Research Priorities for Endometriosis: Recommendations From a Global Consortium of Investigators in Endometriosis

Atuwene Peter, Peter A W Rogers, G David Adamson, Moamar Al‐Jefout, Moamar Al-Jefout, Christian M Becker, Thomas D’Hooghe, Thomas M D'Hooghe, Gerard A J Dunselman, Asgerally T. Fazleabas, Asgerally Fazleabas, Linda C Giudice, Andrew W Horne, M Louise Hull, Lone Hummelshoj, Lone Hummelshøj, Stacey A Missmer, Grant W Montgomery, Pamela Stratton, Robert N Taylor, Luk Rombauts, Philippa T Saunders, Philippa T. K. Saunders, Katy Vincent, Krina T Zondervan, WES/WERF Consortium for Research Priorities in Endometriosis
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2016 · vol. 24(2) , pp. 202–226 · doi:10.1177/1933719116654991 · PMID:27368878 · PMC5933154 · W2460943261
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A global consortium of endometriosis investigators updated and created new research recommendations, focusing on pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, management, and policy, with emphasis on infertility and translational research.

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This paper reports a 3rd International Consensus Workshop on Research Priorities in Endometriosis, held in São Paulo in May 2014, with 60 participants from 19 countries. It summarizes consensus recommendations across five areas—pathogenesis/pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis/classification/prognosis, disease/symptom management, and research policy—building on prior workshops and updating the status of recommendations from 2011. Forty-one 2011 recommendations remained unchanged, 13 were updated, 2 were completed, and 53 new recommendations were added in 2014, yielding 66 new research priorities overall, with new topics including infertility, patient stratification, emerging-nation research, and greater translational focus; no specific limitations are stated in the provided text. This paper is centrally about endometriosis — it provides a global consensus statement of research priorities for investigating the condition.

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The 3rd International Consensus Workshop on Research Priorities in Endometriosis was held in SAo Paulo on May 4, 2014, following the 12th World Congress on Endometriosis. The workshop was attended by 60 participants from 19 countries and was divided into 5 main sessions covering pathogenesis/pathophysiology, symptoms, diagnosis/classification/prognosis, disease/symptom management, and research policy. This research priorities consensus statement builds on earlier efforts to develop research directions for endometriosis. Of the 56 research recommendations from the 2011 meeting in Montpellier, a total of 41 remained unchanged, 13 were updated, and 2 were deemed to be completed. Fifty-three new research recommendations were made at the 2014 meeting in Sao Paulo, which in addition to the 13 updated recommendations resulted in a total of 66 new recommendations for research. The research recommendations published herein, as well as those from the 2 previous papers from international consensus workshops, are an attempt to promote high-quality research in endometriosis by identifying and agreeing on key issues that require investigation. New areas included in the 2014 recommendations include infertility, patient stratification, and research in emerging nations, in addition to an increased focus on translational research. A revised and updated set of research priorities that builds on this document will be developed at the 13th World Congress on Endometriosis to be held on May 17-20, 2017, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | Original language | English | |---|---| | Pages (from-to) | 202-226 | | Number of pages | 25 | | Journal | Reproductive Sciences | | Volume | 24 | | Issue number | 2 | | DOIs | | | Publication status | Published - Feb 2017 |

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