Research Publications

The Fibroid Foundation has contributed to the following clinical research studies and publications:

Compare-UF Publications

Long Term Health-Related Quality of Life and Symptom Severity Following Hysterectomy, Myomectomy, or Uterine Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids

May 2023 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.05.020 | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 229(3):275.e1-275.e17.

Raymond M Anchan, James B Spies, Shuaiqi Zhang, Daniel Wojdyla, Pietro Bortoletto, Kathryn Terry, Emily Disler, Ankrish Milne, Antonio Gargiulo, John Petrozza, Olga Brook, Serene Srouji, Cynthia C Morton, James Greenberg, Ganesa Wegienka, Elizabeth A Stewart, Wanda K Nicholson, Laine Thomas, Sateria Venable, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Michael P Diamond, G Larry Maxwell, Erica E Marsh, Evan R Myers, Anissa I Vines, Lauren A Wise, Kedra Wallace, Vanessa L Jacoby

Route of myomectomy and fertility: a prospective cohort study

Feb 2022 | DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.01.013 | Fertility and Sterility 117(5):1083-1093.

Lauren A Wise, Laine Thomas, Sophia Anderson, Donna D Baird, Raymond M Anchan, Kathryn L Terry, Erica E Marsh, Ganesa Wegienka, Wanda Kay Nicholson, Kedra Wallace, Robert Bigelow, James Spies, George L Maxwell, Vanessa Jacoby, Evan R Myers, Elizabeth A Stewart

Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Life After Procedural Intervention for Uterine Fibroids

Jun 2021 | DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2020.8915 | Journal of Women’s Health 31(3):415-424.

Kedra Wallace, Elizabeth A Stewart, Lauren A Wise, Wanda Kay Nicholson, John Preston Parry, Shuaiqi Zhang, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Vanessa Jacoby, Raymond M Anchan, Michael P Diamond, Sateria Venable, Amber Shiflett, Ganesa R Wegienka, George Larry Maxwell, Daniel Wojdyla, Evan R Myers, Erica Marsh

Black Women Are More Likely Than White Women to Schedule a Uterine-Sparing Treatment for Leiomyomas

Feb 2021 | DOI: 0.1089/jwh.2020.8634 | Journal of Women’s Health 30(3):355-366.

Ganesa Wegienka, Elizabeth A Stewart, Wanda K Nicholson, Shuaiqi Zhang, Fan Li, Laine Thomas, James B Spies, Sateria Venable, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Michael P Diamond, Raymond M Anchan, George Larry Maxwell, Erica E Marsh, Evan R Myers, Anissa I Vines, Lauren A Wise, Kedra Wallace, Vanessa L Jacoby

Short-term quality of life after myomectomy for uterine fibroids from the COMPARE-UF Fibroid Registry

Oct 2019 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2019.09.052 | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 222(4):345.e1-345.e22.

Shannon K Laughlin-Tommaso, Di Lu, Laine Thomas, Michael P Diamond, Kedra Wallace, Ganesa Wegienka, Anissa I Vines, Raymond M Anchan, Tracy Wang, G Larry Maxwell, Vanessa Jacoby, Erica E Marsh, James B Spies, Wanda K Nicholson, Elizabeth A Stewart, Evan R Myers

Short-Term Health-Related Quality of Life After Hysterectomy Compared With Myomectomy for Symptomatic Leiomyomas

Jul 2019 | DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000003354 | Obstetrics and Gynecology 134(2):261-269.

Wanda K Nicholson, Ganesa Wegienka, Shuaiqi Zhang, Kedra Wallace, Elizabeth Stewart, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Laine Thomas, Vanessa L Jacoby, Erica E Marsh, Lauren Wise, Bijan J Borah, James Spies, Sateria Venable, Raymond M Anchan, G Larry Maxwell, Michael Diamond, Barbara Lytle, Evan R Myers

The Comparing Options for Management: PAtient-centered REsults for Uterine Fibroids (COMPARE-UF) registry: rationale and design

May 2018 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.004 | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 219(1):95.e1-95.e10.

Elizabeth A Stewart, Barbara L Lytle, Laine Thomas, Ganesa R Wegienka, Vanessa Jacoby, Michael P Diamond, Wanda K Nicholson, Raymond M Anchan, Sateria Venable, Kedra Wallace, Erica E Marsh, George L Maxwell, Bijan J Borah, William H Catherino, Evan R Myers

Research

"In our community, we normalize pain": discussions around menstruation and uterine fibroids with Black women and Latinas

Apr 2024 | DOI: 10.1186/s12905-024-03008-z | BMC Women’s Health 24(1):233.

