Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy Under Real Time MRI Guidance for Minimal Invasive Treatment of Liver Metastasis

The Clinical Evaluation of the Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy (LITT ), Under Real Time MRI Guidance, for the Minimal Invasive Treatment of Liver Metastasis - a Phase IIa Mono-centric Study, Without Direct Benefice to the Patient

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00392366

Enrollment

Registered

2006-10-26

Start date

2006-07-31

Completion date

2008-07-31

Last updated

2010-01-01

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Conditions

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Digestive System Neoplasms, Liver Neoplasms

Keywords

MRI guided Laser Therapy, Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, Magnetic Resonance Thermal Imaging, Liver Metastasis

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if the, MR guided, laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) treatment technique can be safety and efficiently used for the human liver metastasis

Detailed description

This new minimally invasive technique has been tested so far, with success, on animal brain and prostate tumors. LITT has also tested with success by other teams for the treatment of liver metastasis. The main purpose of this study is to determine if the Visualase, MR guided, laser interstitial thermal therapy device can be safely and efficiently used for the treatment of human liver metastasis originating from the colon and rectal primary tumors. As secondary objectives for this clinical study is to explore the tolerance of the treatment and its contra indications. The clinical trial will include a statistical sample of 25 patients and will run over a period of 24 months. The inclusion period will be of 12 months and the patients will be followed up during a period of 7 days after the intervention. The clinical trial will be performed at the Cochin University Hospital of Paris and the patients will be coming from the oncology / surgery departments of the hospital. The patients recruited for this study are those who developed several liver metastasis and are planned for the a surgical resection for part of the liver (where metastasis are located). Prior to the surgical resection, a LITT procedure will be performed on one of the metastasis. After the surgical resection histological analysis will be elaborated to compare the real necrosis volume created by the LITT procedure to the expected predicted volume.

Interventions

DEVICEMR-guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy System

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients 18 years of age or older * Patients with liver metastasis, originating from colon and liver cancer and proved by histological analysis * Patient that are scheduled for a surgical resection of part of the liver, * Patient having a liver metastasis, originating from colon and rectal cancer, smaller or equal to 3 cm * Patients having the liver metastasis at a distance of at least 1 cm or from the hepatic capsule or/and from a vascular structure

Exclusion criteria

* Patients younger than 18 years old * Patients presenting contra indication for MRI studies * Patient presenting contra indication to liver surgery * Patients who already had other interstitial treatment on the targeted lesion

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Accuracy of predicted lesion geometry to histologically measured dimensions	—

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026