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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jun 3.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Sep;116(3):583–593. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e9e0ab

Table 2.

Vulvar Vestibulitis Clinical Trial Secondary Outcomes by Treatment Allocation

Placebo-Placebo
Lidocaine-Placebo
n Mean Baseline Mean Change n Mean Baseline Mean Change
Daily pain log 32 1.97 −0.47±0.77 32 2.01 − 0.53±1.63
Intercourse pain log 26 5.72 −1.97±2.47 21 5.52 −1.92±1.82
Intercourse frequency (per wk) 32 0.13 −0.02±0.12 33 0.15 −0.02±0.10
Cotton swab test–vestibule 33 21.48 −8.65±6.59 32 19.03 −6.42±7.90
Algesiometer 32 9.53 6.97±8.18 32 9.88 3.10±9.64
Pelvic muscle pain (maximum pain) 33 1.15 −0.12±0.86 32 1.16 −0.23±0.92
McGill-Short Form total score 29 13.74 − 4.57±5.86 27 12.32 − 3.10±6.77
Neuropathic Pain Scale 31 41.90 −13.39±14.42 30 44.78 −12.17±17.02
Profile of Mood State Summary 24 85.58 − 4.68±17.37 29 88.17 − 2.15±20.75
Becks Depression Inventory 29 8.62 −1.92±5.44 30 11.17 −0.86±5.90
Brief Pain Inventory Interference 31 20.9 − 6.55±13.81 30 21.37 −3.80±20.25
Index of Sexual Satisfaction 28 59.82 0.69±9.28 24 64.92 0.43±11.71

Mean change is week 0 to 12±standard deviation.

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Only significant desipramine–lidocaine interactions are displayed.