Home workouts may speed recovery after vaginal prolapse repair
NCT ID NCT07265973
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a 6-week home exercise program (focused on relaxing and stretching the pelvic floor) can improve physical functioning after vaginal prolapse surgery. About 92 women aged 60-79 will be randomly assigned to either do the exercises or receive usual care. Researchers will measure daily activities like walking stairs using a questionnaire.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pelvic floor home exercise program (relaxing, stretching, and protecting exercises)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help older women recover daily activities like walking stairs after prolapse surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (92 people) testing a non-drug intervention. The exercises may not improve recovery, and results may not apply to all patients.
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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 56 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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Jun 2028
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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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Subjects are ≥ 18 years of age * English or Spanish speaking * Stage 2, 3 or 4 uterovaginal or vaginal vault prolapse. * Patient scheduled to undergo transvaginal sacrospinous ligament suspension, uterosacral ligament suspension, or Manchester procedure at The University of New Mexico Hospital. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to speak English or Spanish * Currently enrolled in Pelvic floor physical therapy * Inability to perform the home exercises * Dementia * Inability to fill out questionnaires * Inability to access video via internet * Undergoing concomitant surgeries that involve: InterStim, bladder hydrodistension/fulguration, pelvic floor Botox, mesh excision/complications.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of New Mexico Hospital
RECRUITINGAlbuquerque, New Mexico, 87106, United States
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