Endometriosis
Conditions
Keywords
HIFU, High Intensity Focused Ultrasound, DIE, rectal endometriosis, safety profile, Deep invasive endometriosis, Endometriosis, rectum
Brief summary
Deep invasive endometriosis (DIE) includes lesions of the rectosigmoid. Theses lesions are associated with painful symptoms that can alter quality of life. High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is a non-invasive ablative procedure using a high-intensity ultrasound probe to induce tissue devitalization using acoustic cavitation and thermal ablation. Focal One® is a transrectal HIFU device, which is validated to treat prostatic cancer. The primary objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate the ability of the Focal One® HIFU device to detect and target posterior DIE lesions with intestinal involvement. The secondary objectives are to perform a HIFU lesion, to evaluate morphological modifications of the nodule in post-therapeutic imaging scans, to assess evolution of gynecological symptoms, intestinal symptoms, and patients' quality of life after treatment by HIFU and to collect safety data.
Detailed description
20 Subjects with deep invasive endometriosis (DIE) will receive the HIFU treatment with Focal One® device. Subjects harboring an isolated recto-sigmoid DIE lesion with a persistence of symptoms despite hormonal treatment will be installed on the Focal One® device to: * Evaluate its ability to locate and assess the volume of the endometriosic lesion * Treat the targeted lesion by HIFU energy application. Real-time guided ultrasonography will be used to determine the location of the endometriosic nodule. Succession of HIFU exposure will be then used to treat maximum lesion volume, excluding a security margin of 3 mm with the digestive mucosae to prevent risk of fistulae. Patients will fill-out questionnaires on gynecological and intestinal symptoms and on quality of life before treatment and at 1 and 6 months after HIFU procedure. Imaging follow-up scans will be organized at 1 and 6 months and by a pelvic MRI scan at 3/6 months.
Interventions
DEVICEHIFU (Focal One®)
Endometriosic lesion localization and HIFU treatment will be conducted with the Focal One® device. The treatment area will be defined using sonography, pelvic MRI and a transrectal sonography data. Once the pre-defined lesion will be located with Focal One device, succession of HIFU exposure will then be used to treat maximum lesion volume, excluding a security margin of 3 mm with the digestive mucosae.
Sponsors
EDAP TMS S.A.
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
25 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age \> 25 years * Isolated recto-sigmoid DIE lesion, with no other endometriosis location on imaging examination (intestinal, urinary or ovarian), the persistence of symptoms despite hormonal treatment and therefore consideration for surgical management. * Localization of endometriosic lesion described by US, confirmed by MRI * Negative urinary pregnancy test and No intention to get pregnant during the following 6 months * Affiliated to the French Social Security System
Exclusion criteria
* Hormonal treatment of endometriosis by Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone agonist (LHRH analogs) of less than 3 months * Breastfeeding female * Uro-genital infection in progress (the infection has to be treated before HIFU treatment) * Anatomical abnormality of the rectum * Anterior surgery at the level of the anus or rectum * Presence of an implant (stent, catheter, contraceptive implant) located less than 1 cm from the treatment area. * History of intestinal inflammatory pathology * Allergy to latex * Female with a medical contraindication on MRI * Female with a medical contraindication to Sonovue® injection * Female not able to understand the objectives of the study * Legal person protected by law
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Targeting of the endometriosic lesion | Day 1 | The main criterion of evaluation will lie on the targeting of the Endometriosic lesion with the Focal One® probe. Measure of the volume of the Endometriosic lesion to treat: targeted volume (estimation from the measures of the length, the height and the width of the nodule). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Effect of HIFU treatment on endometriosic lesion | Day 1 | Ratio calculation between targeted volume and treated volume and Evaluation of HIFU on symptomatology |
| Safety of the procedure: assessment of complications during the procedure attributable to the technique | Day 1 | Complications during HIFU treatment attributable to the HIFU energy deposit or the Focal One are described here. |
| Assessment of Adverse Events during the 6 months follow-up attributable to the technique | 6 months | Complications post HIFU treatment. |
| Medical Outcome assessment (Study Short Form-36) | 6 months | self-administrated questionnaire: French version of the 36-item Short Form Survey (SF-36) |
| Anatomical position of the Focal One probe | Day 1 | The objective is to evaluate the position of the probe within the rectum before HIFU treatment. |
| Urinary symptom profile assessment | 6 months | self-administrated questionnaire: urinary symptom profile (USP) |
| Sexual function assessment | 6 months | self-administrated questionnaire: Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) |
| Constipation assessment | 6 months | self-administrated questionnaire: Knowles-Eccersley-Scott-Symptom Questionnaire (KESS score) |
| Anal continence assessment | 6 months | self-administrated questionnaire: Wexner score of anal continence |
| endometriosis health profile assessment | 6 months | self-administrated questionnaire: endometriosis health profile (EHP-5) |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed