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The Role of a Mediterranean Diet in Patients With Endometriosis: a Feasibility Trial
Sponsor: McMaster University
Summary
This study aims to test if making changes to diet can affect the pelvic pain associated with endometriosis. One group will follow a Mediterranean diet for 12 weeks while the control group will continue with their current diet. We will be looking at the feasibility of a larger-scale trial as well as self-reported quality of life and self-reported pain using standardized questionnaires, that have previously been used and validated, and assessing how this diet affects biomarkers associated with endometriosis and inflammation. Further, we will test how this change in diet affects the gut microbe flora.
Official title: The Role of a Mediterranean Diet in Long-term Management of Pelvic Pain in Patients With Endometriosis: a Feasibility Trial
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - 45 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
24
Start Date
2023-08-22
Completion Date
2026-06
Last Updated
2025-05-09
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Diet Modification to Adopt Mediterranean Diet
Participants enrolled in group 1 will be counselled by a dietician and asked to adopt a Mediterranean diet for a 12-week period from counselling. Participants will complete a series of Mediterranean Diet Adherence Score, pain questionnaires as well as quality of life questionnaires (EPH-30, SF-36, GIQLI) which have been previously validated. Participants in this group will give a baseline and final visit blood sample and stool samples to assess inflammation biomarkers as well as gut microflora.
Locations (1)
McMaster University
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada