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BACKGROUND: Endometriosis-related pain encompassing dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, and chronic pelvic pain, reduces the quality of life in premenopausal women. Although treatment options for endometriosis alleviate this pain, approximately one-…

BACKGROUND: Patients with iron deficiency anemia are treated with iron preparations, but gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting occur frequently. These symptoms may negatively affect the quality of life and work productivity …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to establish an estimating equation to predict the 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L) utility score in patients taking iron preparations for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) or anemia and to evaluate wh…

PURPOSE: To collect real-world safety and clinical outcome data on the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for functional/organic heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) and dysmenorrhoea in Japanese women (J-MIRAI). MATERIALS AN…

More than 10 years following the publication of "The General Rules for Clinical Management of Endometriosis: The second edition" in January 2010, the long-awaited third edition has arrived. The second edition represents the bible for endome…

INTRODUCTION: The present study collected 1-year follow-up patient-reported outcome data from Japanese women with dysmenorrhea and/or heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) who underwent insertion of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system…

OBJECTIVES: We collected real-world data on the safety and clinical outcomes of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) for heavy menstrual bleeding and dysmenorrhea. STUDY DESIGN: This was a prospective, multicenter, si…

PURPOSE: To assess the efficacy and safety of dydrogesterone in Japanese women with ovarian endometrioma in a real-world setting. METHODS: The post-marketing study involved 15 sites in Japan. Dydrogesterone 10 mg twice daily orally was adm…

PURPOSE: We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of 28-day Cyclic and 84-day Extended regimens of NPC-16 (ethinylestradiol 0.02 mg plus levonorgestrel 0.09 mg) in patients with dysmenorrhea. METHODS: This was a placebo-controlled, dou…

PURPOSE: To determine the influence of a patient education and care program on the quality of life (QOL) of female patients undergoing non-assisted reproductive technology (ART) fertility treatment. METHODS: Participants completed the MOS …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess the cost-effectiveness of early physician consultation and guideline-based intervention to prevent endometriosis and/or disease progression using oral contraceptive (OC) and progestin comp…

BACKGROUND: Dysmenorrhea is a common condition in women, which is characterized by menstrual pain. Low-dose estrogen/progestin combined oral contraceptives have been shown to reduce the severity of dysmenorrhea symptoms, and a 28-day cyclic…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and safety of ethinylestradiol 20 μg/drospirenone 3 mg in a flexible extended regimen (FlexibleMIB) compared with placebo to treat endometriosis-associated pelvic pain (EAPP). DESIGN: A phase 3, rando…

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical features of patients in Japan with malignant transformation of ovarian endometrioma. PATIENTS: Thirty-three patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer presumably arising from endometrioma were recruited r…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE) and 0.02 mg/drospirenone (DRSP) 3 mg in Japanese women with dysmenorrhea and in particular to determine whether or not the …

Mikio Momoeda,1 Masakane Hayakawa,2 Yukio Shimazaki,3 Hideki Mizunuma,4 Yuji Taketani5 1Department of Integrated Women's Health, St Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, 2Medical Affairs, 3Product Development, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd, Osaka, 4De…

BACKGROUND: Menstrual symptoms are associated with various health problems in women of reproductive age, and this may impact their quality of life. Despite this, Japanese women are likely to hesitate seeking a specialist's medical help for …

AIM: To investigate the safety and efficacy of 52 weeks of dienogest treatment in patients with endometriosis. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-five patients with endometriosis received 2 mg of dienogest orally each day for 52 weeks. Advers…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the efficacy and safety of dienogest (DNG) with intranasal buserelin acetate (BA) in patients with endometriosis. DESIGN: Phase III, randomized, double-blind, multicenter, controlled trial. SETTING: Twenty-four study…

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a low-dose oral contraceptive pill (OCP) for patients with dysmenorrhea associated with endometriosis. DESIGN: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. SETTINGS: Clinical trial sites in …

Aim:  Hysterosalpingography (HSG) is one of the most commonly used methods in order to evaluate the condition of fallopian tubes in infertility clinics. In the present paper, we retrospectively compared the findings of HSG and laparoscopy t…

Aim:  Dienogest, a novel progestational 19-norsteroid, has been shown to have a therapeutic effect on endometriosis with its major side-effect being irregular genital bleeding. This study aimed to investigate the mechanism responsible for t…

BACKGROUND: Failure of apoptosis of refluxed endometrial cells within the peritoneal cavity is a possible etiologic factor for development of endometriosis. Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a survival factor that exerts its effect by binding to tum…

BACKGROUND: To evaluate the usefulness of transvaginal and transrectal ultrasonography for diagnosis and management of deeply infiltrating rectosigmoid endometriosis. METHODS: A series of six patients (aged 32-39 years) with rectosigmoid e…

PROBLEM: To assess whether interferon-gamma-induced protein-10 (IP-10), a chemokine that has antiangiogenic activities, may be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis. METHOD OF STUDY: A total of 120 patients undergoing laparoscopy f…