Autopsy report · NCT03724435

Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer - an International Registry

“Competing trial will publish similar results”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 year 3 months before it started.
• Ran for about 4 years before it stopped.
• 21 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

Focused Ultrasound Foundation

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer

Participants

21

Sites

4

Countries

Bulgaria, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

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.