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Brief Title: Safety and Efficacy of Cryoablation for Abdominal Pain Associated With Pancreatic Cancer
Official Title: Percutaneous Cryoablation for the Palliation of Abdominal Pain Associated With Pancreatic Cancer
Study ID: NCT01335945
Brief Summary: CUC10-PAN09 will evaluate the safety and efficacy of cryoablation therapy on the relief of epigastric/abdominal pain associated with pancreatic cancer.
Detailed Description: CUC10-PAN09 is a Supportive Care, Phase 1 multicenter, prospective, single arm study with subjects serving as their own control. This study is to enroll patients who will undergo cryoablation of the Celiac Plexus. Subjects will be followed for 3 months post their cryoablation procedure. Cryoablation is the process of destroying tissue by the application of extremely cold temperatures. Galil Medical Cryoablation Systems are used as a surgical tool in the fields of general surgery, dermatology (skin), neurology (nerves), chest surgery (including lung), Ears-Nose-Throat (ENT), gynecology, oncology (cancer), proctology (colon/rectal) and urology (kidney).
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
The Research Foundation of State University New York, Stony Brook, New York, United States
University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Name: David D Childs, MD
Affiliation:
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR