RADx Tech ACT ENDO Challenge Winners
The National Institutes of Health announced four grand prize winners of the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Technology Advancing Cures and Therapies and ending ENDOmetriosis diagnostic delays challenge.
Endometriosis is a chronic, debilitating condition that is associated with symptoms including chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, dysuria, dyschezia, and infertility[2-3], as well as an increased risk for ovarian cancer[4], depression[5], migraines, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and other pain and autoimmune conditions[6]. Despite the severe impact of endometriosis on quality of life, diagnosis may be delayed up to 10 years due to a normalization of intense menstrual pain by patients and healthcare providers, and the requirement for surgical visualization[7-9]. (Read more from the NIH.)
- First Place, $600,000: Endometrics: Menstrual fluid as an endometriosis diagnostic
- Second Place, $500,000: Feinstein Institutes | Northwell Health: Menstrual fluid as an endometriosis diagnostic
- Third Place, $400,000: 3CPM: Electroviscerography (EVG) as an endometriosis diagnostic
- Runner Up, $100,000: Uterine Insight Technology (WUSTL): Uterine peristalsis imaging (UPI) as an endometriosis diagnostic