New trial aims to ease liver cancer Patients' daily lives
NCT ID NCT04933435
First seen Nov 19, 2025 · Last updated Jun 20, 2026 · Updated 34 times
Summary
This study looks at whether two types of liver cancer treatments—procedures done by radiologists or targeted radiation—can improve quality of life for patients who cannot have surgery. About 78 adults with liver cancer will fill out questionnaires before and after treatment. The goal is to see if their well-being gets better, not just to control the cancer.
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Duke Cancer Center
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Durham Veterans Administration Health Care System (DVAHCS)
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What this could mean
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Active substance
Interventional Radiology Liver Directed Therapies and Hypofractionated Image-Guided Radiation Therapy
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that these treatments help maintain or improve quality of life for liver cancer patients who cannot have surgery.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-phase study without a comparison group, so results may not be definitive. Quality of life changes may be small or not lasting.
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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