{"id":3273,"date":"2019-01-28T14:25:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=3273"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:32:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T05:32:48","slug":"rhinitis","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/rhinitis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhinitis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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 persistent allergic rhinitis. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasonic energy precisely and accurately on targets nose without damaging surrounding normal tissue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces precise ablation (thermal destruction of tissue) enabling persistent allergic rhinitis to be treated without surgery. This treatment has been approved in Europe and Asia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><br>The primary options for treatment of persistent allergic rhinitis include medications. Surgery may be needed if medications are ineffective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. It can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue and is repeatable, if necessary.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There is currently one <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT06272032?term=NCT06272032&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> using Focused Ultrasound to treat patients with allergic rhinitis in Chongqing, China.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Rhinitis&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-a-treatment-site\">Find a Treatment Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/treatment-sites\/?indication=Rhinitis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for a treatment center or clinical trial near you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for rhinitis is approved in Europe and Asia. It is not yet covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Liu S, Xiao Y, Xiao K. <a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38941395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Clinical effectiveness of focused ultrasound combined with plasma radiofrequency ablation technique in the treatment of persistent strain rhinitis<\/strong><\/a>. Medicine (Baltimore). 2024 Jun 28;103(26):e38538. doi: 10.1097\/MD.0000000000038538. PMID: 38941395&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zhong B, LiLK, Deng D, Du JT, Liu YF, Liu F, Liu SX.\u202f<a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/31496537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Effect of High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Versus Plasma Radiofrequency Ablation on Recurrent Allergic Rhinitis<\/strong><\/a>. Med Sci Monit. 2019 Sep 9;25:6775-6781. doi: 10.12659\/MSM.916228.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feng GF, Han ZL, Wang F, Sun BC, Dai ZY, Yang SZ, Zhou CY.\u202f<a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26345920\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Comparison of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy under nasal endoscopy guidance versus first-line drug treatment in patients with persistent allergic rhinitis<\/strong><\/a>. Genet Mol Res. 2015 Aug 19;14(3):9865-71. doi: 10.4238\/2015.August.19.20.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wei H, Shi L, Zhang J, Xia Y, Cuan J, Zhang Y, Li W, Yan A, Jiang X, Lang MF, Sun J.\u202f<a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25130451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>High-intensity focused ultrasound leads to histopathologic changes of the inferior turbinate mucosa with allergic inflammation<\/strong><\/a>. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2014 Oct;40(10):2425-30. doi: 10.1016\/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.05.016. Epub 2014 Aug 15.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wei H, Zhang Y, Shi L, Zhang J, Xia Y, Zang J, Yan A, Li W, Jiang X.\u202f<a class=\"ek-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24324369\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Higher dosage of HIFU treatment may lead to higher and longer efficacy for moderate to severe perennial allergic rhinitis<\/strong><\/a>. Int J Med Sci. 2013 Nov 27;10(13):1914-20. doi: 10.7150\/ijms.7117. eCollection 2013.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/?term=(%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU)+and+%22rhinitis%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click <\/strong>here<\/a> for additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[58],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[19,20],"class_list":["post-3273","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-respiratory"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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