Cooling device may soothe yeast infections without drugs
NCT ID NCT06983041
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing a new cooling device placed in the vagina to treat yeast infections. Researchers want to see if it can relieve symptoms and clear the infection within 7 days. The study involves 55 women aged 22-49 with uncomplicated yeast infections. It is an early-stage trial with no control group, so results will show if the device is safe and worth further study.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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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
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About 55 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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22 to 49 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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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: * Site investigators will evaluate the eligibility of women presenting with symptoms consistent with VVC based on the inclusion criteria. 1. Women between 22-49 years of age and not more than one year since last menses, with the suspected diagnosis of uncomplicated VVC. 2. Able to read and understand English. 3. Able to provide written informed consent and to understand and agree to all study procedures required. 4. Has a smart phone and has the ability to access and use the ValidCare app. 5. Documented Papanicolaou (Pap) test at baseline or during the previous 12 months reported as either "negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy" or "ASCUS-atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance" and negative for high-risk HPV types or negative colposcopy plus/minus biopsies were performed for high-risk HPV types. 6. Clinical diagnosis of symptomatic VVC confirmed by positive KOH wet mount and yeast culture at baseline. 7. Presence of at least one vulvovaginal sign (vulvovaginal erythema, edema, or excoriation) of VVC. 8. Presence of at least one vulvovaginal symptom (itching, pain or burning, irritation) 9. Willing and able to avoid vaginal (or any) sexual activity during the study period. 10. Menstrual products such as tampons, pads, and menstrual cups may be used during the study period including before and after device use. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Site investigators will evaluate the eligibility of women presenting with symptoms consistent with VVC based on the exclusion criteria. 2\. Subject does not have a smart phone. 3. Subject does not have the ability to access and use the Validcare app. 4. Subjects who were treated for VVC within the past 14 days. 5. Use of systemic, topical (applied to the vulva) or vaginal antibiotics, anti-fungal or anti-trichomonas drugs within 14 days. 6\. Use of any systemic corticosteroid, immunosuppressive, or immune-stimulating drug within 3 months. 7\. History of douching within the previous 7 days. 8. Urinary tract infection. 9. Unable or unwillingness to use tampons in the past. 10. Unable to maintain study protocol including but not limited to the avoidance of sexual activity during the 28 days or time interval up to the assessment of the primary endpoint. This is needed to avoid reinfection, worsening of symptoms or new pathogen infection, while assessing the efficacy of the subject device in treating the primary infection. 11\. Use of anticoagulation therapy (e.g., warfarin, heparin). 12. Diabetes mellitus. 13. History of vulvodynia, vestibulitis, vaginismus, radiation-induced vaginitis, or postmenopausal atrophy. 14\. Immune compromised states such as HIV/AIDS or transplant subjects. 15. Subjects with other infectious causes of vulvovaginitis or with mixed infections diagnosed at baseline. (Note: if any trichomonad trophozoites are seen on wet smear on the initial visit, the subject is to be excluded from the study.) 16. Symptomatic vulvar or vaginal condyloma or presence of another vaginal or vulvar condition that would confound the interpretation of clinical response. 17\. Pregnancy. 18. Presence of trichomonad trophozoites on wet smear at the initial visit. 19. Any condition which, in the opinion of the investigator, should preclude participation in the study. If so, the investigator will collect information on the subjects who are determined to have a condition that precludes participation in the study and the reasons for their exclusion documented within the DDCS to ensure there is no bias introduced.
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Conditions
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As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
9 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aviati Health
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMemphis, Tennessee, 38115, United States
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Leavitt Clinical Research
SUSPENDEDIdaho Falls, Idaho, 83404, United States
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Lyndhurst Clinical Research
RECRUITINGWinston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States
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Next Innovative Clinical Research
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60616, United States
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Nova Clinical Research
RECRUITINGMiami, Florida, 33162, United States
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Pivotal Clinical Research & Associates
RECRUITINGSmyrna, Georgia, 30082, United States
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Renew Health Clinical Research
RECRUITINGSnellville, Georgia, 30078, United States
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Symphony Clinical Research
RECRUITINGJacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States
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Unified Women's Clinical Research-Raleigh
RECRUITINGRaleigh, North Carolina, 27607, United States
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Vilo Research Group, Inc.
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77070, United States
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