Status:
COMPLETED
PET Scan and CT Scan in Evaluating Response in Patients Undergoing Radiofrequency Ablation for Lung Metastases
Lead Sponsor:
Institut Bergonié
Conditions:
Metastatic Cancer
Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-120 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
RATIONALE: Radiofrequency ablation uses a high-frequency, electric current to kill tumor cells. Diagnostic procedures, such as PET scan and CT scan, may help doctors measure the patient's response to ...
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVES: Primary * Determine the accuracy of positron emission tomography (PET) and CT scan in measuring response at 3 months after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in patients with lung metastases....
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
- Histologically confirmed cancer
- Radiologically suspected pulmonary metastases
- May be confirmed histologically or by specific markers
- Less than 6 lesions
- Lesions \< 40 mm
- Prior positron emission tomography shows 1 hyperfixation (standard uptake variable \> 3) at the level of lesions to be treated
- Lesions must not be attached to or next to major mediastinal structures
- Radiofrequency ablation planned as treatment
- PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
- Life expectancy \> 6 months
- No uncontrolled medical condition, including any of the following:
- Psychiatric condition
- Infection
- Coronary insufficiency
- New York Heart Association class III-IV heart disease
- No other serious condition
- No contraindication to general anesthesia
- Not pregnant or nursing
- PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
- At least 30 days since prior participation in an investigational study
- At least 30 days since prior chemotherapy
- No other concurrent investigational agents
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 2 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
89 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00382252
Start Date
May 2 2005
End Date
May 1 2011
Last Update
March 9 2022
Active Locations (3)
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1
Centre Hospitalier de la Cote Basque
Bayonne, France, 64100
2
Institut Bergonie
Bordeaux, France, 33076
3
Hopital Haut Leveque
Pessac, France, 33604