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Steam Ablation Versus Endovenous Laser Ablation for the Treatment of Great Saphenous Veins

NCT02046967 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 237

Last updated 2014-01-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Endovenous laser ablation is a common therapy of great saphenous vein insufficiency with a very high success rate. It works by heating and thereby obliterating the vein. Steam ablation is a new therapy that also works by heating and thereby obliterating the vein. The hypothesis of this study is that steam ablation is as effective as laser ablation, but that it results in better secondary outcomes (e.g., lower pain scores).

Conditions

  • Varicose Veins
  • Varicose Veins of Leg With Long Saphenous Vein Distribution

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Endovenous laser ablation with 940 nm bare fiber

Endovenous laser ablation with 940 nm Diode laser using a bare fiber for treating the Great Saphenous Vein.

PROCEDURE

Endovenous steam ablation with steam vein sclerosis system.

Endovenous steam ablation with steam vein sclerosis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Renate R van den Bos, MD, PhD · Erasmus Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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