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NCT04684862Active, not recruiting

Infusion System for Hepatic Cancer

Combined Infusion System to Deliver Chemotherapy Regionally to the Liver

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Dec 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is a single-site, open-label continued access study/treatment protocol under a treatment IDE. In addition to treating patients, the primary objective of this study is to assess the safety of using the Medtronic SynchroMed II programmable pump combined with the Intera tapered catheter for hepatic artery infusion (HAI) of a standard chemotherapy (FUDR) drug for adults with a clinical or biopsy-proven diagnosis of colorectal cancer metastatic to the liver or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma. After successful implantation, the combined pump and catheter system will be evaluated using a nuclear scan in the postoperative period, which is standard procedure to confirm that the pump is functioning prior to HAI of FUDR. Monitoring for safety will include a record of residual pump volume when it is emptied (every 2-12 weeks depending on whether the pump is being used for chemotherapy infusion) to determine if the pump is still working and surveillance of routine cross-sectional imaging (usually every 2-6 months) for any sign of a pump or catheter problem. Patients will be monitored for the safety of the pump/catheter combination for up to 5 years or pump removal/study withdrawal.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100 (estimated)
First submitted
22 Dec 2020
Start date
8 Feb 2021
Primary completion date
Jul 2029
Lead sponsor
Ronald DeMatteo, M.D.
NCT number
NCT04684862

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 100
  • From 8 Feb 2021 to the primary completion date, Jul 2029
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Other illness

  • Known active infection

Other

  • Is pregnant or breastfeeding or expecting to conceive children within the projected duration of the trial

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients must be greater than or equal to 18 years of age
  • Have a clinical or biopsy-proven diagnosis of colorectal cancer metastatic to liver or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
  • At the time of pump placement, patients will either have unresectable, chemotherapy-responsive disease or they will be undergoing resection with planned postoperative HAI
  • Be deemed appropriate for pump chemotherapy by both a medical oncologist and a surgical oncologist
  • Provision of signed and dated informed consent form

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status

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