Could a simple ultrasound replace contrast CT for tracking liver tumors?
NCT ID NCT04837833
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study explores whether ultrasound images analyzed by a special computer program can accurately measure the size of liver tumors in people with pancreatic or gastrointestinal cancer that has spread to the liver. Participants will have both a routine contrast-enhanced CT scan and two research ultrasounds. The goal is to see if the ultrasound method gives similar results to the CT scan, which could offer a simpler, radiation-free way to track tumor changes over time.
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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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19 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2021
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Male and female patients, 18 years of age or older * Confirmed diagnosis of PDAC or GI tract adenocarcinoma metastatic to liver * Scheduled for imaging with contrast enhanced CT Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to tolerate intravenous contrast medium * All liver metastases ≤ 10 mm in maximal diameter on the contrast enhanced CT used for comparison to the planned research ultrasound * Multiple confluent liver metastases or tumor burden \> 50% of the liver as estimated by a radiologist
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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