No packing, faster healing? new trial questions routine after prolapse surgery
NCT ID NCT07612202
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This trial tests if leaving out vaginal gauze packing after prolapse surgery helps women recover faster. 360 women having surgery for pelvic organ prolapse will be randomly assigned to either receive standard packing for two hours or no packing at all. The goal is to see if skipping packing leads to shorter hospital stays and quicker return of normal bladder function, without raising the risk of the prolapse coming back within three months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- vaginal gauze packing
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that skipping vaginal packing after prolapse surgery shortens hospital stays and speeds up bladder recovery without increasing the risk of prolapse returning.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 360 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. The main risk is that omitting packing might lead to more prolapse recurrences.
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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 360 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jun 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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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: * Planned anterior colporrhaphy, posterior colporrhaphy, or cervical amputation at the day surgery department, Nordsjællands Hospital, Capital Region, Denmark * Age 18 years and older . Cognitively capable patient * Received information material as described in the protocol Exclusion criteria: * Failure to pause blood-thinning medication on the day of surgery, if this was planned * Failure to discontinue regular intake of fish oil or ginger extract four weeks prior to the procedure * Immunosuppressed patients * Planned perineorrhaphy * Surgery involving more than two compartments * Non-Danish speaking patients
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Gynecology-Obstetrics, Copenhagen University Hospital - North Zealand
Hillerød, Copenhagen, 3400, Denmark
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