Evaluation of Preoperative Investigations in Patients With Liver Cancer

Liver Metastasis Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Positron Emission Tomography/ CT Scan, Endoscopic Ultrasono¬Graphy, and Laparoscopic Ultrasonography in the Preoperative Assess¬Ment of Resectability in Patients With Primary and Secondary Liver Cancer

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00408122
• Other study ID #: VF-20060109
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: December 5, 2006
• Last updated: October 15, 2014
• Start date: January 2007
• Est. completion date: January 2012

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Odense University Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the study is to evaluate the diagnostic procedures emission tomography in combination with a CT scan (PET/CT) and endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) in the preoperative evaluation of resectability of patients with primary or secondary liver cancers.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 77
• Est. completion date: January 2012
• Est. primary completion date: January 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients who are referred to The Department of Surgery, Odense University Hospital, for surgical treatment of suspected or biopsy proven primary or secondary liver cancer.

Exclusion Criteria:

• age less than 18 years

• patients who are not fit for liver surgery because of co-morbidity

• patients for whom the extra investigations in the study are considered to give an increased risk because of co-morbidity such as

• Patients with s-creatinin > 150 micromol/l

• Patients who take peroral antidiabetic drugs or have a poorly regulated diabetes mellitus

• patients who do not understand the patient information

• patients who do not want to participate

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Liver Metastasis
• Liver Neoplasms
• Primary Liver Cancer

Intervention

Procedure:
• PET/CT scan and EUS

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Denmark	Dept of Surgery, Odense university Hospital	Odense

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Odense University Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Denmark,