New 3D ultrasound aims to improve liver cancer treatment monitoring
NCT ID NCT05705219
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a special 3D ultrasound technique can help doctors better monitor how liver tumors respond to treatment. About 80 adults with liver cancer that started in the colon or rectum will be scanned before and during therapy. The goal is to see if this imaging tool can provide clear and useful information to guide treatment decisions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
1. The participant is about to undergo a new course of therapy for primary or metastatic cancer in the abdominal or pelvic region. 2. The participant is age \> 18 years. 3. Participant has at least one target lesion (≥1cm and \<14cm) 4. The participant is willing to comply with protocol requirements. 5. The participant has the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Participant has untreated liver metastases from colorectal low-grade adenocarcinoma (biopsy-proven and/or characteristic findings on CT, MRI, or FDG-PET) and has planned to undergo a new course of cancer therapy\*. 2. Participant is age \>/=18 years. 3. Participant has at least one target lesion that measures ≥1cm in diameter (minimum size according to RECIST 1.1) with a maximum diameter of 14cm amenable to imaging with ultrasound 4. Participant is willing to comply with protocol requirements. 5. Participant has given written informed consent to participate in this study. * Any line of cancer therapy is allowed, including systemic and localized treatments, after any prior treatment. For systemic combination treatments, prior treatment with either drug is allowed at the discretion of the investigators, including rechallenges with the same drug combination, for example upon progression on imaging after a treatment break. For combination treatments where patients start treatment with different drugs at different times, the start date of treatment is determined at the discretion of the investigators and can be the start date of the first drug or of the combination treatment. Repeat participation in the study is allowed, if patients are eligible again per their treatment plan. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participant has documented anaphylactic or other severe reaction to any ultrasound contrast media or polyethylene glycol (PEG). 2. Participant has any comorbid condition\*\* that, in the opinion of the treating provider or the Protocol Director, compromises the participant's ability to participate in the study. 3. Participant is pregnant (positive urine or serum beta-hCG) or lactating. 4. Presence of cardiac shunt or presence of pulmonary hypertension (contradiction for ultrasound contrast agent) 5. Renal insufficiency with a creatinine level \>1.5mg/dl, per our institutional guidelines (contradiction for CT imaging). * Examples: any mental condition that compromises the ability to follow a consent discussion, or to make informed decisions (except if represented by a Legally Authorized Representative \[LAR\]); any condition that makes the participant not a good candidate to have ultrasound exams with contrast agent.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Stanford University, School of Medicine
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94305, United States
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Thomas Jefferson Hospital
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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University of California, San Diego
RECRUITINGSan Diego, California, 92037, United States
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