Diet study hopes to cut endometriosis pain without drugs
NCT ID NCT07090096
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a whole food plant-based diet can reduce pain in women with endometriosis. 120 women aged 18-45 with moderate to severe pelvic pain will be randomly assigned to either follow the special diet or stay on their usual diet for 12 weeks. The goal is to see if changing what you eat can ease period pain, pain during sex, and other pelvic pain.
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Study facts
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- 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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form 2. Stated willingness to comply with all study visits, procedures, requirements, and availability for the duration of the study 3. Women with a surgical, imaging, or clinical diagnosis of endometriosis 4. Age 18-45 years 5. Stable health condition and medications for the past 3 months 6. Modified Biberoglu and Behrman (B\&B) pelvic pain score of at least 5/9 7. Willing to be randomly assigned to either an active or a control group 8. Agreement to adhere to Lifestyle Considerations throughout the study duration Exclusion Criteria: 1. Smoking or drug abuse during the past six months 2. Alcohol consumption of more than 2 drinks per day or the equivalent, episodic increased drinking (e.g., more than 2 drinks per day on weekends), or a history of alcohol abuse or dependency followed by any current use 3. Already following a WFPB diet 4. Pregnant or breastfeeding, or plans of pregnancy within the study period 5. Hysterectomy or ovariectomy 6. Fibroids, ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease 7. Endocrine inflammatory conditions, such as Cushing's syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and Addison's disease 8. Evidence of an eating disorder
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCSD Health
RECRUITINGLa Jolla, California, 92093, United States
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