New device aims to ease painful birth scars without drugs
NCT ID NCT05345600
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a device called MILTA, which uses light and magnetic fields, to reduce pain from perineal scars after childbirth. About 110 women with moderate to severe pain will receive either MILTA or a placebo treatment in two sessions. The goal is to see if this non-drug approach can help manage acute and chronic scar pain.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- MILTA probe (light and magnetic therapy device)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-drug option to ease pain from perineal scars after delivery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small pilot study with only 110 participants, so results may not apply widely. The treatment is new for this use and may not reduce pain better than placebo.
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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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110 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2022
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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: * vaginal delivery less than 24h before inclusion * perineal scar with pain assessed as \> 3/10 with a numerical scale * 18-years-old or older * registration to the French medical system * speaking and writing French * written informed consent signed Exclusion Criteria: * woman under 18-years-old * woman under law liberty restriction * women unable to understand the written informed consent * no written informed consent signed * previous perineal surgery * delivery with a caesarian section * vaginal delivery with no perineal scar * vaginal delivery with infected perineal scar * women with restrictions for the use of level 1 analgesic * women requiring level 2 or 3 analgesics for other reasons
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens Picardie
Amiens, Picardie, 80054, France
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