Clinical trials: Upper Abdominal Malignancies
Cholecystitis, Perforated Duodenal Ulcer
Incentive Spirometry and Upper Abdominal Laparoscopic Surgery
To compare the effects of volume-oriented versus flow-oriented incentive spirometry on pulmonary function tests and functional capacity in patients of upper abdominal laparoscopic surgery.
- Conditions
- Cholecystitis, Perforated Duodenal Ulcer, Diaphragmatic Hernia, Benign Pancreas Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT04716166
- Testing
- Volume-oriented incentive spirometry, Flow-oriented incentive spirometry
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
Erector Spinae Block Analgesia
Aalgesic Efficacy of Erector -Spinae Technique With Levobupvicaine in Patients Undergoing Upper Abdominal Cancer Surgery
To study analgesic efficacy \&safety of bilateral erector spinae block for upper abdominal cancer surgery as apart of multimodal analgesia.
- Trial name
- NCT04315454
- Testing
- Levobupivacaine
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- South Egypt Cancer Institute
Any Solid Malignancies of Any Tissue Origin (Except for Small Cell Lung Cancer) Involving the Upper Abdomen and Thorax
Novel Optical Surface Image Guidance System for Beam-Gated Online Adaptive SBRT Delivery in Mobile Lower Lung and Upper Abdominal Malignancies
Motion during radiation therapy can be categorized as inter-fraction (changes in anatomy that occur between treatment days) and intra-fraction (changes that occur during the "beam on" window of treatment delivery).
- Trial name
- NCT05030454
- Testing
- ETHOS, CT-guided stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Upper Abdominal Cancer Surgery
Effect of Adding Magnesium Sulphate as Adjuvant to Bupivacaine in Ultrasound Guided External Oblique Intercostal Plane Block in Upper Abdominal Cancer Surgery.to Assess the Total Postoperative Opioid Consumption in the First 24 h and Evaluate Post Operative VAS Score
double blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted on upper abdominal cancer surgery cases to study the effect of Adding Magnesium Sulphate as Adjuvant to Bupivacaine in Ultrasound Guided External Oblique Intercostal…
- Trial name
- NCT06677827
- Testing
- Bupivacaine, Magnesium Sulfate and Bupivacaine 0.125%
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Cancer, Hepatic, Cancer, Esophagus
Expectation, Pain Outcomes, and Pain Medication Following Oncology Abdominal Surgery: A Cohort Study
This study includes participants undergoing major hepatic surgery, surgery in the esophagus or stomach, or major surgery on the pancreas performed at Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet.
- Conditions
- Cancer, Hepatic, Cancer, Esophagus, Cancer, Pancreas
- Trial name
- NCT07176052
- Testing
- cancer surgery
- Volunteers
- 200 people
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Quality of Life, Surgery
Quality of Life and High-Risk Abdominal Cancer Surgery
The investigators plan to measure the changes of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) at 6 months and 12 months after the following high-risk oncological abdominal surgery: gastrectomy, esophagectomy, pancreatectomy and…
- Conditions
- Quality of Life, Surgery, Cancer, Frailty
- Trial name
- ChangeQoL (NCT04444544)
- Testing
- High Risk Abdominal Surgery
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 295 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
Thoracic Neoplasm, Liver Cancer
Mechanically-assisted Ventilation in the Treatment of Moving Tumours With Photon and Proton Therapies
Mechanical ventilation can be used to impose a completely regular pattern of breathing frequency and inflation volume on the patient for as long as required.
