56
Participants
Start Date
April 29, 2010
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2016
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2017
Focused ultrasound (MRgFUS)
MRgFUS treatment will take place in a MRI machine and powerful ultrasound waves go through the abdominal wall to destroy the fibroid or fibroids. No incision is made during this treatment and light sedation is required. There are certain fibroids that may not be treated with this technique and there is no treatment of normal uterine tissue.ough the abdominal wall to destroy the fibroid.
Uterine artery embolization (UAE)
UAE treatment takes place on a regular x-ray machine. A small incision is made where the leg meets the trunk and a small tube is used to use very small pellets to block off the blood supply to the entire uterus. Sedation is used. Most fibroids are treated with this technique and normal uterine tissue is also affected.
Duke University Health System, Durham
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco
Lead Sponsor
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NIH
Mayo Clinic
OTHER