Ultrasound-guided Thermal Ablation for Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma
ConditionPapillary Thyroid Cancer
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorChinese PLA General Hospital
About this trial
To evaluate long-term outcomes of ultrasound-guided thermal ablation for the treatment of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
patients age between 18 and 80 year old, both sex
papillary thyroid carcinoma confirmed by core-needle biopsy or fine-needle aspiration
the largest diameter ≤2.0 cm
no clinical or imaging evidences of extrathyroidal extension, lymph node metastasis and distant metastasis on ultrasound, neck and chest CT
Disqualifiers
patients with convincing evidence of aggressive papillary thyroid carcinoma or other type of thyroid cancer by biopsy
history of neck radiation
coagulation disorder, serious heart, respiratory, liver, or renal failure
dysfunction of the vocal cord on the opposite side
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- ultrasound-guided thermal ablation
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov