Evaluation, validation and refinement of noninvasive diagnostic biomarkers for endometriosis (ENDOmarker): A protocol to phenotype bio-specimens for discovery and validation

Endometriosis is a chronic, estrogen dependent condition that affects 5 –10% of reproductive aged women and is associated with pelvic pain and infertility. As the approach to therapy shifts from surgical ablation to pharmacological control, a non-surgical mode of diagnosis would be desirable. The ENDOmarker study was designed by the NICHD Reproductive Medicine Network (RMN) to obtain well characterized and phenotyped bio specimens in a standardized fashion from women with and without endometriosis.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - March 7, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Kurt Barnhart, Linda Giudice, Steve Young, Tracey Thomas, Michael P. Diamond, James Segars, Wahid A. Youssef, Stephen Krawetz, Nanette Santoro, Esther Eisenberg, Heping Zhang, for the NICHD Cooperative Reproductive Medicine Network Source Type: research