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CompletedNCT02832882

RFA for Small HCC With No-touch Technique Using Octopus Electrode

Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Octopus Electrode and No-touch Technique: Preliminary Study

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
118 (actual)
Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
20 Years – 85 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the investigators are going to prospectively compare the clinical outcomes (technical success rate, 12 month local tumor progression rate, complication rate, tumor seeding rate) of Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) with octopus electrode and no-touch technique for Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to those of RFA with conventional tumor puncture method with the same device.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
PROCEDURENo-touch RFANo-touch RFA indicates RFA without tumor puncture. In this study, no-touch RFA is performed using Octopus electrodes.
PROCEDUREConventional tumor puncture RFAConventional tumor puncture RFA indicates routine procedure of RFA in our institution. In this study, RFA procedure is performed using Octopus electrodes.

Timeline

Start date
2016-10-21
Primary completion
2018-09-11
Completion
2020-01-17
First posted
2016-07-14
Last updated
2021-03-22

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02832882. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.