The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Aurora Endometrial Ablation System as compared to hysteroscopic rollerball endometrial ablation in reducing menstrual blood loss at 12 months post-treatment.
Menorrhagia is defined as menstrual bleeding in the ovulatory woman exceeding 80 ml per month. Approximately 20-25% of healthy premenopausal women have abnormal uterine bleeding. Menorrhagia can have a negative impact on a woman's lifestyle and self-perception, often leading her to seek definitive treatment. Pharmacologic treatment for menorrhagia is not always successful, and dilatation and curettage typically provides relief for only a few menstrual cycles. Traditionally hysterectomy has been the definitive treatment for menorrhagia. This clinical study evaluates the safety and effectiveness of the Aurora Endometrial Ablation System to provide a therapeutic treatment for menorrhagia due to benign causes by ablating the endometrial lining of the uterus in pre-menopausal women for whom childbearing is complete. Subjects who are randomized to the control group will receive hysteroscopic rollerball/resection ablation. Subjects randomized to the test arm will be treated with the Aurora Endometrial Ablation System.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
153
Endometrial Ablation using the Aurora Endometrial Ablation system
Hysteroscopic rollerball resection/ablation
New Horizons Women's Care
Chandler, Arizona, United States
Women's Health Research
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Basinski, LLC
Newburgh, Indiana, United States
Reduction of Menstrual Bleeding to Normal or Below Normal at 12 Months
Clinical success was defined as a reduction in menstrual bleeding volume to ≤ 80 ml as measured by the alkaline hematin method (AH). Clinical success was not achieved if: (1) at one year post-treatment menstrual blood loss is greater than 80ml, as measured by AH; (2) an acute failure occurred (e.g., aborted procedure, etc.); or (3) the subject required additional therapy to control menorrhagia.
Time frame: 12 months
Procedure Time
Procedure time is defined as the time from device insertion to time of device removal.
Time frame: < 1 hour
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