Fibroid Ablation Study (FAST-EU)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01226290 |
Recruitment Status
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Terminated
(Investigational device changes; adequate enrollment achieved)
First Posted
: October 22, 2010
Last Update Posted
: April 2, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Leiomyoma Uterine Fibroids Menorrhagia | Device: VizAblate System | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 51 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Symptom Effectiveness Study of VizAblate™ Intrauterine Ultrasound-Guided RF Ablation (IUUSgRFA) in the Ablation of Uterine Fibroids |
Study Start Date : | January 2011 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | March 2014 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | March 2014 |
Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: VizAblate treatment
VizAblate System: subject acts as her own control
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Device: VizAblate System
VizAblate enables a minimally invasive procedure to visualize, target, and ablate uterine fibroids using intrauterine ultrasound and radiofrequency (RF) energy.
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- Mean percentage change in target fibroid perfused volume [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- Number of adverse events [ Time Frame: procedure through 12 mo ]Procedure safety will be assessed by recording all adverse events that occur on the day of the procedure. Longer-term safety will be assessed by recording at each follow-up visit any untoward medical occurrence since baseline. Each adverse event will be assessed for severity and relationship to study device.
- Percentage reduction in Menstrual Pictogram score [ Time Frame: baseline through 12 months ]
- Percentage reduction in the Symptom Severity Subscale (SSS) of the Uterine Fibroid Symptom and Quality of Life (UFS-QOL) questionnaire [ Time Frame: baseline through 12 months ]
- Rate of surgical reintervention for menorrhagia [ Time Frame: through 12 months ]
- Return to normal daily activity [ Time Frame: 2 weeks or until returned to normal activity ]
- Subject satisfaction [ Time Frame: 3 month, 6 month, 12 months ]
- Anesthesia regimen [ Time Frame: Day of procedure ]
- System ease of use [ Time Frame: End of study ]
- Subject pain and tolerance of procedure [ Time Frame: Day of procedure ]
- HRQL sub scale of Uterine Fibroid Symptom Quality of Life (UFS-QOL) questionnaire [ Time Frame: 3 month, 6 month, 12 months ]
- EuroQOL EQ-5D [ Time Frame: 3 month, 6 month, 12 month ]
- Length of Stay [ Time Frame: Day of procedure ]
- Nonsurgical reintervention for menorrhagia [ Time Frame: 30 day, 3 month, 6 month, 12 month ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 28 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Female |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 28 years of age or older
- Regular, consistent menstrual cycles
- History of excessive bleeding
- One Menstrual Pictogram score ≥ 120 during a one-month screening period
- Baseline Uterine Fibroid Symptom & Quality of Life (UFS-QOL) Symptom Severity Subscale (SSS) score ≥ 20
- Between 1 and 5 Target Fibroids between 1 cm and 5 cm and/or maximum volume 82.4cc
- At least one fibroid must indent the endometrium
- Subject is not at material risk for pregnancy.
- Subject is willing to maintain use or non-use of hormonal contraception
- Subject is willing to have uniform maintenance (use or non-use) of any antifibrinolytic or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subserosal fibroids with bulk symptoms
- Presence of type 0 intracavitary fibroids
- Any Target Fibroid > 5 cm in maximum diameter with a volume > 82.4cc
- Any fibroid that obstructs access of the VizAblate probe
- Postmenopausal by history
- Desire for current or future fertility
- Hemoglobin < 6 g/dl
- Pregnancy
- Evidence of disorders of hemostasis
- Use of Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist or implantable or injectable progestin and/or estrogen, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERM) or selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM)
- Short-term use of hormonal medication for management of bleeding
- Evidence for current cervical dysplasia
- Endometrial hyperplasia
- Confirmed abdominal / pelvic malignancy within the previous five years
- Active pelvic infection
- Clinically significant adenomyosis
- Previous uterine artery embolization. Previous surgical or ablative treatment for fibroids or menorrhagia within previous 12 months
- Current use of anticoagulant therapy
- Need for emergency surgery to treat fibroid symptoms
- Concomitant intrauterine polyps > 1.0 cm
- Contraindication to MRI
- Renal insufficiency
- Uncontrolled hypertension lasting 2 years or more
- One or more treatable fibroids that are calcified
- Chronic pelvic pain
- Presence of an extrauterine pelvic mass
- Presence of a tubal implant for sterilization
- Previous pelvic irradiation
- Endometrial cavity length < 4.5 cm

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01226290
Mexico | |
Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL) | |
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 64460 | |
Netherlands | |
Máxima Medisch Centrum | |
Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, 5500 | |
Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum | |
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, 1007 | |
St. Antonius Ziekenhuis | |
Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands, 3430 | |
Medisch Spectrum Twente | |
Enschede, Netherlands, 7513 ER | |
United Kingdom | |
Royal London Hospital | |
Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom, E1 1BB | |
Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust | |
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom, B15 2TG | |
Princess Royal Hospital | |
Haywards Health, West Sussex, United Kingdom, RH16 3EJ | |
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust | |
Bradford, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom, BD9 6RJ | |
University College Hospital | |
London, United Kingdom, NW1 2BU |
Study Director: | David Toub, MD | Gynesonics |
Responsible Party: | Gynesonics |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01226290 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CL02413 |
First Posted: | October 22, 2010 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 2, 2015 |
Last Verified: | March 2015 |
Keywords provided by Gynesonics:
uterine fibroid RF ablation intrauterine ultrasound VizAblate |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Leiomyoma Myofibroma Menorrhagia Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms |
Neoplasms, Connective Tissue Connective Tissue Diseases Uterine Hemorrhage Uterine Diseases Genital Diseases, Female Menstruation Disturbances Pathologic Processes |