Feasibility of HIFU for Management of Placenta Accreta (HIFU-ACCRETA)

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Placenta Accreta

Treatments: Device: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04003428

2017-A01376-47 (Other Identifier)

69HCL17_0335

Details and patient eligibility

About

Placental accretion during pregnancy refers to an abnormally deep insertion of the placenta into the uterus, leading to the impossibility of removing the placenta without inducting uterine or surrounding organs lesions. The management of these patients is complex, with two options during caesarean section: hysterectomy or uterine conservative surgery in which the placenta is let in the uterine cavity. These are both at risk of complications, including severe hemorrhage.

High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) principle is based on the focusing of ultrasonic waves in a focal zone causing a rapid rise in temperature in the targeted area. This focus results in the creation of a coagulation necrosis tissue lesion. This procedure is guided in real time by an integrated ultrasound imaging cell.

The investigators hypothesized that HIFU shots would accelerate the process of placental involution when the placenta is let in the uterine cavity, increasing the chances of uterine preservation and reducing the infectious and hemorrhagic risks in the short and medium term. The aim of this study is to confirm the feasibility and safety of the use of HIFU as a per-caesarean adjuvant treatment for management of placenta accrete let in the uterus for a conservative treatment.

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant woman aged 18 years or older, with a suspicion of placental accretion observed with usual imaging tests (ultrasound, MRI)
• Single pregnancy (singleton)
• For whom a caesarean section has been scheduled
• Wishing to try to preserve her uterus
• Affiliated to a social security scheme or similar
• Having signed informed consent for participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Major patient protected by law, under guardianship or curatorship
• Patient participating in other interventional research that may interfere with this research
• Placental tumor identified in antenatal
• Grade 3 placental calcification
• Presence of a catheter, stent or vascular prosthesis close to the uterus

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 1 patient group

Per-caesarean HIFU shots

Experimental group

Description:

Adjuvant treatment with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) performed the day of the scheduled childbirth, after confirmation of placenta accreta, and after fetal extraction by caesarian section.

Treatment:

Device: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound