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Focused Ultrasound and RadioTHERapy for Noninvasive Palliative Pain Treatment in Patients With Bone Metastases
Sponsor: UMC Utrecht
Summary
The FURTHER study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of MR-HIFU (alone or in combination with EBRT) compared to EBRT alone, the standard-of-care, as a palliative treatment option to relieve CIBP. The FURTHER study consists of a multicenter, three-armed randomized controlled trial (FURTHER RCT) and a patient registry arm (FURTHER Registry), which will be performed in six hospitals in four European countries.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
216
Start Date
2020-03-10
Completion Date
2026-12-01
Last Updated
2026-03-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
External beam radiotherapy
The current standard of care for patients with uncomplicated painful bone metastases is palliative locoregional external beam radiotherapy, often in combination with systemic therapy and analgesics.
MR-HIFU
MR-HIFU is a non-invasive treatment modality that delivers acoustic energy to heat tissue to ablative temperatures of more than 60°C. The combination of focused ultrasound with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables physicians to perform localized tumor tissue ablation, with real-time temperature monitoring using magnetic resonance (MR) thermometry.
Locations (6)
TUCH Turku
Turku, Finland
University Hospital Cologne
Cologne, Germany
IOR
Bologna, Italy
CSSP
Roma, Italy
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
Isala Klinieken Zwolle
Zwolle, Netherlands