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| Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University | OTHER |
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Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) could effectively decrease portal hypertension-related complications. This study intends to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TIPS combined with subsequent microwave ablation in HCC patients with refractory ascites.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with refractory ascites (RA) have a very poor prognosis, and there are no effective treatments recommended by the guidelines. TIPS could downgrade the ascites and improve Child-Pugh scores. TIPS has been a common management model for RA for end-stage liver disease. There is no prospective study evaluating TIPS plus thermal ablation. Thus, the investigators carried out this prospective, single-arm study to find out it.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIPS combined with microwave ablation | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) | Procedure | A needle punctured the portal vein through the transjugular approach. After a successful puncture, the parenchymal tract was dilated, and covered stents (GORE® VIATORR) were introduced. The specifications of the covered stents were 8 mm × 50 mm, 8 mm × 60 mm, 8 mm × 70 mm, and 8 mm × 80 mm. All of the diameters of the bare stents were 8 mm, and the lengths were 50-80 mm. The portal vein pressure was measured before and after shunt creation. After the insertion of TIPS, all of the patients received a diuretic treatment and a salt-limited diet until the ascites disappeared. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| overall survival (OS) | the interval from TIPS to death or lost to follow-up | 24 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| change in Child-Pugh stage | the liver function stage change from C to B or from B to A | 6 months |
| change in Child-Pugh scores | decrease of Child-pugh scores |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Qunfnag Zhou, Professor | Contact | 86 19868000115 | zhouqun988509@163.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Kangshun Zhu, Professor | Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University | Study Director |
| Fei Gao, Professor | Sun Yat-sen University | Study Director |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008107 | Liver Diseases |
| D006975 | Hypertension, Portal |
| D008103 | Liver Cirrhosis |
| D001201 | Ascites |
| D006528 | Carcinoma, Hepatocellular |
| ID | Term |
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| D004066 | Digestive System Diseases |
| D005355 | Fibrosis |
| D010335 | Pathologic Processes |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
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| ID | Term |
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| D019168 | Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic |
| ID | Term |
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| D011170 | Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical |
| D000714 | Anastomosis, Surgical |
| D013514 | Surgical Procedures, Operative |
| D058017 | Vascular Grafting |
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| microwave ablation (MWA) | Procedure | MWA: After the patient's ascites disappears, MWA therapy will be performed. A MWA antenna was gradually inserted into the tumor along the predetermined angle under the guidance of Computed Tomography (CT). The whole thermal procedure was conducted under intravenous anesthesia. Vital signs were monitored during the procedure. The settings of the ablation parameters depended upon the manufacturer's recommendation and our experience. Ablation volume was determined by physicians according to liver function, tumor invasion site, and tumor stage. An upper abdominal CT scan was carried out immediately after the procedure to evaluate the ablation area and complications. |
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| Incidence of hepatic encephalopathy | the incidence of hepatic encephalopathy of patients accepting TIPS | 24 months |
| Varices rebleeding rate | the incidence of varices bleeding of patients accepting TIPS | 24 months |
| D000230 | Adenocarcinoma |
| D002277 | Carcinoma |
| D009375 | Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial |
| D009370 | Neoplasms by Histologic Type |
| D009369 | Neoplasms |
| D008113 | Liver Neoplasms |
| D004067 | Digestive System Neoplasms |
| D009371 | Neoplasms by Site |
| D014656 | Vascular Surgical Procedures |
| D013504 | Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures |