Intraprocedural Assessment of Ablation Margins Using Computed Tomography Co-registration in Primary Liver Tumor Treatment With Percutaneous Ablation (IAMCOMPLETE)

January 4, 2023 updated by: MCBurgmans, Leiden University Medical Center
A pre- and postablation scan will be made intraprocedurally to investigate the feasibility of intraprocedural ablation verification assessment using coregistration software

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

20

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Zuid-Holland
      • Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, 2333ZA
        • Leiden University Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 99 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 18 yrs or above
  • HCC very early (0) or early stage (A) according to the BCLC staging system
  • Either de novo or recurrent HCC (prior locoregional therapy is allowed in the study)
  • Candidate for percutaneous thermal ablation as discussed in a multidisciplinary tumor board. Ablation as 'bridge-to-transplant' is allowed in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Estimated GFR <30 ml/min
  • Morbid obesitas or any pulmonary condition that is a contraindication to prolonged apnea and high jet-ventilation
  • Child Pugh C
  • Portal vein tumor invasion
  • Extrahepatic metastasis
  • Uncorrectable coagulopathy
  • Any psychological, familial, sociological or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule
  • Inability or unwillingness to give informed consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Additional intraprocedural CT-scan
In 20 patients, besides de regular post-RFA scan, a pre-RFA contrast enhanced dual phase CT-scan will be acquired to investigate the feasibility of quantitative ablation assessment.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Feasibility of the use of co-registration software (>80%)
Time Frame: 1 year
The proportion of patients in whom reliable co-registration of pre- and post-ablation CT images is feasible
1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Inter and intra-observer variability
Time Frame: 1 year
Inter- and intraobserver variability of CT-CT co-registration of determining the minimum ablation margin after thermal ablation for liver tumors
1 year
The time that is required for CT-CT co-registration
Time Frame: 1 year
The time that is required for CT-CT co-registration
1 year
Quantitatively assessed ablation margin
Time Frame: 1 year
Percentage of local recurrence per group as categorized according to ablation margin: <0mm, 0-5mm, >5mm
1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 26, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 26, 2021

Study Completion (Actual)

August 26, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 9, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 9, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

October 10, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 6, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 4, 2023

Last Verified

January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NL69217.058.19

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

No individual patiend data is shared with researchers.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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