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MR-guided biopsy of liver metastases in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer

MR-guided biopsy of liver metastases in patients with suspected pancreatic cancer - META-PANC

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
NL-OMON
Registry ID
NL-OMON47537
Enrollment
20
Registered
2018-08-27
Start date
2019-04-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-04-15

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

Conditions

Liver metastases

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Radboud Universitair Medisch Centrum
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Age older than 18 years. - Patients with on CECT suspected pancreatic cancer and liver lesions detected by CE-DW-MRI. - Liver lesions cannot be biopsied with transabdominal ultrasound. - Written (signed and dated) informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Successful ultrasound-guided liver biopsy with proven metastases. - Insufficient command of the Dutch language to be able to understand the patient information - Pregnancy - Contraindication for MRI

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Feasibility of MR-guided liver biopsy

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
- Percentage representative histopathology of liver lesions. - Procedure duration - Procedure workflow - Occurrence of procedure related complications/adverse events - Lesion size - Skin-to-target length - Histopathologic analysis of metastases. Correlation between different aspects of lesions on MRI and HE-staining. Amount of fibrosis, tumor grade, angiogenesis (MVD). - Optimization of imaging protocol during liver biopsy procedure

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)