NCT01141062View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Therapeutic MRI Guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

15

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2010

Primary Completion Date

October 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

October 31, 2011

Conditions
Uterine Leiomyomas
Interventions
DEVICE

Philips MR-guided HIFU

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 (2)

P7B 6V4

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay

M4N 3M5

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

Philips Healthcare
All Listed Sponsors
lead

Philips Healthcare

INDUSTRY