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NCT04307914
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Focused Ultrasound and RadioTHERapy for Noninvasive Palliative Pain Treatment in Patients With Bone Metastases

Sponsor: UMC Utrecht

View on ClinicalTrials.gov

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

Interventions

RADIATION

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.

PROCEDURE

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