HOME Study: Hysteroscopic Office Myomectomy Evaluation
United States74 participantsStarted 2010-06
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate safety and effectiveness of the MyoSure Tissue Removal System when used by community gynecologists in an office setting for the treatment of patients with symptomatic intrauterine polyps and submucosal fibroids.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 55 Years
SexFEMALE
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Healthy female between 18 and 55 years of age
* Subject must be able to understand, read and sign the study specific informed consent forms after the nature of the study has been fully explained to her
* Subject is a pre-menopausal or peri-menopausal female, either nulliparous or parous
* Subject is experiencing AUB as confirmed by a symptom raw score of 23 or a calculated symptom score of 44.0 or higher on the Uterine Fibroid Scale and Health Related Quality of Life (UFS-QOL)
* Subject is indicated for myomectomy or polypectomy for benign appearing pathology, based on a hysteroscopic exam and measured by saline infused sonogram assessment within 30 days of the planned index procedure
* Subject exhibits intrauterine polyps and/or submucous myomas which, in the opinion of the treating physician, are compatible with office-based treatment (e.g. 15 minutes or less of cutting time) using the MyoSure device and meet at least one of the following criteria:
* One or more polyps, with at least one of the polyps ≥ 1.5 cm and ≤ 3.0 cm diameter and having broad based attachment to the uterine wall.
* Up to two Type 0 or Type 1 myomas with at least one of the myomas being ≥ 1.5 cm and none of the myomas being 3.0 cm diameter
* If the first myoma is 3.0 cm, the second myoma must be ≤ 2.0 cm
* Fundal myomas must be Type 0
* Polyps plus up to two Type 0 or Type I myomas with at least one of the myomas being ≥ 1.5cm and ≤ 3.0 cm
* The subject demonstrates a negati…