The following is information on an upcoming cryoablation clinical trial which is expected to open sometime this year (2015) in France.
Cryoablation of Desmoid tumors
France 2015
The Aim
Why Now
- Five centers throughout France currently have the teams and the equipment required (including MRI control)
Project Leaders
- J E Kurtz (oncologist) and Afshin Gangi (interventional radiologist), both in Strasbourg Hospital Center
Planned Enrollment
- Criteria : adults with extra-abdominal DT progressing in spite of two lines of treatment
- Decision to resort to cryoablation : only after agreement between oncologist and interventional radologistI
- It is planned to include 25 patients per year during two years. Patients will be treated in France
Results Monitoring
- Primary endpoint will be Progression Free Survival at 12 months
- Secondary objectives will include by-effects observation, pain evaluation, functional capacity
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