Autopsy report · NCT00019604

Radiofrequency Ablation in Treating Patients With Unresectable Primary or Metastatic Liver Cancer

“Principal investigator left the institution.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 2 years 11 months after it had already started.
• Ran for about 10 years 5 months before it stopped.
• 44 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 5 years 5 months after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Phase 2

Sponsor

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)

Sponsor type

US National Institutes of Health

Conditions

Liver Cancer; Metastatic Cancer; Unspecified Adult Solid Tumor, Protocol Specific

Interventions

computed tomography; magnetic resonance imaging; positron emission tomography; radiofrequency ablation; radionuclide imaging; ultrasound imaging

Participants

44

Sites

1

Countries

United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
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Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.