Astora business is closing

The aim of this study is to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of the Elevate® Anterior and Apical Prolapse Repair System for repair of anterior/apical pelvic organ prolapse in a controlled, post-market cohort study.

The Embrace 522 study has been terminated due to the closing of the Astora Women's Health business. No other entity will be taking responsibility for this study. The study was terminated with partial subject enrollment complete and therefore no primary or secondary data analysis can be performed. The data from this study resides in a national data base which Astora no longer has access and therefore is another reason why no data analysis can be performed. The national database is owned and managed by the American Urogynecology Society (AUGS). AUGS has access to Astora's data and will at some time in the near future publish results to physicians who are active participants in the registry. Full public disclosure of this data may not occur for a number of years and will be aggregated with data from other study sponsors.

Inclusion Criteria:

Subject is female Subject is at least 18 years of age

Subject must have documented diagnosis of anterior or anterior and apical vaginal prolapse with leading edge of pelvic organ prolapse at or beyond the hymen. At or beyond the hymen is defined as POP-Q scores of Ba ≥ 0; or Ba ≥ 0 and C ≥ -1/2 TVL (for a multi-compartment anterior prolapse that includes the apical compartment)

Subject reports a bothersome bulge they can see or feel per PFDI-20, question 3, response of 2 or higher (i.e., responses of "somewhat", "moderately", or "quite a bit")

Subject or subject's legally authorized representative is willing to provide written informed consent

Subject is willing and able to comply with the follow-up regimen

Exclusion Criteria:

Subject is pregnant or intends to become pregnant during the study

Subject has an active or chronic systemic infection including any gynecologic infection, untreated urinary tract infection (UTI) or tissue necrosis Subject has history of pelvic organ cancer (e.g. uterine, ovarian, bladder, or cervical)

Subject has history of pelvic organ cancer (e.g. uterine, ovarian, bladder, or cervical)

Subject has had prior or is currently undergoing radiation, laser therapy, or chemotherapy in the pelvic area

Subject has taken systemic steroids (within the last month), or immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory treatment (within the last 3 months)

Subject has systemic connective tissue disease (e.g. scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Marfan's syndrome, Ehlers Danhlos, collagenosis, polymyositis or polymyalgia rheumatica)

Subject has chronic systemic pain that includes the pelvic area or chronic focal pain that involves the pelvis

Subject has uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM)

Subject has a known neurologic or medical condition affecting bladder function (e.g., multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury or stroke with residual neurologic deficit)

Subject is seeking obliterative vaginal surgery as treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (colpocleisis)

Subject is not able to conform to the modified dorsal lithotomy position

Subject is currently participating in or plans to participate in another device or drug study during this study

Subject has a known sensitivity to polypropylene

Subject has had previous prolapse repair with mesh in the target compartment

Subject is planning to undergo a concomitant repair with use of mesh in the non-target compartment