Examinations of Tissue From Ablated Malignant Liver Metastases as Predictors of Outcome
Liver Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional diagnostic trial for Liver Cancer focused on measuring Liver, Thermal Ablation, Dynamic CT, 09-122
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with diagnosed with secondary hepatic malignancy;
- Patients with confined liver disease or stable limited extrahepatic disease;
- Lesions of 5cm or less in maximum diameter;
- Patients who are not surgical candidates or refuse to undergo surgery and choose any percutaneous ablation as an alternative treatment option.
- INR<1.5 *for patients on Coumadin general clinical guidelines for IR ablation will be followed.
- Platelet count > or = to 50,000
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients < 18
- Less than 5 mm distance of the tumor margin from a major vessel >7mm in diameter)**
- Less than 5 mm distance to a structure (GI or biliary tract), that cannot be protected from**
- the ablation injury with technical modifications such as hydro or air dissection.
- INR > 1.5 that cannot be corrected with fresh frozen Plasma*
- Platelet count of <50,000 that cannot be corrected with transfusion.
- Patient with more than 3 tumors treated with any percutaneous ablation
Patients with more than 5 sites of extrahepatic disease (including nodes and pulmonary nodules)
for patients on Coumadin general clinical guidelines for IR ablation will be followed **This will not be considered an exclusion criteria when IRE or Microwave is used.
- This will not be considered exclusion when IRE is used
Sites / Locations
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
CT guided percutaneous ablation
The selected patients will undergo CT guided percutaneous ablation. The use of multi-tined electrode is encouraged, unless tumor location requires the use of an internally cooled needle electrode to eliminate injury to an adjacent vital structure or the operator prefers to use an internally cooled electrode for a specific reason.