Status:
COMPLETED
Microwave Therapy for Treatment of Precancerous Actinic Keratoses
Lead Sponsor:
University of Dundee
Collaborating Sponsors:
Emblation Limited
Conditions:
Actinic Keratoses
Precancerous Skin Lesion
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is a two-stage feasibility study to determine if focussed microwave energy is a suitable treatment for Actinic Keratoses (AK). The two study stages are as follows: Stage 1: To determine the el...
Detailed Description
This study is a collaboration between the University of Dundee, NHS Tayside and Emblation Ltd, funded by Innovate UK. Emblation is a Scottish based Small Medium sized Enterprise (SME) and is an establ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male or female participants
- Age 18 years and over
- Clinical diagnosis of precancerous Actinic Keratosis made by a dermatologist
- Able to perform study assessments
Exclusion
- Inability to give informed consent
- Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), pacemaker or other implantable device
- Metal implants at site of treatment
- Known allergy or intolerance to microwave therapy
- Unstable co-morbidities (cardiovascular disease, active malignancy, vasculopathy, inflammatory arthritis) which, in the opinion of the Chief Investigator (CI), would make the patient unsuitable to be enrolled in the study.
- Individuals who are immunosuppressed (organ transplant recipients, haematologic malignancies, HIV).
- Individuals will not be enrolled to the study if they are participating in the clinical phase of another interventional trial or have done so within the last 30 days. Individuals who are participating in the follow-up phase of another interventional trial, or who are enrolled in an observational study, will be co-enrolled where the CIs of each study agree that it is appropriate.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 7 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 28 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
18 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03483935
Start Date
March 7 2018
End Date
February 28 2019
Last Update
March 6 2023
Active Locations (1)
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NHS Tayside
Dundee, United Kingdom, DD1 9SY