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The DRAGON 2 Trial

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllMaastricht University
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

In the randomized controlled DRAGON 2 trial study subjects will be randomized between two arms, PVE alone (control group) and PVE/HVE (interventional group).

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with primarily unresectable/ potentially resectable CRLM with a FLR \<30% (\<40% in chemotherapy damaged livers) * Patients with non-resected primary CRC may be included if there is an intention to resect the CRC after the liver treatment (liver first approach) or simultaneously during one of the liver procedures. * Patients with resectable or ablatable lung or brain metastases can be included (statement about the resectability of these extrahepatic metastases by a tumor board needs to be available) * 18 Years and older * Men and women * Able to understand the trial and provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or lactating female. * Premenopausal females not able or willing to commit to oral contraception * Patients with prohibitive comorbidities, decision made by local team * Any patient with non-resectable or non-ablatable extrahepatic disease * Patients with hepatic malignancies other than CRLM * Progression of disease by RECIST criteria after cytoreduction chemotherapy * Complete response after conversion chemotherapy * Staging CT and (if indicated) CT/MRI brain that demonstrates non-resectable extrahepatic disease * The anatomy of the liver or manifestation of tumors in relation to the liver veins prohibits the use of combined PVE/HVE.
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What it tests

  • Embolization
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Where

24 sites
Yale New Haven Hospital
New Haven, United States
Monash Medical Centre
Clayton, Australia
Social Medical Center, South
Vienna, Austria
Hôpital Erasme
Brussels, Belgium
CHU de Liège
Liège, Belgium
CHU-UCL Namur site Godinne
Yvoir, Belgium
UZ Gent
Ghent, Belgium
Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver, Canada

…and 16 more on ClinicalTrials.gov.

🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
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