Étude de Phase II Pour déterminer l'efficacité Des Ondes électromagnétiques de Basse intensité administrées Par Voie Buccale Dans le Traitement du Cancer du Foie avancé
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 终止
- 发起方
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- • To determine disease free survival at 4 months while receiving the experimental treatment.
研究概览
简要总结
Hepatocarcinoma (HCC) is the first cause of deaths due to cancer worldwide. More than one million two hundred thousand new patients are diagnosed each year. The prognosis of patients suffering from advanced hepatocarcinoma is poor with an average survival of less than six months. Phase I data suggest that low levels of electromagnetic fields administered intrabucally with a portable and programmable device are a safe and potentially effective treatment for advanced cancer. The device is connected to a spoon-like coupler placed in the patient's mouth during treatment. Patients with advanced HCC and limited therapeutic options will be offered treatment with a combination of frequencies.
详细描述
Hepatocarcinoma (HCC) is the first cause of deaths due to cancer worldwide. More than one million two hundred thousand new patients are diagnosed each year. The prognosis of patients suffering from advanced hepatocarcinoma is poor with an average survival of less than six months. Therapies for hepatocarcinoma are limited. Resection of the primary tumor is the therapeutic approach of first choice when possible. Although this intervention results in long-term survival for some patients, only a minority of them are surgical candidates because of limitations due to tumor size, patient's overall condition or presence of hepatic cirrhosis.
Phase I data suggest that low levels of amplitude-modulated electromagnetic fields administered intrabucally with a portable and programmable device are a safe and potentially effective treatment for advanced cancer. The device is connected to a spoon-like coupler placed in the patient's mouth during treatment. Patients with advanced HCC and limited therapeutic options will be offered treatment with a combination of HCC-specific frequencies.
The patients will be offered ambulatory treatment, which will be administered three times a day for 60 min until disease progression or death.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 95 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •The patients must have a diagnosis of inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma.
- •The patients who have an AFP level higher than 400 ng/ml and an appearance characteristic of cancer of the liver do not need histological confirmation. These patients must however have a negative serology for the antigen of surface of hepatitis B If serology for this antigen is positive, they must have a rate of AFP higher than 4000 ng/ml.
- •Presence of one or more lesions measurable(s) according to criteria's RECIST.
排除标准
- •Other anti-cancer treatments are not authorized during this study.
结局指标
主要结局
• To determine disease free survival at 4 months while receiving the experimental treatment.
时间窗: 4 months
Response rate
时间窗: six months
次要结局
- To determine the influence of the treatment on the hepatic function of patients with a diagnosis of cirrhosis. To determine the impact of the treatment by means of electromagnetic waves on the overall survival of patients.(six months)