Clinical Study to Assess the Safety and Effectiveness of VizAblate(tm) Intrauterine Ultrasound-guided RF Ablation (IUUSgRFA) of Submucosal and Intramural Uterine Fibroids on the Reduction of Pictorial Blood Loss Assessment Scores
Inclusion Criteria:
- Pre-menopausal
- Regular, consistent menstrual cycles
- Serum progesterone > 6 ng/ml (19 nmol/L)
- 2 months history of PBLAC score of 150-500
- Maximum of 4 type I, type II, or intramural fibroids
- Patient is at low risk for cervical cancer
- Hemoglobin > 6 g/dl
- Not at risk for pregnancy
- No desire for future fertility
- Willing and able to complete the follow-up requirements outlined in the study design
section of the protocol
- Willing to sign a consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subserosal fibroids.
- Any fibroid that obstructs access to the endometrial cavity
- FSH > 20 IU/L
- Pregnancy
- Evidence of disorders of hemostasis
- Use of GnRH agonist or depomedroxyprogesterone acetate or other implantable or
injectable progestin and/or estrogen
- SERMS/SPRMS within the last 6 months
- Current use of any IUD or use of Mirena IUS within the last 3 months
- Gynecological malignancy or hyperplasia
- Known/suspected abdominal/pelvic cancer
- Active pelvic infection (e.g., active salpingitis or other pelvic inflammatory
disease)
- Adenomyosis
- Previous surgical or ablative treatment for fibroids or menorrhagia
- Previous uterine artery embolization or occlusion
- Patient on anti-coagulation therapy
- Needing emergency surgery to treat fibroid symptoms
- Concomitant intrauterine polyps.
- Major medical or psychiatric illness affecting general health or patient's ability to
comply with follow-up schedule or provide valid patient self-assessment data
- Contraindication to MRI
- Allergy to contrast media
- Mild renal insufficiency or worse
- Known renal disease
- Uncontrolled hypertension lasting 2 years or more
- Diabetes
- Uterine size > 10 weeks or 10 cm from ectocervix to fundus.