About this trial
This project PestiEndoMicro aims to provide an innovative approach, studying endometriosis under the genital and gut microbiota scope. To realize this project, the investigators are planning to dose cfDNA to assess the oxidative stress caused by endometriosis and study its epigenetics. At the same time, the investigators will take a pragmatic approach by assessing pesticide exposure in these patients and estimate the correlation between gut or genital dysbiosis and chemical agent exposure. Also, the investigators will take the initiative to use classic culture, qPCR techniques, and NGS to establish signatures in vaginal, endometrial and gut microbiota in patients with endometriosis. With these approaches, the goal is to gain more knowledge about endometriosis and optimize early diagnosis by establishing a signature in the genital and gut microbiota, but also by dosing the cfDNA. By doing so the investigators could open new opportunities to develop new therapeutic strategies for endometriosis.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
All women aged 18 to 43, with confirmed endometriosis and endometriosis grade 3 or 4 as defined by the 1985 revised version of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine.
All women aged between 18 and 43, whose infertility problem is proven male infertility and who do not have endometriosis identified by biological, genetic and clinical tests.
All women who have not received antibiotic treatment in the three months preceding inclusion and who are not participating in any pharmacological study.
All women who are covered under the national social security health insurance scheme.
Disqualifiers
All women aged 44 and over.
Women who are overweight, obese or anorexic.
Women taking antibiotics 3 months prior to inclusion, or participating in a drug study.
All women under anti-GnRH treatment, pregnant or suffering from a chronic inflammatory disease such as Crohn's disease, polycystic ovary syndrome, etc.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Circulating DNA analysis
- Vaginal microbiota analysis
- Endometrial microbiota analysis
- Intestinal microbiota analysis
- Exposure to endocrine disruptors analysis