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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Researchers optimistic about potential new treatment for endometriosis

A woman holds her two hands on her belly
It is hoped dichloroacetate will relieve endometriosis, which occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the womb grows elsewhere in the body. Photograph: Von Schonertagen/Alamy

Women will be given a potential new treatment for endometriosis in a groundbreaking clinical trial that doctors hope will pave the way for the first new class of drug for the condition in 40 years.

The trial will involve 100 women in Edinburgh and London and will assess whether the drug, dichloroacetate, helps relieve pain. If successful, it would be the first non-hormonal, non-surgical treatment for endometriosis, which affects roughly one in 10 women of reproductive age.

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