Ultrasound-guided Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: ultrasound-guided thermal ablation.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- China
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Clinical Outcomes of Ultrasound-guided Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Multicenter Study
Overview
To evaluate long-term outcomes of ultrasound-guided thermal ablation for the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Detailed description
To evaluate and predict long-term clinical outcomes of ultrasound-guided thermal ablation for the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma by a multicenter study
Interventions
- Procedure ultrasound-guided thermal ablation
ultrasound-guided thermal ablation to treat tumor
Primary outcome measures
- rate of disease progression [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Rate of complications [Time frame: 1 week]
- Rate of tumor disappearance [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]
- Rate of volume reduction [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]
- rate of change of thyroid function [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months]
- rate of delayed surgery [Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- patients age between 18 and 80 year old, both sex
- papillary thyroid carcinoma confirmed by core-needle biopsy or fine-needle aspiration
- the largest diameter ≤2.0 cm
- no clinical or imaging evidences of extrathyroidal extension, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on ultrasound, neck and chest CT
- follow-up period ≥12 months
Exclusion criteria
- patients with convincing evidence of aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma or other type of thyroid cancer by biopsy
- history of neck radiation
- coagulation disorder, serious heart, respiratory, liver, or renal failure
- dysfunction of the vocal cord on the opposite side
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
China · 1 center
- Chinese PLA General Hospital — Beijing
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06733740 · 2024-655