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The EMPrint™ Ablate and RESect Study in Patients With Metastatic Lung Tumors (EMPRESS)

The EMPrint™ Ablate and RESect Study in Patients With Metastatic Lung Tumors (EMPRESS)

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02323854
Acronym
EMPRESS
Enrollment
15
Registered
2014-12-24
Start date
2015-01-31
Completion date
2017-11-30
Last updated
2018-05-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Lung Cancer

Keywords

primary, recurrent, metastatic lung tumor, ablation

Brief summary

Post market prospective, non-randomized, single-arm, multicenter study, designed to demonstrate dose response of an ablation system using a percutaneous approach in patients with primary, metastatic, or recurrent primary lung tumors.

Detailed description

Primary Endpoint: Dose response as indicated by CT imaging, measurement of maximum diameter and volume. Secondary Endpoint: Assessment of complete tumor ablation immediately post-procedure.

Interventions

DEVICEAblation

Percutaneous antenna will be placed into the target tumor under CT image guidance. Target tumor will be ablated and the antenna will be removed.

PROCEDURESurgical Resection

The planned surgical resection of the lung tumor will be conducted as scheduled post ablation procedure.

Sponsors

Medtronic - MITG
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Subject or authorized representative has provided informed consent. * Subject is ≥18 years of age. * At least one pulmonary metastasis ≤ 3.0 cm in maximum diameter resulting from distant primary cancers or at least one recurrence of primary lung cancer ≤ 3.0 cm in maximum diameter. * Subject has been confirmed by a thoracic surgeon to be a surgical candidate for resection of the tumor targeted for ablation. * Subject is willing and able to comply with all aspects of the treatment and evaluation schedule. * ≥1 cm of tumor-free lung parenchyma between target tumor and pleura or fissure.

Exclusion criteria

* Pre-procedure

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Dose Response1 DayDose response was assessed by comparing actual ablation zone size and volume to predicted ablation zone size and volume prescribed by the physician using the Emprint™ Procedure Planning Application. Dose response was measured for each ablation zone using CT imaging immediately post ablation and prior to the surgical resection.
Ablation Zone ShapeSame dayAblation width (X) / height (Y), ratio of 1 indicates spherical ablation zone shape

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Complete or Incomplete Tumor AblationSame DayThe secondary endpoint was complete tumor ablation immediately post-procedure for each target tumor using histologic analysis. Complete ablation was defined as 100% nonviable tumor cells.

Countries

Germany, United States

Participant flow

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Ablation and Surgical Resection
All subjects meeting the inclusion/exclusion criteria were enrolled into the study to receive microwave ablation from the Emprint™ Ablation System using a percutaneous approach in patients with metastatic or primary lung tumors. Percutaneous antenna will be placed into the target tumor under CT image guidance. Target tumor will be ablated and the antenna will be removed. Once the ablation procedure was completed, the scheduled surgical tumor resection was performed. Adverse event data were collected starting from the initial administration of anesthesia until conclusion of the first post-operative follow-up visit.
15
Total15

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicAblation and Surgical Resection
Age, Customized
Age
58.9 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 15.8
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
14 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
1 Participants
Region of Enrollment
Germany
3 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
12 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
10 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 15
other
Total, other adverse events
11 / 15
serious
Total, serious adverse events
3 / 15

Outcome results

Primary

Ablation Zone Shape

Ablation width (X) / height (Y), ratio of 1 indicates spherical ablation zone shape

Time frame: Same day

Population: Primary endpoint results were available for 11 subjects. Four out of 15 (26.6%) imaging sets were either not obtained or unable to be evaluated.

ArmMeasureValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Ablation and Surgical ResectionAblation Zone Shape0.6 RatioStandard Deviation 0.2
Primary

Dose Response

Dose response was assessed by comparing actual ablation zone size and volume to predicted ablation zone size and volume prescribed by the physician using the Emprint™ Procedure Planning Application. Dose response was measured for each ablation zone using CT imaging immediately post ablation and prior to the surgical resection.

Time frame: 1 Day

Population: Primary endpoint results were available for 11 subjects. Four out of 15 (26.6%) imaging sets were either not obtained or unable to be evaluated.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
Ablation and Surgical ResectionDose Response% Change Ablation Zone Width (X)-43.6 percent differenceStandard Deviation 18.8
Ablation and Surgical ResectionDose Response% Change Ablation Zone Height (Y)-15.1 percent differenceStandard Deviation 31.7
Ablation and Surgical ResectionDose Response% Change Ablation Zone Depth (Z)-32.8 percent differenceStandard Deviation 26
Ablation and Surgical ResectionDose Response% Change (Actual Volume vs Predicted Volume)-63.5 percent differenceStandard Deviation 26.3
Ablation and Surgical ResectionDose Response% Change (Actual Calculated Vol. vs Predicted)-57.7 percent differenceStandard Deviation 31.8
Secondary

Number of Participants With Complete or Incomplete Tumor Ablation

The secondary endpoint was complete tumor ablation immediately post-procedure for each target tumor using histologic analysis. Complete ablation was defined as 100% nonviable tumor cells.

Time frame: Same Day

Population: Secondary endpoint results were available for 11 subjects. For the secondary results, there were no tumors in four out of 15 samples (26.6%). Therefore, assessment of tumor cannot be made.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (COUNT_OF_PARTICIPANTS)
Ablation and Surgical ResectionNumber of Participants With Complete or Incomplete Tumor AblationComplete Ablation6 Participants
Ablation and Surgical ResectionNumber of Participants With Complete or Incomplete Tumor AblationIncomplete Ablation4 Participants
Ablation and Surgical ResectionNumber of Participants With Complete or Incomplete Tumor AblationDelayed Necrosis1 Participants

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 20, 2026