Interstitial Cystitis Assoc and Study on PAIN and IC

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For anyone coping with IC, the ICA is conducting a study on PAIN and

women who have IC.

For more information read below:

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Message from Dr. Ursula Wesselman

Dear Friend of the ICA,

s Hopkins University in Baltimore and the National Institutes of

Health are currently recruiting women to participate in a national

study on pain and interstitial cystitis.

WHO?

Women between the ages of 18 and 45 who have been diagnosed with

interstitial cystitis for at least 6 months may be eligible to

participate in this study. Women who have had a hysterectomy or who

are pregnant are not eligible.

WHAT?

If you decide to participate in this study, you will be asked to

record symptoms related to interstitial cystitis at home every day

for 4 months. This study does not require a visit to s Hopkins,

but can be completed entirely by mail and over the phone.

Please contact us at womensresearch@..., or by phone at (410)

614-4965 if you would like to learn more about this study.

Sincerely,

Ursula Wesselmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

s Hopkins University School of Medicine

(RPN 97-08-15-01, approved by JHM-IRB 11/21/06)

ICA

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