Status:
COMPLETED
Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasound During Liver Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Liver Metastases
Lead Sponsor:
University of Milan
Conditions:
Colon Cancer Liver Metastasis
Eligibility:
All Genders
29-85 years
Brief Summary
Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasound (CE-IOUS) during surgery for colorectal liver metastases (CLM) has become a part of clinical practice. However, if it should be selectively or routinely app...
Detailed Description
Contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasound (CE-IOUS) during surgery for colorectal liver metastases (CLM) is entered in clinical practice. However, its impact seems to decrease with the improvement o...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- consecutively enrolled patients with CLM who underwent surgery and during this procedure received IOUS and CE-IOUS.
- each patient had at least 6 months of postoperative follow-up.
Exclusion
- patients who after IOUS and CE-IOUS had explorative laparotomy only were excluded from the analysis since there was no histological confirmation of the tumor and most of them were lost to surgical follow-up
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
127 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01526200
Start Date
October 1 2007
End Date
December 1 2011
Last Update
February 3 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Istituto Clinico Humanitas IRCS
Rozzano, Milan, Italy, 20089