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Assessment of Treatment with Laparoscopic fenestration or Aspiration Sclerotherapy for large symptomatic hepatic cysts (ATLAS): a randomized clinical trial.

Conditions
Polycystic liver disease, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease, liver cysts
Registration Number
NL-OMON20962
Lead Sponsor
Radboudumc
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
70
Inclusion Criteria

•Age =18 years
•Hepatic cyst characteristics:
oLarge (>5 cm),
oSymptomatic (PLD-Q score =20),
oNon-parasitic on imaging (US/CT/MRI)
oNon-neoplastic on imaging (US/CT/MRI)
•Providing informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

•Clinical suspicion of a complicated hepatic cyst (cyst rupture or active cyst infection)
•Cyst is not laparoscopically accessible for surgery
•Cyst is not percutaneously (ultrasound-guided) accessible for aspiration
•More than 20 cysts of >1.5 cm
•Age above 70 years
•ASA IV
•ECOG score >1
•Aspiration sclerotherapy or laparoscopic fenestration of hepatic cysts was performed in the last 6 months.
•Severe renal impairment (eGFR < 30 ml/min/1,73 m2)
•Coagulopathy (spontaneous INR >2 or platelet count < 80 x 109/l)
•Radiologic contrast allergy
•Pregnancy
•Any current or prior medical condition that may interfere with the conduct of the study or the evaluation of its results in the opinion of the investigator (e.g. inability to fill out questionnaires).

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The main study parameter is the PLD-Q score at 4 weeks after treatment.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Secondary parameters are among others: PLD-Q score at baseline, 6 months and 12 months; liver volume (CT) at baseline and 4 weeks; cyst volume (ultrasound) at baseline, 4 weeks, 6 months and 12 months; complications according to Clavien-Dindo; admission duration, recurrence and re-intervention rates.
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