Surgery or medicine? study aims to find best path for pelvic floor patients
NCT ID NCT04566640
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at patients with a condition called posterior pelvic static disorder, which can cause problems with bowel control. Researchers want to see if having surgery for this condition leads to more cases of fecal incontinence compared to treating it with medicine alone. They will also track how constipation symptoms and quality of life change over time. The goal is to help doctors and patients make better treatment decisions.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors choose between surgery and medical management for patients with posterior pelvic static disorder to reduce the risk of fecal incontinence.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled trial, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may be influenced by differences between patient groups.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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85 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2021
- Finished
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Aug 2022
- Lead sponsor
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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.
Who is studied
Patients having a posterior pelvic static disorder diagnosed and having benefited from a functional review in proctology between 2005 and 2019 in the proctology department of the University Hospital of Rennes
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * Patient over 18 years of age * Having a disorder of posterior pelvic statics * Diagnosed during the period 2005 - 2019 * Having a functional assessment in proctology between 2005 and 2019 in the proctology department of the Rennes University Hospital Center (CHU) * This complete functional assessment was carried out in consultation with proctology, as part of routine care, and included : * Data from the interrogation * Reported symptoms: incontinence, constipation and quality of life (collected through questioning and through a questionnaire systematically completed by the patient during the routine care consultation), * A clinical examination * Anorectal manometry * A defecography * no one who does not object to participation in the research Exclusion Criteria: * persons of full age subject to legal protection (safeguard of justice, guardianship, trusteeship), persons deprived of liberty
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rennes University Hospital
Rennes, 35000, France