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Danazol for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2007
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Title
Danazol for pelvic pain associated with endometriosis
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2007
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd000068.pub2
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Cindy Farquhar, Andrew Prentice, Amita A Singla, Vanessa Selak

Abstract

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial tissue (stromal and glandular) outside the normal uterine cavity. Conventional medical and surgical treatments for endometriosis aim to remove or decrease the deposits of ectopic endometrium. The observation that hyper androgenic states (an excess of male hormone) induce atrophy of the endometrium has led to the use of androgens in the treatment of endometriosis. Danazol is one of these treatments. The efficacy of danazol is based on its ability to produce a high androgen and low oestrogen environment (a pseudo menopause) which results in atrophy of the endometriotic implants and thus an improvement in painful symptoms. To determine the effectiveness of danazol compared to placebo or no treatment in the treatment of the symptoms and signs, other than infertility, of endometriosis in women of reproductive age. We searched the Cochrane Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group Specialised Register of trials (searched April 2007), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (The Cochrane Library Issue 2, 2007), and MEDLINE (1966 to April 2007). In addition, all reference lists of included trials were searched, and relevant drug companies were contacted for details of unpublished trials. Randomised controlled trials in which danazol (alone or as adjunctive therapy) was compared to placebo or no therapy. Trials which only reported infertility outcomes were excluded. Only five trials met the inclusion criteria and two authors independently extracted data from these trials. All trials compared danazol to placebo. Three trials used danazol as sole therapy and three trials used danazol as an adjunct to surgery. Although the main outcome was pain improvement other data relating to laparoscopic scores and hormonal parameters were also collected. Treatment with danazol (including adjunctive to surgical therapy) was effective in relieving painful symptoms related to endometriosis when compared to placebo. Laparoscopic scores were improved with danazol treatment (including as adjunctive therapy) when compared with either placebo or no treatment. Side effects were more commonly reported in those patients receiving danazol than for placebo. Danazol is effective in treating the symptoms and signs of endometriosis. However, its use is limited by the occurrence of androgenic side effects.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Sweden 1 <1%
South Africa 1 <1%
Unknown 235 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 34 14%
Researcher 30 13%
Student > Master 28 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 18 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 16 7%
Other 43 18%
Unknown 70 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 88 37%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 3%
Neuroscience 7 3%
Other 33 14%
Unknown 78 33%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 May 2023.
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#2,586,546
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Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#5,163
of 11,842 outputs
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#6,126
of 88,459 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#20
of 80 outputs
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