New Non-Hormonal device aims to ease endometriosis pain at home
NCT ID NCT05643131
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This pilot study tests a new intravaginal device that uses gentle heat and stretching to help manage chronic pelvic pain in people with endometriosis. Twenty participants will use the device at home three times a week for 12 weeks. The goal is to see if it reduces pain and improves quality of life without hormones.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Hyivy Intravaginal Device (heat and dilation therapy)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-hormonal, at-home option to manage endometriosis-related pelvic pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early pilot study with no control group, so results may not be conclusive. The device may not reduce pain for everyone.
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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 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Oct 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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18 years and older
- 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: * 1.Age ≥ 18 at the time of enrollment * 2.Generally in good health (other than due to endometriosis), at physician's discretion * 3.Diagnosed with endometriosis (clinical, radiologic, or surgical) * 4.Diagnosed with chronic pelvic pain (self-reported pain in pelvic area lasting \>3 months) * 5.VAS for overall pelvic pain ≥ 4 at screening and baseline * 6.Medically managing endometriosis using continuous hormonal medications (i.e., oral contraceptive pills, progesterone only pills, Mirena, GnRH agonists/antagonists) for at least 3 months prior to enrollment * 7.Agrees not to commence any new treatments (medical or physical therapies) for the 12-week intervention period, including hormonal therapies for any medical condition, and complimentary and/or alternative management of surgery for endometriosis and associated chronic pain * 8.Agrees not to undergo pelvic physiotherapy with a trained professional during the study * 9.Agrees to avoid taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g., ibuprofen) for 72 hours before Visits 1, 2, and 3 * 10.Must have the ability to charge the investigational device * 11.Must be willing and able to insert intravaginal device * 12.Able to understand, comply and consent to protocol requirements and instructions * 13.Able to attend scheduled study visits and complete required investigations Exclusion Criteria: * 1.Chronic pelvic pain thought to be due to a condition other than endometriosis * 2.Diagnosis of premature ovarian insufficiency * 3.Any other medical condition or clinical finding giving reasonable suspicion of a disease or condition that contraindicates the use of the investigational product or that may affect the interpretation of the results or leave the patient at high risk from treatment complications, at the discretion of the investigator(s) * 4.Any surgery in the past 3 months or anticipates having surgery during the study * 5.Allergy to Hyivy device's materials * 6.Active vaginal infection (e.g. vulvovaginal candidiasis, trichomonas vaginitis, bacterial vaginosis, STIs) or infection in the pelvic area * 7.Current use of antibiotics and a history of vulvovaginal candidiasis * 8.Pregnant or lactating * 9.Currently under the care of a pelvic floor physiotherapist * 10.Have open wounds, cuts, or open sores present in vaginal or pelvic area * 11.Severe atrophic vaginitis or very dry, itchy, or sore vagina/vaginal area, at the discretion of the primary investigator(s) * 12.Hypoesthesia or loss in sensation of the pelvic floor * 13.Total and/or partial prolapse of the uterus and/or vagina * 14.Symptoms of severe urinary retention, severe extra-urethral incontinence or overflow incontinence * 15.Unable to position the device according to directions for use * 16.Use of any medical devices that may interfere with the investigational device's function, such as pacemakers, ventilators, and ear implants
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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McMaster University Medical Centre
Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 3Z5, Canada
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