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A Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) Use Protocol of TheraSphere for Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
In Brief
An observational study evaluating TheraSphere-Yttrium 90 microsphere for Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Completed, enrolled 11 participants.
Detailed Summary
MDS Nordion's TheraSphere, Yttrium-90 glass microspheres has been approved as a Humanitarian device authorized by federal(USA)law for use in radiation treatment or as a neoadjuvant to surgery or transplantation in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)who can have placement of appropriately positioned hepatic arterial catheters. Outcomes of this treatment protocol will be monitored and reported to the Carolinas HealthCare System Institutional Review Board.
Study Details
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Interventions
TheraSphere is delivered to the liver via a catheter placed into the femoral artery and guided by fluoroscopy to the hepatic artery. Once the catheter is properly positioned, the physician infuses TheraSphere, which localizes preferentially in the tumor.