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CompletedNCT04230642Updated Feb 4, 2021

Multicenter Study to Evaluate a New Robotic Device for Image-guided Percutaneous Needle Placement

An interventional study of The Quantum Surgical device in Hepatic Tumor, sponsored by Quantum Surgical. Completed at 2 sites in France. Open to participants aged 18 Months and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-02-04.

Sponsored by Quantum Surgical · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
22
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Months and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study evaluates the safety and performance of a new robotic device in the treatment of hepatic thermoablation in adults. The new robotic device will be used in all patients.

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The device is a user controlled, stereotactic accessory intended to assist in the planning and manual advancement of needle, as well as in verification of needle position during CT guided percutaneous ablation procedures.

After validation of the correct positioning of the needle, the tumor ablation procedure is conducted with a device routinely used by the investigator. The Acquisition of a post-interventional CT-guided image is realized to evaluate adverse events occurrence.

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Conditions studied

  • Hepatic Tumor
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In context

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular

3,251 studies on the registry are indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; 974 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 22 is below the median of 55 across 2,347 interventional studies indexed under Carcinoma, Hepatocellular.

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Lead sponsor

Quantum Surgical is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Months and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patient is at least 18 years old,
  • Patient for whom an ablation procedure under CT guidance in liver organ has been prescribed and consensually agreed by a multidisciplinary team of radiologists, surgeons and clinicians,
  • Patient not taking platelet antiaggregant or having stopped taking it for 5 days and not taking anticoagulant (thrombocytes ≥ 50 000/mm3, TP > 50%),
  • Patient who agrees to participate in the evaluation and who has signed the inform consent,
  • Patient covered by social security system.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patient unable to undergo general anesthesia,
  • Patient unable to tolerate CT contrast agent
  • Patient already participating in another clinical study
  • Pregnant or breast-feeding woman.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
22 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Robotic device

    Needle placement to the tumor, one time, the day of the ablation procedure

    Device: The Quantum Surgical device

Interventions

  • DeviceThe Quantum Surgical device

    Robotic platform for needle placement

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of the safety related to the procedure

    Number of Adverse Event(s) that are considered to be major and are attributable to the needle insertion phase of the procedure

    Time frame: During the procedure

  2. Evaluation of the feasibility of the Quantum Surgical device: Number of targets reached

    Number of targets reached; the target is considered to have been reached when the needle is positioned accurately enough to allow the next step of the procedure to be carried out

    Time frame: During the procedure

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evaluation of the accuracy of the device

    Assessment of the needle placement accuracy (distance from the needle tip to the target)

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 month

  2. Evaluation of the needle readjustments of the device

    Assessment of the number of needle readjustments to reach the target

    Time frame: During the procedure

  3. Evaluation of the safety not related to the procedure

    All Adverse Event(s) except those considered major and are attributable to the needle insertion phase of the procedure

    Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 month

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Study locations

2 sites
  • Chu Montpellier
    Montpellier, 34000, France
  • Gustave Roussy Institut
    Villejuif, 94000, France
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 4, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04230642
Lead sponsor
Quantum Surgical
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 18, 2020
Start date
May 25, 2020
Primary completion
Feb 2, 2021
Completion
Feb 2, 2021
Last update
Feb 4, 2021

Study contacts

Boris Guiu, MD
principal investigator · Head of radiology department

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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