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Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
Main ID:  NCT01504308
Date of registration: 03/01/2012
Primary sponsor: Philips Healthcare
Public title: Sonalleve Fibroid Ablation Pivotal Clinical Trial for MR-HIFU of Uterine Fibroids SOFIA
Scientific title: Philips Pivotal Clinical Trial for MRI-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation of Uterine Fibroids
Date of first enrolment: May 2012
Target sample size: 224
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01504308
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Canada Korea, Republic of United States
Contacts
Name:   Sarah Baxter
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Email: sarah.baxter@philips.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Kelvin Hong, MD
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Affiliation:  Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Name:   Hyo Keun Lim, MD
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Affiliation:  Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Name:   John H Fischer II, MD
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Affiliation:  St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Name:   Robert K Zurawin, MD
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Affiliation:  St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
Name:   Elizabeth David, MD
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Affiliation:  Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Name:   Aytekin Oto, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Name:   Peter Liu, M.D.
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Affiliation:  University of Michigan
Name:   Amanda Yunker, D.O.
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Affiliation:  Vanderbilt Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women, age between 18 and 50 years

- Ethnicity has a match with the intended profile for the site

- Weight < 140kg or 310lbs

- Pre- or peri-menopausal as indicated by clinical evaluation or Follicle Stimulating
Hormone (FSH) level < 40 IU/L

- Willing and able to attend all study visits

- Willing and able to complete Menstrual Blood Loss (MBL) assessment with Alkaline
Hematin (AH) method

- Willing and able to use reliable contraception methods

- Uterine size < 24 weeks

- Cervical cell assessment by Pap smear: Normal, Low Grade Squamous Intraepithelial
Lesion (SIL), Low risk Human Papillomavirus (HPV) or Atypical Squamous Cells of
Uncertain Significance (ASCUS) subtypes of cervical tissue

- MR-HIFU device accessibility to fibroids such that at least 50% of the total fibroid
volume can be treated.

- Fibroids selected for treatment meeting the following criteria (further extrapolated
in the protocol):

1. Total planned ablation volume of all fibroids should not exceed 250 ml and

2. No more than 5 fibroids should be planned for ablation and

3. Dominant fibroid (diameter) is greater than or equal to 3 cm and

4. Completely non-enhancing fibroids should not be treated as the identification of
treated volume becomes ambiguous

- Patient's self-assessment indicates that she has had episodes of heavy menstrual
bleeding in the past 6 months.

- Menstrual Blood Loss (MBL) =150 ml and = 500 ml

Exclusion Criteria:

- Other Pelvic Disease (Other mass, endometriosis, ovarian tumor, acute pelvic disease,
significant adenomyosis)

- Desire for future pregnancy

- Significant systemic disease even if controlled

- Positive pregnancy test

- Hematocrit < 25%

- Extensive scarring along anterior lower abdominal wall (>50% of area)

- Surgical clips in the potential path of the HIFU beam

- MRI contraindicated

- MRI contrast agent contraindicated (including renal insufficiency)

- Calcifications around or throughout uterine tissues that may affect treatment

- Communication barrier

- Highly perfused or brighter than myometrium in T2-weighted MRI (according to the T2
contrast obtained using the Philips MR-HIFU MR protocol) fibroids

- Fibroids not quantifiable on MRI (e.g. multi-fibroid cases where volume measurements
are not feasible)

- Menses lasting > 7 days or intermenstrual bleeding (patient can be included if there
is endometrial biopsy within 6 months to exclude malignancy)

- Patient is currently on hormonal medication for fibroids or has a hormonal medication
history as described below:

1. 1-month Lupron dose or equivalent: less than 1 month prior to MBL measurement or

2. 3-month Lupron dose or equivalent: less than 3 months prior to MBL measurement
or

3. Depo Provera or equivalent: less than 6 months prior to MBL measurement



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Uterine Fibroids
Intervention(s)
Device: MR-HIFU treatment
Device: Sham treatment
Primary Outcome(s)
Alternative Interventional Treatment (AIT) [Time Frame: 12 months after HIFU treatment]
Menstrual Blood Loss (MBL) [Time Frame: at baseline and at 12 months following treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Return to Activity [Time Frame: 72 hours]
Symptom Severity Score (SSS) [Time Frame: at baseline and at 12 months following treatment]
Secondary ID(s)
994045
G110008
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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