Cancer, Pancreas
Conditions
Keywords
Pancreatic cancer, Quality of life, Pain
Brief summary
Patients with pancreatic cancer often suffer from pain. Because of such a pain, their quality of life have seriously deteriorated. There have been a few studies that showed an effect for pain control by hyperthermia (heating the patient's body). However, there are several limitations in conventional hyperthermia. In this study, the investigators tried to show the effect of Oncothermia which is more selective to malignant tissue than conventional hyperthermia for pain control, increasing quality of life, and anti-tumor treatment.
Interventions
OTHEROncothermia
Oncothermia is a kind of hyperthermia treatment. It serves heat energy more selectively than conventional hyperthermia.
Sponsors
Hospicare Co., Ltd.
Seoul National University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Inoperable or recurred pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma * After the each cycle of chemotherapy, the disease status was stable disease
Exclusion criteria
* Person who has an experience of hyperthermia treatment * Person who has a difficulty of sensing heat * Person who has a skin graft or breast reconstruction surgery * Person who has a cardiac pacemaker or an implanted metal * Pregnant or breast feeding women * Person with uncontrolled infection, diabetes, hypertension, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarct within 6 months * Person who was treated with unproved drugs within 6 months * Person who have a serious disease which can affect the person's safety * Person who do not consent to the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| ECOG score change | 3 months after oncothermia treatment |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Progression free survival rate | 3 months later after oncothermia treatment |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed