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Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Be pre-Menopausal females with regular menstrual cycles and > 30 years of age 2. Premenopausal at enrollment as determined by FSH measurement ≤ 60 IU/mL. 3. Endometrial thickness at pre-treatment less than 20 mm. 4. Diagnosis of Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding and requiring endometrial ablation 5. Tumour negative cytology and histology 6. Appropriate sized uterus with no anatomic pathologies 7. Patient is not pregnant and does not wish to become pregnant in the future 8. Patient is willing to use a non-hormonal contraception method during the study, nor an intra-uterine device 9. Patient has no endocrine disorders, is not receiving hormonal therapies or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medication. (prophylactic antibiotics can be administered according to the usual practice of the investigator) 10. Have the ability to understand the requirements of the study and is willing to provide written informed consent 11. Agree to abide by the study restrictions and return for the required assessments 12. Only patients which can be discontinued safely from contra-indicated medications discussed below in section 7.4 can be included in the study.

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Exclusion Criteria:

Be pregnant or have desire to conceive
Have abnormal endometrial cytology as confirmed by histology
Have active endometritis
Have active pelvic inflammatory disease
Have active sexually transmitted disease (STD), at the time of ablation. Note: Treatment of STD documented in the chart serves as sufficient evidence of infection resolution. Patient may be considered for study enrollment.
Presence of bacteremia, sepsis, or other active systemic infection
Have active infection of the genitals, vagina, cervix, uterus or urinary tract at the time of inclusion
Known/suspected gynecological malignancy within the past 5 years
Known clotting defects or bleeding disorders
Untreated/unevaluated cervical dysplasia
Known/suspected abdominal/pelvic cancer
Atypical Hyperplasia
Prior uterine surgery (except low segment cesarean section) that interrupts the integrity of the uterine wall (e.g., myomectomy or classical cesarean section
Currently on medications that could thin the myometrial muscle, such as long-term steroid use (except inhaler or nasal therapy for asthma)
Currently on anticoagulants
Have a known hypersensitivity to gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH), GnRH agonists, any LHRH agonists (e.g., leuprolide (Lupron®), goserelin ( Zoladex®) etc.) or to the PLGA polymers contained in the study formulation
Have a severe liver disease (e.g., cirrhosis, chronic active hepatitis or chronic persistent hepatitis) or has persistent ALT, AST ˃ 2 X ULN, serum creatinine ˃ 2 X ULN, serum bilirubin ˃ 2 X ULN
Have received an investigational drug or participated in a clinical trial within the last 30 days
Have clinically serious and/or unstable concurrent infection, medical illnesses or conditions that are uncontrolled or whose control, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be jeopardized by participation in this study or by the complications of this therapy
Patients with BMI ˂ 18
Anticoagulated patients with INR ≥ 2

Patients with a history of QT prolongation, congenital long QT syndrome, electrolyte abnormalities, CHF, or concurrent administration with QT prolonging drugs or QTc ˃450 msec.

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