Could simple exercises restore pelvic health after cervical cancer?

NCT ID NCT06786091

Symptom relief Sponsor: St. Olavs Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a 16-week digital pelvic floor rehabilitation program is feasible for women who have been treated for cervical cancer within the past five years. The program includes supervised group exercise sessions and home exercises, along with information on dilator use. The goal is to see if this approach can help manage common late side-effects like urinary or fecal incontinence, pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction. The study will measure how willing women are to join, how well they stick to the program, and their overall impression of any changes.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: A 16-week digital pelvic floor rehabilitation program, including supervised group exercise sessions and home exercises, plus information on dilator use.
What this could lead to: If this approach proves feasible, it could pave the way for a larger trial testing whether pelvic floor training can reduce urinary and anal incontinence, pelvic pain, and sexual dysfunction in cervical cancer survivors.
What could go wrong: This is a small feasibility study with no control group, so it cannot prove the training works. Results may not generalize, and the program requires significant commitment to home exercises.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

25 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Feb 2025

Finished

Jul 2026

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 80 years

Sex

Female participants only

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Women diagnosed and treated for cervical cancer (surgery, radiation- or chemo therapy) within the last five years * Cancer stadium I-III * Adequate knowledge in Norwegian. Exclusion Criteria: \- Previous pelvic radiation therapy or pelvic surgery.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cervical cancer Fecal Incontinence female stress incontinence Pelvic Floor Disorders Pelvic Pain physiological sexual disorder Uterine Cervical Neoplasms

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Fecal incontinence Female pelvic floor dysfunction Female sexual dysfunction Female urinary incontinence Pelvic floor disorder Pelvic pain Secondary lymphedema

Could simple exercises restore pelvic health after cervical cancer?

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