Ortiz, Robin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0957-5850
Gemmill, Julie Anne L.
Sinaii, Ninet
Stegmann, Barbara
Khachikyan, Izabella
Chrousos, George
Segars, James
Stratton, Pamela http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8700-7197
Funding for this research was provided by:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NCT00073801)
NIH Clinical Center (NCT00073801)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NCT00073801)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2020
Accepted: 1 April 2020
First Online: 22 June 2020
Compliance with Ethical Standards
:
: Dr. Stegmann worked for Merck for 3 years and owns Merck stock. Dr. Stratton is conducting a different NIH clinical trial on endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, which is supported by Allergan through a clinical trial agreement and has received royalties from UpToDate for a section about acute pelvic pain. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (National Institutes of Health Clinical Center and the NICHD IRB (NCT00073801)) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.