The ePAQ-PF® in Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Assessing bowel and bladder function in Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis using the ePAQ-PF® Questionnaire: A Prospective Cohort Study.

• IRAS ID

  336728

• Contact name

  Smita Rajshekhar

• Contact email

  smita.rajshekhar@nhs.net

• Sponsor organisation

  Research and Development Department of Cambridge University Hospitals

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 11 months, 30 days

• Research summary

  Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis (DIE) describes the growth of tissue which normally lines the inside of the womb in abnormal locations: commonly the bowels, bladder and vagina. This causes severe pain whilst urinating, defaecating and at rest, which can only be definitively relieved by surgery. In Cambridgeshire, the symptoms of DIE patients are evaluated using the BSGE questionnaire which gives little weight to bowel and bladder symptoms. As such, this study will investigate the efficacy of an alternative questionnaire, the ePAQ-PF(R), in tracking symptomatic improvements in bowel and bladder function following therapeutic laparoscopy for DIE.

• REC name

  London - Queen Square Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  25/PR/0553

• Date of REC Opinion

  11 Jun 2025

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion