Therapeutic MRI-HIFU Ablation of Uterine Fibroids in a 3T MRI Scanner

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

7

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2010

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2011

Conditions
Uterine Leiomyomas
Interventions
DEVICE

Philips MR-guided HIFU system

HIFU is the use of focused ultrasound energy to penetrate through soft tissue and causes localized high temperatures (55°C to 70°C) for a few seconds within the target producing well defined regions of protein denaturation, irreversible cell damage, and coagulative necrosis.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Oslo University Hospital, Oslo

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Philips Medical Systems

INDUSTRY

lead

Philips Healthcare

INDUSTRY