Prospective Data Bank Creation to Study Vaginal Conditions
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · NCT01829204
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 21–75 · Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Study type
- Observational
- Target enrollment
- 550
- US sites recruiting
- 1
- Study start
- April 2013
- Record last updated
- December 18, 2025
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What the study is about
The purpose of this study is to identify and elucidate the pattern and perhaps role of atypical proteins, cytokines and vaginal microbial flora in the pathogenic mechanisms involved in the development of vulvodynia, recurrent fungal and bacterial vaginosis and preterm labor.
Conditions: Vulvodynia; Mycoses; Bacterial Vaginosis; Preterm Labor
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
- All patients willing to participate, and give informed consent, and
- Asymptomatic, non-pregnant, healthy women ages 21 to 75 years with no previous history of any chronic or recurrent vulvovaginal condition who attend our clinical offices for their annual well-woman physical examination.
- Non-pregnant women ages 21 to 75 years being evaluated for any gynecological vulvovaginal condition.
- Pregnant women ages 21 to 75 years who are both asymptomatic and healthy
- Pregnant women ages 21 to 75 who have any gynecological vulvovaginal condition
Exclusion Criteria
- Asymptomatic patients ages \< 21 or > 75, or symptomatic patients ages \< 21 or > 75 years.
- Patients diagnosed with cancer or having any medical condition that is not under control including: diabetes mellitus, hypertension, collagen disease, hemoglobinopathy, renal insufficiency, depression, anxiety, psychosis and panic attacks
- Patients unable to follow the protocol or unwilling to participate
Recruiting US locations
TTUHSC Permian Basin
Midland, TX 79701
Site contact: Ailena R Mulkey, RN · 432-703-5388 · ailena.mulkey@ttuhsc.edu
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