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Many patients with endometriosis experience extra genital and abdominal symptoms as a major part of their problem. This includes gastrointestinal dysfunction with pain, urinary symptoms compatible with interstitial cystitis and gastrointestinal symptoms resembling the irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Such problems may be secondary to changes in autonomous neuronal structure and function elicited by the endometriotic elements, which may cause a "visceral syndrome" with the above mentioned symptoms.
The investigators hypothesize that dietary treatment will improve the experience of gastrointestinal symptoms, pain and quality of life in patients with endometriosis-related irritable bowel syndrome. The aim of this first randomized, placebo controlled pilot study investigating patients with both endometriosis and IBS, is to test the application of a low FODMAP diet and a placebo diet for endometriosis-related IBS-like symptoms in order to stablish a platform for a randomized controlled study. Thus, the primary aim of this pilot study is to investigate the applicability of a placebo diet in patients with endometriosis and to investigate the compliance in both intervention group and control group. In addition, the aim is to investigate whether the participants find the diet manageable and whether they are able to identify the placebo diet.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Low FODMAP diet | Experimental | This group will follow a exclusion diet called low FODMAP diet, which is a diet with restriction of fermentable carbohydrates. The patients will be guided on how to avoid some foods and how to include others. The patients will follow the diet for four weeks. |
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| Control diet | Placebo Comparator | This group will follow a placebo diet, which is designed to imitate the low FODMAP diet by restricting specific foods. However, it is randomly selected foods that will be excluded in this diet, so that it works only as a control diet. The patients in this group will also be guided how to follow the diet for four weeks. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Diet low in fermentable carbohydrates (low FODMAP diet) | Other | The participants follow the diet in 4 weeks. They have been provided with some foods (bread, pasta, cereal products), but will by the rest themselves. They have been provided with lists of foods to include and foods to avoid. They have also been provided with suggestions to a 4 week meal plan, based in their individual need for energy. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Compliance to the diet measured by a self-administered questionnaire with a percentage scale for every meal consumed | four weeks | |
| How manageable the participants experience the diet, measured by semi-quantitative questionnaire designed by the study group | four weeks | |
| Identification of intervention group measured by the question: "What group do you think you were assigned to?" | four weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Gastrointestinal symptoms measured by the questionnaire: The Gastrointestinal symptom rating scale (GSRS) irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) version | four weeks | |
| IBS related quality of life measured by the questionnaire: Irritable bowel syndrome - Quality of Life |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Aarhus University Hospital | Aarhus | Denmark |
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| ID | Term |
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| D004715 | Endometriosis |
| D043183 | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D005831 | Genital Diseases, Female |
| D052776 | Female Urogenital Diseases |
| D005261 | Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000092622 | FODMAP Diet |
| ID | Term |
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| D000092724 | Elimination Diets |
| D004032 | Diet |
| D009747 | Nutritional Physiological Phenomena |
| D000066888 | Diet, Food, and Nutrition |
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| four weeks |
| Endometriosis related quality of life measured by the questionnaire: The Endometriosis Health Profile (EHP-30) | four weeks |
| Intake of nutrients calculated in by: The Monash University Comprehensive Food Frequency Questionnaire (CNAQ) based on the participants self-reported 7-days food registration | four weeks |
| Intermenstrual pain measured by VAS scale | four weeks |
| Global symptom relief measured by the question: "Did you have sufficient relief in your IBS-symptoms during the last 7 days?" | four weeks |
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D003109 | Colonic Diseases, Functional |
| D003108 | Colonic Diseases |
| D007410 | Intestinal Diseases |
| D005767 | Gastrointestinal Diseases |
| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
| D010829 | Physiological Phenomena |