Heat zaps pancreatic growths without cutting
NCT ID NCT07536087
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a procedure called EUS-RFA, which uses a thin tube with a camera and a tiny heat probe to destroy pancreatic cysts and small tumors. It is for people who cannot have surgery or choose not to. The goal is to shrink or eliminate these growths, reduce the need for frequent scans, and lower the risk of complications from surgery.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- 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: * Consensual indication to EUS-guided RFA treatment made in a multidisciplinary team * Capability of giving informed consent PCN Inoperability or refusal of surgery * Branch duct IPMN (BD-IPMN) with worrisome features: * Jaundice * High grade dysplasia or cancer * Solid mass/nodule \> 5mm * Main pancreatic duct dilation \> 10mm Or at least one (patients without comorbidities) or at least two (patient with comorbidities) of the following risk features: * CA 19-9\> 37 U/ml * Increase in size \> 5mm/year * Dilation of the main pancreatic duct between 5-10mm * Size ≥ 40mm * Symptoms (new onset of diabetes, acute pancreatitis) * Nodule \< 5mm Pancreatic NET * Size \< 2 cm * Histological proof in non-functional lesions/histological proof or clinical proof in functional lesions * 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT positive for a pancreatic lesion and negative for lymph nodes, liver, and other distant metastases * G1 or G2 (\<5 %) histology Exclusion Criteria: * Known bleeding disorder that cannot be sufficiently corrected with medication * Use of anticoagulants that cannot be discontinued * Physical and/or psychological inability to understand the aims of the research and to adequately cooperate * Pregnancy * Inability to sign the informed consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
RECRUITINGPrague, 140 21, Czechia
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