Transient Elastography in Hepatectomy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Scientific Institute for Research Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Surgery; Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Treatments: Procedure: FibroScan (Transient Elastography measurement)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01441453

FibroBoResect-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether liver transient elastography performed before the surgical procedure is able to predict liver failure in patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients already scheduled to undergo liver resection fo hepatocellular carcinoma

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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120 participants in 1 patient group

Preoperative FibroScan

Other group

Treatment:

Procedure: FibroScan (Transient Elastography measurement)