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Completed Phase 2 Interventional

Heat Therapy in Treating Patients With Unresectable Primary or Metastatic Liver Cancer

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00004136

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Official title

A Phase II Study of Radiofrequency Ablation of Unresectable Liver Tumors

Brief summary

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RATIONALE: Heating tumors to several degrees above body temperature may kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of heat therapy in treating patients who have unresectable primary or metastatic liver cancer.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00004136
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
59 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Procedure

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
Not listed
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Mar 8, 1998
Primary completion
Jan 24, 2006
Completion
Jan 24, 2006
Last update posted
Nov 5, 2018

1998 – 2006

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston Texas 77030

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