Minerva Orellana, Karen N DSouza, Jane Q Yap, Abhirami Sriganeshan, M Elena Jones, Charis Johnson, Megan Allyse, Sateria Venable, Elizabeth A Stewart, Felicity Enders, Joyce E Balls-Berry

Fibroid Foundation Virtual Community Engagement Project Publications

Uterine Fibroids: A Podcast on Patient and Physician Perspectives on Medical Management and a New Medical Therapy (Relugolix Combination Therapy)

Aug 2023 | DOI: 10.1007/s12325-023-02595-x | Advances in Therapy 40(10):4127-4133.

Sateria R Venable, Ayman Al-Hendy

A Comparative Analysis of Health-Related Quality of Life 1 Year Following Myomectomy or Uterine Artery Embolization: Findings from the COMPARE-UF Registry

Apr 2023 | DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2022.0133 | Journal of Women’s Health 32(4):423-433.

Raymond M Anchan, Daniel Wojdyla, Pietro Bortoletto, Kathryn Terry, Emily Disler, Ankrish Milne, Antonio Gargiulo, John Petrozza, Olga Brook, Serene Srouji, Cynthia C Morton, James Greenberg, Ganesa Wegienka, Elizabeth A Stewart, Wanda K Nicholson, Laine Thomas, Sateria Venable, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Michael P Diamond, G Larry Maxwell, Erica E Marsh, Evan R Myers, Anissa I Vines, Lauren A Wise, Kedra Wallace, Vanessa L Jacoby, James B Spies

Development of a core minimum data set to advance real-world evidence generation for uterine fibroids treatment technologies

Nov 2022 | DOI: 10.1136/bmjsit-2021-000094 | BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies 4(Suppl 1):e000094

Courtney E Baird, Evan Myers, Vanessa Jacoby, Laura Elisabeth Gressler, Sateria Venable, Allison O’Neill, Veronica Price, Angie Lee, Jason Roberts, Sharon Andrews, Art Sedrakyan, Danica Marinac-Dabic

Patient Recommendations for Shared Decision-Making in Uterine Fibroid Treatment Decisions

Oct 2021 | DOI: 10.1177/23743735211049655 | Journal of Patient Experience 8(7):23743735211049655

Kirsten A Riggan, Elizabeth A Stewart, Joyce E Balls-Berry, Sateria Venable, Megan A Allyse

Trends in Use of Myomectomy for the Surgical Management of Uterine Leiomyomas in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Aug 2021 | DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004494 | Obstetrics and Gynecology 138(2):309-310

William Parker, Linda Bradley, Valentina Rodriguez, Carla Bacon, Sateria Venable

Perceptions of Ethnoracial Factors in the Management and Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

May 2021 | DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01059-8 | Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 9(17):1-8

Minerva Orellana, Kirsten A Riggan, Karen DSouza, Elizabeth A Stewart, Sateria Venable, Joyce E Balls-Berry, Megan A Allyse

82913 Engaging women of color virtually: Cultural Impact of Treatment Delays among Women of Color with Uterine Fibroids

Mar 2021 | DOI: 10.1017/cts.2021.600 | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 5(s1):1-2

Minerva Orellana, Megan Allyse, Elizabeth A. Stewart,  Sateria Venable, Felicity Enders, Joyce E. Balls-Berry

Comparative effectiveness of hysterectomy versus myomectomy on one-year health-related quality of life in women with uterine fibroids

Mar 2020 | DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2019.10.028 | Fertility and Sterility 113(3):618-626

Kedra Wallace, Shuaiqi Zhang, Laine Thomas, Elizabeth A Stewart, Wanda Kay Nicholson, Ganesa R Wegienka, Lauren A Wise, Shannon K Laughlin-Tommaso, Michael P Diamond, Erica E Marsh, Vanessa L Jacoby, Raymond M Anchan, Sateria Venable, G Maxwell Larry, Barbara Lytle, Tracy Wang, Evan R Myers

Implementing a Tool to Support Uterine Fibroid Treatment Decisions

Implementation of the uterine fibroids Option Grid patient decision aids across five organizational settings: a randomized stepped-wedge study protocol

Sep 2019 | DOI: 10.1186/s13012-019-0933-z | Implementation Science 14(1)

Peter Scalia, Marie-Anne Durand, Rachel C Forcino, Danielle Schubbe, Paul J Barr, Nancy O’Brien, A James O’Malley, Tina Foster, Mary C Politi, Shannon Laughlin-Tommaso, Erika Banks, Tessa Madden, Raymond M Anchan, Johanna W M Aarts, Priscilla Velentgas, Joyce Balls-Berry, Carla Bacon, Monica Adams-Foster, Carrie Cahill Mulligan, Sateria Venable, Nancy E Cochran, Glyn Elwyn