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Prospective Data Bank Creation to Study Vaginal Conditions
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A Prospective Longitudinal Data Bank Creation to Study Vaginal Conditions With a Novel Diagnostic Approach
Who can join
Ages 21 to 75 · Women · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
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
About the study
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.
Sponsor: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center · Participants: 550 · Started: 2013-04
Contact the study team
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT01829204
Locations in the U.S.
| Texas | TTUHSC Permian Basin, Midland |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.