An interventional study of Hysterectomy with FloSeal in Operative Hemorrhage, sponsored by David L Zisow MD LLC. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-01-21.
Sponsored by David L Zisow MD LLC · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
When having certain types of outpatient surgery inside the uterine cavity some women experience heavy bleeding. The only method presently available for controlling such bleeding, short of removing the uterus, involves the placement of a balloon pressure device inside the uterine cavity. The pressure along with the patient's own natural clotting ability will generally stop the bleeding. However, this treatment usually requires at least a 24 hour stay in the hospital. The investigators are researching the use of a compound (FloSeal) already approved for use in other areas of the human body, as a method of controlling bleeding. The use of FloSeal in the uterine cavity has not yet been tested and therefore is not yet an FDA approved indication for its safe use to control bleeding from the uterine cavity. In this study, The investigators want to find out what effect(s) FloSeal has on the uterine cavity.
Twenty individuals will be included in this study at Northwest Hospital Center. All twenty individuals will be treated in the same fashion except ten of the participants will randomly be assigned to receive FloSeal and ten will not.
Study participants are individuals currently scheduled to have a hysterectomy procedure, which involves surgically removing the uterus from the body for a previously determined standard of care treatment for a non- cancerous medical problem. Before performing the hysterectomy and evaluating the effects of FloSeal upon the tissues within the uterine cavity the following will be done. Once under anesthesia the uterine cavity will be subjected to a curettage (sharp scrapping) to produce a minor amount of bleeding from the lining of the uterus. Ten of the 20 study participants, randomly chosen, will then have FloSeal placed into their uterine cavity. The study participants will not know whether they received FloSeal or not. A balloon pressure device will then be placed into the uterine cavity of all 20 individuals and left in place for 5 minutes. After the allotted time, the balloon device will be removed. The hysterectomy will then be completed appropriately using standard methods and techniques. The uterus, once removed will be evaluated pathologically to determine the effects of the FloSeal upon the tissues of the cavity in those so treated and compared to the same analysis in those individuals who did not receive FloSeal. The pathologist will not know which patients received or did not receive FloSeal.
This use of FloSeal is not currently an FDA approved use of the compound. The goal of this study is to obtain FDA approval for use in this situation.
Patients will be followed until fully recovered from surgery, usually 6 to 8 weeks. Any complications will be duly noted and treated appropriately. The final end point for follow up will be when the patient is finally discharged from care having achieved what is usually perceived as a return to all normal activity.
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Inclusion Criteria:Women undergoing hysterectomy for non-malignant indications -
Exclusion Criteria:Malignancy Inability to remove uterus without morcellation
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Endometrial curettage Intrauterine foley balloon placement for 5 minutes Removal of intrauterine foley balloon Saline irrigation of uterine cavity Hysterectomy
Procedure: Hysterectomy with FloSeal
Endometrial curettage FloSeal placement into uterine cavity Intrauterine foley balloon placement for 5 minutes Removal of intrauterine foley balloon Saline irrigation of uterine cavity Hysterectomy
Procedure: Hysterectomy with FloSeal
Evaluation of the effects of intrauterine FloSeal
Also known as: Endometrial curettage, FloSeal placement into uterine cavity, Intrauterine foley balloon placement for 5 minutes, Removal of intrauterine foley balloon, Saline irrigation of uterine cavity, Hysterectomy
Tissue effects of FloSeal upon endometrium on day 1
Pathological (microscopic and histochemical) evaluation of endometrial curettings and uterine specimens in all study cases to evaluate immediate (day 1) tissue effects of FloSeal upon the endometrium.
Time frame: Immediate post operative effects
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