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High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation in Treating Patients With Progressive Prostate Cancer

NCT00987675 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2013-08-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: High-intensity focused ultrasound ablation uses high-energy sound waves to kill tumor cells.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying the side effects of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation and to see how well it works in treating patients with progressive prostate cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

pharmacological study

OTHER

questionnaire administration

PROCEDURE

assessment of therapy complications

PROCEDURE

high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation

PROCEDURE

quality-of-life assessment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University College London Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hashim Uddinn Ahmed, MD · University College London Hospitals

Study Design

Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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Diseases

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