Background: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) might increase growth and adhesion of endometrial cells in the peritoneal cavity, and lead to endometriosis. In this study the we evaluate the effect of an antioxidant, acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), to determine whether aspirin administration to patients with endometriosis would affect pelvic pain and disease recurrence. Material and methods: This randomized controlled trial was conducted from March 2018 to March 2020 on women, 19 to 40 years of age, who were diagnosed with endometriosis after undergoing laparoscopic surgery. Study participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups, Oral contraceptive pills (OCP) and placebo or OCP and aspirin, which were administered daily for 6 months. Pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, mass size, and menstrual bleeding were evaluated at 3 and 6 months. Results: There were 38 patients in the aspirin group and 49 participants in the placebo group. The mean dysmenorrhea Visual analog scale (VAS) score after 3 months was 2.24 in the aspirin group and 3.61 in the placebo group. After 6 months, the dysmenorrhea VAS scores were 0.68 (aspirin group) and 2.69 (placebo group) ( p = 0.005 and p = 0.00, respectively). Dyspareunia and pelvic pain showed significant reductions ( p = 0.00). Six patients in the control group and four patients in the aspirin group experienced lesion recurrence ( p = 0.45). Conclusion: The results suggest that aspirin, as an antioxidant, could effectively reduce pain in women with endometriosis. However, additional studies that enroll larger numbers of participants and long-term follow up will enable better evaluation of recurrence.
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