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NCT Number: NCT02637596

Quality of Life After Radiofrequency Ablation of Pancreatic Cancer

A prospective clinical study evaluating quality of life (QoL) in pancreatic cancer patients treated with intraoperative radiofrequency ablation (RFA).

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Key information

Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer Digestive System Diseases Digestive System Neoplasms Endocrine Gland Neoplasms Endocrine System Diseases Neoplasms Neoplasms by Site Pancreatic Diseases Pancreatic Neoplasms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Department of surgery Masaryk University Hostpital Brno

Brno, Bohunice, 62500, Czechia

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • histologically proved locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer. Patients with histologically proved resectable pancreatic cancer with low Karnofsky index.

informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • cystic tumor

age under 18

Treatment and study plan

Radiofrequency ablation

Procedure

After laparotomy, intraoperative IOUS quided RFA of primary tumor was performed.

Other names: RFA

Primary outcomes

  1. Quality of life after RFA of pancreatic cancer

    Time frame: 3 years

    Quality of life will be evaluated using EORTC C 30 and pan 26 questionaire preoperatively and three months after RFA

Secondary outcomes

  1. 3- months perioperative morbidity and mortality

    Time frame: 3 years

    Three months morbidity and mortality will be evaluated using Dindo-Clavien classification

Other outcomes

  1. Overall Survival

    Time frame: 3 years

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Brno University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Quality of Life After Intraoperative Radiofrequency Ablation of Pancreatic Cancer

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2015
First posted
Dec 22, 2015
Registry last updated
Dec 28, 2015

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