Competing interests: Catherine Allaire reports conference support from Hologic and participation on advisory boards with AbbVie and Pfizer. She is a board member with the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Gynecologic Excellence, the International Pelvic Pain Society and the World Endometriosis Society. Mohamed Bedaiwy reports funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Ferring Women Health Research Institute, royalties from AbbVie and Baxter, consulting fees from AbbVie and participation with the board of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society. Paul Yong reports funding from CIHR, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Women’s Health Research Institute, the University of British Columbia and the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health. He reports meeting support from the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Gynecologic Excellence, the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health, the International Pelvic Pain Society and the World Endometriosis Society. He also sits on the data safety monitoring board a for CIHR-funded clinical trial, the strategic advisory board for the Women’s Health Research Institute, the boards of the Canadian Society for the Advancement of Gynecologic Excellence, the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health and the World Endometriosis Society. No other competing interests were declared.