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- Clinical Trial NCT00355212
Comparison Between Radiofrequency Versus Ethanol Injection for the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Comparative Study Between Radiofrequency and Ethanol Injection for the Ablation of Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma Associated With Liver Cirrhosis
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
Currently early hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) complicating liver cirrhosis is often treated by percutaneous ablation techniques under ultrasound guidance: their performance is easy, safe and efficient. They are less invasive and expensive than surgical removal, representing a potential local cure for a larger number of patients than those who could be treated by a liver resection or offered a liver transplantation.
Percutaneous ethanol injection (PEI), the first non-surgical technique introduced in clinical practice, has been widely used since the late eighties. PEI induces a chemical and ischemic coagulative necrosis in 70-80% of small (<3cm) HCC lesions. Necrosis obtained by this way is generally restricted to the neoplastic lesion itself; the chemical ablation may be moreover hampered by internal scars, that limit the uniform spreading of ethanol and by possible uncontrolled flows outside the lesion, with the ultimate result of a reduced necrotic effect and persistence of residual vital nests of neoplasia in as many as 33% of the cases. Nevertheless, the survival after PEI seems not different from surgery in retrospective series and this technique was indicated as the standard percutaneous treatment for early HCC in the 2001 guidelines of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).
In 1993 radio-frequency ablation (RF) was proposed as a new technique for the ablation of small HCCs. RF induces heat-generated coagulative necrosis of the neoplastic lesion and surrounding liver tissue. However, RF is not suitable for lesions situated close to large vessels or hollow viscera, as the first can decrease heat generation and the latter can be damaged by the procedure itself; it is more cumbersome, needs anaesthesiology assistance in most of the cases and, accordingly to early reports, is aggravated by a higher complication rate and higher costs. A major advantage of RF is the achievement of complete ablation of the neoplastic lesion with less sessions than PEI. This advantage impacts on the "quality of life" of the patient, who prefers to be cured in a single session rather than by the multisession approach of PEI.
When the present study began in January 2001, no randomised controlled trial comparing RF and PEI had been published and no data were available on mid-long term local tumor progression and on comparative survival rate after either treatment. Some retrospective studies about the primary effectiveness had been published.
The aim of our study was to compare the effectiveness of RF versus PEI in a randomised controlled trial: our primary end point was to evaluate the local control (sustained complete response) after 1 year from the treatment of every lesion defined as HCC in the single patient at the beginning of the trial; secondary end points included the primary effectiveness (early complete response)of the treatment after 1-2 months,the overall survival at four years, the complication rate, and the costs.
Study Type
Enrollment
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Torino, Italy, 10126
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista Di Torino
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Included were cirrhotic patients in Child-Pugh class A/B with 1 to 3 HCC nodes of ≤ 30mm in diameter.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Excluded were patients without liver cirrhosis, in Child-Pugh class C, with a platelets count <40000, INR >1.75, PTT >40sec, hypo vascular HCC, lesions not detectable by ultrasonography (US), lesions close (≤1cm) to the gallbladder, hepatic hilum, colon or stomach, with venous invasion or metastatic disease
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
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Sustained complete response at one year after the treatment.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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complications
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early complete response(forty days after treatment)
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overall survival at the fourth year after the first treatment
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costs.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Franco Brunello, MD, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista Di Torino
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
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Study Start
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Study Registration Dates
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First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
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More Information
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Other Study ID Numbers
- 3909/562/35/2000
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