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Not yet recruitingNCT06355921RFAdesmoidUpdated Apr 10, 2024

A Prospective Clinical Study on the Safety and Efficacy of Radiofrequency Ablation for the Treatment of Patients With Desmoid Tumors

An interventional study of radiofrequency ablation in Desmoid Tumor, Desmoid Fibromatosis and Desmoid, sponsored by Blokhin's Russian Cancer Research Center. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Russian Federation. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-04-10.

Sponsored by Blokhin's Russian Cancer Research Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Feb 2026, 9 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
27
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This is a prospective study on the safety and effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation in patients with desmoid tumors.

In the study group, all patients after radiofrequency ablation of the tumor after 1 month will be evaluated using MRI and CT studies and, if solid components of the tumor are detected, repeated surgical treatment is performed followed by active monitoring after 1 month.

In the absence of a solid component, the effect is estimated by the volume of the necrotic process and monitored in dynamics every 3 months.

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Conditions studied

  • Desmoid Tumor
  • Desmoid Fibromatosis
  • Desmoid

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In context

Desmoid Tumors

71 studies on the registry are indexed under Desmoid Tumors; 21 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 27 is below the median of 44 across 47 interventional studies indexed under Desmoid Tumors.

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Lead sponsor

Blokhin's Russian Cancer Research Center is the lead sponsor of 33 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Patients with verified diagnosis of dermoid tumor
  2. The presence of progressive, symptomatic or functionally significant DF.
  3. Written to participate in the study
  4. Age from 18 to 75 years
  5. The functional status of the patient according to the 0-2 scale
  6. Normal renal function (estimated 60 ml/min);
  7. Normal level of and liver enzymes (, ALT - no more than 3 norms);
  8. > 55%
  9. Satisfactory bone marrow function ( level 9 g/dl, 1.5 thousand/ml, count \< 100 thousand/ml);

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. The inability to obtain to participate in the study
  2. Synchronous or metachronous cancer
  3. diseases of the cardiovascular system
  4. Clinically significant CNS diseases
  5. Previous grade 2 polyneuropathy and above
  6. Current infection or other severe or systemic disease that increases the risk of complications of therapy
  7. Pregnancy, lactation
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(11)

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Histologically or cytologically confirmed

The diagnosis was confirmed by looking at a sample under a microscope: tissue from a biopsy or surgery (histology), or cells from a fluid or needle sample (cytology).

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Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

ECOG performance status

A scale of how much an illness limits everyday activity. For people being assessed to join a study, scores run from 0 (fully active) to 4; lower is more active.

0
Fully active, no restrictions.
1
Limited in strenuous activity, but walking and able to do light work, such as housework or office work.
2
Walking and able to look after yourself, but unable to work; up and about more than half of waking hours.
3
Able to look after yourself only in part; in bed or a chair more than half of waking hours.
4
Unable to look after yourself at all; in bed or a chair all day.

Studies most often ask for 0–1 or 0–2. Your doctor gives the score; the WHO scale uses the same steps. The full scale also has 5, which records death.

Creatinine clearance (CrCl)

How quickly the kidneys clear creatinine, a waste product, from the blood. A study may estimate it from a blood test with age, weight and sex (often by the Cockcroft–Gault formula), or measure it using blood and urine collected over a set time. Given in mL/min; higher is better.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

LVEF (left ventricular ejection fraction)

The share of blood the heart’s main pumping chamber (the left ventricle) pushes out with each beat, measured by an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) or a MUGA scan. About 50–70% is normal.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Desmoid

    Adult patients with desmoid tumors in the soft tissues of the extremities, trunk and paravertebral region of both sexes.In the study group, all patients after radiofrequency ablation of the tumor after 1 month will be evaluated using MRI and CT studies and, if solid components of the tumor are detected, repeated surgical treatment is performed followed by active monitoring after 1 month. In the absence of a solid component, the effect is estimated by the volume of the necrotic process and monitored in dynamics every 3 months.

    Procedure: radiofrequency ablation

Interventions

  • Procedureradiofrequency ablation

    Anesthesia: Local (Novocaine, Lidocaine, Bupivacaine) Access: transcutaneous Navigation under CT control Cannulas are used: 22G 100 and 150 mm, the size of the electrode corresponds to the size of the cannula The starting power is 20W followed by steps of 10W every 2 minutes until the maximum power is reached, the maximum power is 60W. In order to prevent infectious complications, two-day antibiotic prophylaxis of Cefazolin (1g) is carried out 3 times a day In order to prevent skin burns with superficially located DFS, the skin is cooled during the procedure.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Comparison of safety assessment.

    Adverse Event Assessment and Serious Adverse Event Assessment according to CTCAE 5.0

    Time frame: The effectiveness of treatment is monitored 1 month after treatment, then every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months from 2 to 3 years from the moment of therapy

Secondary outcomes

  1. Overall Response Rate

    Proportion of patients who have a partial or complete response to therapy

    Time frame: The effectiveness of treatment is monitored 1 month after treatment, then every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months from 2 to 3 years from the moment of therapy

  2. Duration of responce

    The time from randomization to disease progression or death for patients who achieve complete or partial alleviation

    Time frame: 3 years

  3. Comparison of tumor necrosis based on MRI/CT

    Proportion of tumor necrosis after therapy

    Time frame: The effectiveness of treatment is monitored 1 month after treatment, then every 3 months for 2 years, every 6 months from 2 to 3 years from the moment of therapy

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Study locations

1 site
  • Federal State Budgetary Institution "N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology" оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO)
    Moscow, MO 115522, Russian Federation
    • Artem Galustov · Contactartem115583@mail.ru · 9169117818
    • Aslan Valiev, PhD · Principal investigator
    • Denis Sofronov, PhD · Sub investigator
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes

Supporting information: Study protocol

Data sharing details ↗ · www.ronc.ru

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Start is estimated for Apr 2024; primary completion for Feb 2026, 22 months later.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Mar 29, 2024
First posted
Apr 10, 2024
StartEst.
Apr 1, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Feb 1, 2026
CompletionEst.
May 1, 2028
Last update
Apr 10, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 10, 2024, 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
NCT06355921
Lead sponsor
Blokhin's Russian Cancer Research Center
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 10, 2024
Start date
Apr 1, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Feb 1, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
May 1, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 10, 2024

Study contacts

Artem Galustov
Contact
artem115583@mail.ru
9169117818

Oversight

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