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Cervicitis

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Development Stage

Early Stage

Focused ultrasound research is in the laboratory phase and is not yet available for patients.

Clinical Trials

Focused ultrasound for this condition is being researched in clinical trials.

International Approval

Focused ultrasound is approved to treat this condition outside the US. Patients can seek commercial treatment at participating international sites.

FDA Approved

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved focus ultrasound for this condition. Patients can seek commercial treatment at participating sites.

Early Stage

Clinical Trials

International

FDA Approved

Focused ultrasound is approved to treat this condition outside the US. Patients can seek commercial treatment at participating international sites.

Focused Ultrasound Therapy

Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with chronic cervicitis. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.

How it Works
Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces precise ablation (thermal destruction of tissue) enabling chronic cervicitis to be treated without surgery. While significant work has been accomplished, there is still much to be done before this technology will be widely available.

Advantages
The primary options for treatment of chronic cervicitis include medication or surgical procedures.

For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications – such as surgical wound healing or infection – at a lower cost. It can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue and is repeatable, if necessary. It also protects the physiological functions and biological structure of the cervix and is considered a safe treatment with no scars and a low recurrence rate.

Clinical Trials

At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of cervicitis.

The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click here, it will take you to the latest information available from https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/. 

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Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement

Focused ultrasound treatment for cervicitis has been approved in Asia. It has not yet approved by other regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.

Notable Papers

Li L, Zhang G, Sun M, Lang J, Yu X. Application of high-intensity focused ultrasound in gynaecological diseases. Int J Hyperthermia. 2026 Dec;43(1):2635294. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2026.2635294. Epub 2026 Mar 23. PMID: 41867046 

Wang W, Zhou H, Liu Y, Ren J, Chen L. Changes in cervical cytokine profiles following focused ultrasound treatment for high-risk human papillomavirus infection-related low-grade cervical lesions. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 Sep;162(3):983-988. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14768. Epub 2023 Apr 3. PMID: 37010893

Wang W, Liu Y, Yang Y, Ren J, Zhou H. Changes in vaginal microbiome after focused ultrasound treatment of high-risk human papillomavirus infection-related low-grade cervical lesions. BMC Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 5;23(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s12879-022-07937-8. PMID: 36604622

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