Key clinical point: A fifth of clinically stable patients receiving intermittent ulipristal acetate (UPA) treatment for uterine fibroids needed surgery after it was suspended by the European Medicines Agency in March 2020, because of safety concerns.
Major finding: Following the suspension of UPA, 20% of patients receiving intermittent UPA needed surgery and 80% needed other medical treatments.
Study details: The data come from an analysis of 85 women who received intermittent UPA treatment until it was suspended in March 2020.
Disclosures: No funding information was available. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Source: Nicolás I et al. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2021 May 28. doi: 10.1080/09513590.2021.1929152 .