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Filter by:A prospective, multicenter, self-control clinical trial aim to enroll 110 patients suffered from upper abdominal (liver, pancreas, stomach, etc.) cancers . Patients who have taken at least one opioid drug for pain for two weeks and still have a VAS pain scale greater than 6 will receive endovascular denervation (EDN). They will be followed up for 3 months. The VAS scales, quantity of analgesics as represented by morphine equivalent and quality of life scores will be compared before and after EDN. Safety parameters such as arterial deformation, embolism, infection, liver and kidney functions will also be monitored.
Patients with non-resectable pancreatic cancer have a poor prognosis.The analysis of prognostic factors before treatment may be helpful in selecting appropriate candidates for chemotherapy and determining treatment strategies. The aim of the PEACE study is to assess the vascularity of pancreatic malignant tumors using contrast-enhanced endoscopic ultrasonography and to clarify the prognostic value of tumor vascularity in patients with locally advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer.
Diagnostic assessment of solid pancreatic lesions may represent a real challenge in the clinical practice, even with the aid of tissue sampling by means of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) fine needle aspiration (FNA). Aim of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to establish the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of real time elastography (RTE)-guided EUS-FNA as compared to conventional EUS-FNA in a series of patients with solid pancreatic masses. Eligible will be patients with solid pancreatic masses detected at abdominal imaging (ultrasound, CT-scan or MRI). In the treatment arm, RTE assessment of pancreatic masses will be performed using a last generation ultrasound machine, and all suspicious areas at elastography (i.e. those appearing in dark blue color as a consequence of higher cellularity of tumoral tissue) will be recorded and stored in our database. A 25 G needle will be then inserted into the most suspicious part ("dark blue") of the lesion and immediately after the procedure the stylet will be removed. At the end of the procedure, the needle will be retracted and the samples will be prepared for cytological examination. Primary endpoint will be diagnostic yield of the procedure. Secondary endpoints the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, number of passes needed to achieve an adequate sample and safety It will be planned to enroll 142 patients (71 per arms) within 1 year. A minimum follow up of 6 months from the last patient unsuitable to surgery will be required.