MELODIC trial is an prospective, multicenter, non-randomized, open-label, parallel trial, aimed at assessing the efficacy (in terms of overall survival: OS) of liver transplantation (LT) in unresecable CRC liver-only metastases, compared with a matched cohort of patients bearing the same tumor characteristics, and treated with chemotherapy. Synthesis of Inclusion parameters: "10;10;10;100"
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
18
Liver Transplant from cadaveric donors
Chemotherapy
U.O.C Chirurgia Epatobiliare e Trapianti Epatici, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova
Padua, Italy
RECRUITINGOverall survival
Time frame: 3 years
Overall survival
Time frame: 5 years
Progression free survival
Time frame: 3 and 5 years
Proportion of drop out
Time frame: within liver transplant
Complication rate
Time frame: 90 days after liver transplant
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