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Trial reportFertility and sterility2019

Impact of elagolix treatment on fatigue experienced by women with moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis.

Eric S Surrey, Ahmed M Soliman, Sanjay K Agarwal, Michael C Snabes, Michael P Diamond

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Fertility and sterility, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Hormonal treatments for endometriosis: The endocrine background.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2022
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  8. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Endometriosis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021
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  14. Chronic Fatigue, Physical Impairments and Quality of Life in Women with Endometriosis: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Eric S SurreyColorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, Lone Tree, Colorado. Electronic address: esurrey@colocrm.com.
Ahmed M SolimanAbbvie, North Chicago, Illinois.
Sanjay K AgarwalCenter for Endometriosis Research and Treatment, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Michael C SnabesAbbvie, North Chicago, Illinois.
Michael P DiamondAugusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
AbbVie (United States) · USAugusta University Health · USColorado Center for Reproductive Medicine · USUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of elagolix, an oral GnRH antagonist, for the reduction of fatigue in women with moderate or severe endometriosis-associated pain.

designRandomized, double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled phase III trial.

settingClinics. PATIENT(S): A total of 860 women treated with elagolix or placebo. INTERVENTION(S): Women received either elagolix at 150 mg daily (QD) orally, elagolix at 200 mg twice daily (BID) orally, or placebo. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Change from baseline to month 1, 3, and 6 visits, in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Fatigue Short Form 6a questionnaire T-scores. RESULTS(S): At baseline, 54%-74% of women with moderate to severe pain associated with endometriosis reported having fatigue-related issues "quite a bit" or "very much," depending on the question asked. Fatigue extent was reduced to 29%-43% and 14%-29% for women treated with elagolix at 150 mg QD and 200 mg BID, respectively, at 6 months, compared with 35%-50% with placebo. The resultant decrease in fatigue T-scores was significant after elagolix treatment compared with placebo at 6 months, with changes of -2.21 and -5.90 with elagolix at 150 mg QD and 200 mg BID, respectively. Significant reduction in fatigue scores were observed among patients reporting clinically meaningful response "reduction" in dysmenorrhea, nonmenstrual pelvic pain, and dyspareunia (-7.31, -6.62, and -4.31, respectively) compared with nonresponders. CONCLUSION(S): In women with moderate to severe endometriosis related pain, elagolix significantly reduces fatigue levels.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultDouble-Blind MethodEndometriosisFatigueFemaleGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHormone AntagonistsHumansHydrocarbons, FluorinatedMiddle AgedPain MeasurementPelvic PainPlacebosPyrimidinesSeverity of Illness IndexelagolixGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHormone AntagonistsHydrocarbons, FluorinatedPlacebosPyrimidineselagolixEndometriosisfatiguegonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist

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PMID30992150
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