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for prolapse recurrence
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Secondary ID [1]
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
AELAS
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
post hysterectomy vaginal vault prolapse
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Condition category
Condition code
Renal and Urogenital
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Other renal and urogenital disorders
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Anterior Elevate mesh kit
to provide support, a synthetic monofilament polypropylene mesh (permanent) is placed under the bladder and top of vagina, via a vagina incision in this operation that could take up to 1.5 hours
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Surgery
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Intervention code [2]
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Treatment: Devices
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Comparator / control treatment
Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy
to provide support, a synthetic monofilament polypropylene mesh (permanent) is placed under the bladder and top of vagina, via a laparoscopic (keyhole in abdomen) incision in this operation that could take up to 2.5 hours
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Incidence of apical prolapse greater or equal to stage 2 (Point C below -1cm)
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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12 months & 36 months
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Incidence of overall prolapse greater or equal to stage 2
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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12 months & 36 months
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Secondary outcome [2]
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subjective prolapse symptom score using PFDI-20
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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12 months & 36 months
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Secondary outcome [3]
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(prolapse) symptom impact using PFIQ 7
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Assessment method [3]
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Timepoint [3]
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12 months & 36 months
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Secondary outcome [4]
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global impression of improvement using PGI-I
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Assessment method [4]
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Timepoint [4]
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12 months & 36 months
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Secondary outcome [5]
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sexual function using PISQ 12
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Assessment method [5]
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Timepoint [5]
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12 months & 36 months
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
1.patients with symptomatic post hysterectomy Apical Prolapse greater or equal to Stage 2 (point C greater than or equal to -1) referred for surgery
2.Willing to participate and return for follow up
3.able to provide informed consent
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
80
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Sex
Females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
1.Unable to undergo GA
2.Unable to understand questionnaires, give informed consent or return for review
3.BMI >35
4. more than or equal to 5 laparotomies
5. Previous synthetic mesh used for POP
6. Previous sacro colpopexy
7. total vaginal length < 6cm
8. chronic pelvic pain
9. Genito urinary anomaly (congenital)
10.Neurogenic bladder disorders
11.Previous radiation therapy to pelvis
12.Past history of any form of fistula involving the vagina
13.Allergy to polypropylene or local anaesthetic
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Symptomatic patients referred for surgery will be assessed and recruited from pelvic floor clinic or urodynamic clinic. Random allocation involved contacting the holder of the allocation schedule who was at central administration
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
computer generated random table, stratified to centres
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Masking / blinding
Open (masking not used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Other design features
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Phase
Not Applicable
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Type of endpoint/s
Efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
1/12/2011
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
116
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Recruitment in Australia
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Self funded/Unfunded
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Name [1]
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Address [1]
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Country [1]
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Primary sponsor type
Individual
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Name
Anna Rosamilia
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Address
Suite 8, Cabrini Medical Centre Malvern
183 Wattletree Road, VIC 3144
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Individual
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Name [1]
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Joseph Lee
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Address [1]
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c/o Pelvic Floor Clinic
Monash Moorabbin
823-865 Centre Road
East Bentleigh VIC 3165
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Southern Health HREC
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Ethics committee address [1]
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Research Directorate Southern Health Monash Medical Centre 246 Clayton Road Clayton VIC 3168
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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Approval date [1]
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22/09/2011
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Ethics approval number [1]
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Summary
Brief summary
Female pelvic organ prolapse, which is a protrusion of vaginal walls beyond the hymen, is both common and have a high burden of suffering. The traditional operation to treat post hysterectomy vaginal apical prolapse has been either abdominal sacrocolpopexy or vaginal sacrospinous fixation. Although the abdominal approach comes with a greater cure rate, it has a longer operating time, longer return to Activities of Daily Living and costs more than the vaginal approach. Modern advances involve the development of minimally invasive procedures which included a laparoscopic approach to abdominal sacrocolpopexy and also the introduction of vaginal mesh kits which provides better success rates when compared to the traditional vaginal operation, although not without its own sets of operative morbidity. These procedures involve inserting synthetic material anchored to the sacrospinous ligament to provide reinforcement and support to the vagina following its repair. Anterior Elevate is a new mesh kit which utilises a standard synthetic mesh using a surgical approach (anterior sacrospinous) that has been well established since 2001. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the success of Anterior Elevate vaginal mesh support or laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy in the treatment of women with vaginal apical prolapse.
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Public notes
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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Address
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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Alison Leitch
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Address
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c/o Urodynamic Clinic
Monash Moorabbin
823-865 Centre Road
East Bentleigh VIC 3165
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61399288588
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Fax
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+61399288338
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
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Joseph Lee
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Address
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c/o Pelvic Floor Clinic
Monash Moorabbin
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East Bentleigh VIC 3165
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Australia
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