The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the performances of a percutaneous Pulsed Electrical Field (PEF) ablation to treat patients with primary early-stage lung cancer (NSCLC) or lung oligometastatic Tumors who are unresectable or refusal surgery/Radiotherapy. The main questions the study aims to answer are: The safety and technical feasibility of the PEF ablation. The preliminary efficacy of the PEF ablation for target lesion in lung Patients who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be given percutaneous PEF ablation to the target lesions under general anesthesia. Then follow-up to 12 months to monitor any progression by about 3 months interval. Target Subject: Patients with early-stage primary non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC) or pulmonary oligometastatic tumors who are not surgical resectable or unsuitable for surgery/radiotherapy
Safety, technical feasibility including procedure operation success and tumor ablation technical success be evaluated. The primary efficacy endpoint is the complete ablation rate of the ablated lesions at month 6. Other efficacy endpoints are local tumor progression-Free Survival(PFS), Overall Survival (OS) and proportion of patients requiring initiation of other anti-tumor interventions through 12 months. Pulmonary function and quality of life (EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-LC13) will be assessed as well.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
Application of Pulsed Electric Field energy to ablate the lung tumor through percutaneous approach.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Guagnzhou Medical University
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
The clinical safety of the device and/or procedure in the operation of PEF ablation and entire study follow-up.
Adverse events rate and severe adverse event rate related to the device and/or procedure during the ablation procedure and thereafter 12 months follow-Up
Time frame: Through 12 months
The success rate of the ablation procedure
The success rate of the procedure is defined as the proportion of ablation procedures in which the PEF treatment catheter is deployed to the target lesion and pulsed electrical field energy is delivered and then the catheter is withdrawn out from lung
Time frame: Once the procedure is completed.
The technical success rate of the PEF ablation
The technical success rate of the PEF ablation that is defined as the proportion of lesions where the CT imaging-assessed ablation zone (Post-ablation Target Zone, PTZ) is larger than the gross tumor region (GTR) at least 5 mm.
Time frame: At 24-hour post the procedure
Complete ablation rate of the target lesions at 6-month and 12-month post the ablation.
Complete ablation of the target lesions is defined as to achieve the following criteria on contrast-enhanced CT images ① Lesion disappears; ② Complete cavity formation; ③ Lesion fibrosis, which may be a scar; ④ Lesion shrinks, remains unchanged, or enlarges, but shows no enhancement on contrast-enhanced CT and/or no metabolic activity on PET/CT; ⑤ Atelectasis, with the lesion within the atelectasis showing no contrast enhancement on CT and/or no metabolic activity on PET/CT. The baseline is defined as CT image of 4-6 weeks post the ablation.
Time frame: At 6-month and 12-month
Proportion of patients with target tumor progression free survival (PFS) at 6-month and 12-month.
The proportion of subjects without target lesion progression in lung at 6-month and 12-month post the PEF procedure in evaluative subjects.
Time frame: At 12 months
Overall Survival (OS) through 12 months.
The proportion of surviving subjects at 12 months after completion of PEF ablation therapy in those evaluative subjects.
Time frame: At 12 months
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