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Effectiveness of the Combined WLI and Hyperthermia for GI Cancer Liver Metastasis

NCT01963117 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 11

Last updated 2020-03-19

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Summary

The standard treatment of unresectable liver metastasis in gastrointestinal tract cancer is chemotherapy, but considerable portion of the patients progressed and most of the liver is converted to metastatic tumor lesions. Significant quality of life decrement was detected in those patients, especially in patients suffered severe symptoms Several studies reported that whole liver RT (WLRT) can be used effectively to control severe symptoms from unresectable liver metastasis in gastrointestinal tract cancer patients. However, it is well known fact that the liver is a very sensitive to RT. Despite symptom palliation is obtained after 20 to 30 Gy RT but only in small subset of patients get local control. In this aspect, the combined with radiosensitizer with WLRT is considered to enhance RT effect to palliate symptom and control local tumor progression, and increase the quality of life ultimately.

It is reported that hyperthermia is considered as the most valuable radiosensitizer in cancer treatment, theoretically. Based on those studies, we start this prospective study to investigate the effect of combination treatment of WLRT and hyperthermia on quality of life in the patients with unresectable chemoresistant liver metastasis from gastrointestinal tract cancer.

Conditions

  • Hyperthermia

Interventions

RADIATION

Combined hyperthermia and radiation therapy

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Samsung Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hee Chul Park, M.D., Ph.D. · Samsung Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-11-30
Completion
2015-04-30

Countries

  • South Korea

Study Locations

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