- Conditions
- Thoracic Neoplasm, Liver Cancer, Ventilator Lung, Radiotherapy; Complications
- Trial name
- NCT03226925
- Testing
- Non-invasive mechanically-assisted ventilation, Dynamic MRI acquisition, Planning 4D-CT
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Abdominal Cancer
Cardio-pulmonary and Analgesic Effects of Pre-peritoneal VS Epidural Infusion of L-bupivacaine on Abd. Cancer Patients
60 Patients will be randomly assigned using computer generated randomization program (http://www.randomizer.org) into two groups, First group (Control group ,Group of continous epidural infusion [CEI]), where patients will…
- Trial name
- NCT04152564
- Testing
- levo-bupivacaine infusion via Thoracic epidural catheter, levo-bupivacaine infusion via preperitoneal catheter
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- South Egypt Cancer Institute
Cancer Pain
Transdiscal vs Paravertebral Neurolytic Splanchnic Nerve Block for Upper Abdominal Cancer Pain
This study aims to compare the efficacy of fluoroscopy-guided paravertebral (PV) and transdiscal (TD) approaches for splanchnic nerve neurolysis in patients with upper abdominal cancer-related pain (e.g., gastric, pancreatic, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07445386
- Testing
- transdiscal splanchnic neurolysis, paravertebral splanchnic neurolysis
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 56 people
- Sponsor
- Ankara Etlik City Hospital
Upper Abdominal Malignancy
Effect of Patient Position on Computerized Tomography Guided Celiac Trunk Neurolysis
Computerized tomography-guided Celiac plexus neurolysis has become a popular technique. As, it has Cross-section imaging system to avoids anatomic structures injury, it has high density resolution that clearly display the…
- Trial name
- NCT02692456
- Testing
- Double needle celiac neurolysis (DNCN), Single needle celiac neurolysis (SNCN)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Mansoura University
Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer
Sarcopenia and Visceral Obesity in Esophageal and Gastric Cancer
In line with improvements in oncologic outcome for patients with esophageal cancer, the attritional impact of curative treatment with respect to functional status and health-related quality of life (HR-QL) in survivorship is…
- Conditions
- Esophageal Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Sarcopenia, Sarcopenic Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03061370
- Testing
- Esophagectomy or Gastrectomy
- Where
- 2 sites in Ireland
- Volunteers
- 317 people
- Sponsor
- St. James's Hospital, Ireland
Abdominal Cancer
Inhale and Exhale Breath Holds to Improve the Radiation Therapy Accuracy in People With Upper Abdominal Cancers
This is a prospective quality improvement study. The INEX RT P study will prospectively evaluate INEX RT R that optimizes radiation dose delivery to the target while minimizing dose to critical organs at risk (OAR) by treating…
- Trial name
- INEX-RT P (NCT07594691)
- Testing
- Simulation and treatment imaging
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- University Health Network, Toronto
Cancer
Radiofrequency Splanchnic Denervation ,Neurolytic Retrocrural Celiac Plexus Block Chronic Upper Abdominal Cancer Pain
To compare between the efficacy of radiofrequency splanchnic denervation and neurolytic retrocrural celiac plexus block in chronic upper abdominal cancer pain
- Trial name
- NCT06678061
- Testing
- radiofrequency
- Where
- 2 sites in Egypt
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Breast Cancer Recurrent
Breast Cancer Recurrence - the Accuracy of Dual-time PET/CT
The purpose of this study is to elucidate the value of dual-time-point PET/CT in the recurrence of breast cancer and to determine whether the method is better than the modalities used in the standard work up.
- Trial name
- BREAC-AUT (NCT01552655)
- Testing
- Dual-time PET/CT (low-dose)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- Odense University Hospital
Tumor of Pancreas, Surgical Blood Loss
Enucleation of Pancreatic Tumor by Blocking Abdominal Trunk and Superior Mesenteric Artery
Pancreatic enucleation could preserve more healthy pancreatic tissues and functions with a low recurrence risk. However, conventional enucleation can cause significant intraoperative bleeding, especially in which tumors in the…
- Trial name
- NCT06164769
- Testing
- blocking both the abdominal trunk and superior mesenteric artery in the pancreatic enucleation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Zhejiang University
Prostate Cancer, Head and Neck Cancers
A Pilot Study Evaluating the Effect of 2D Antiscatter Grids on CBCT Image Quality
This is Pilot study that investigates the CBCT(Cone beam computed tomography) image quality improvement provided by the 2D antiscatter grid technology.
- Conditions
- Prostate Cancer, Head and Neck Cancers, Upper Abdomen Cancers
- Trial name
- NCT04565457
- Testing
- Research CBCT
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms, Ovarian Neoplasms
Low Dose Upper Abdominal Radiation Therapy (LD-UART) + Gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced, Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer (PC)
The purposes of this study are: 1. To assess the maximum tolerated dose of low-dose UART(Upper Abdominal Radiation Therapy ) or WART(Whole Abdominal Radiation Therapy) given in combination with standard fixed dose-rate…
- Trial name
- GCC0319 (NCT00390182)
- Testing
- Gemcitabine
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 38 people
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Barrett Esophagus, Gastroesophageal Reflux
Demographics and Findings of Upper Endoscopy Patients
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the demographics, patients symptoms, and findings during endoscopy. Patients presenting for an endoscopy procedure to the KCVA GI endoscopy suite, will be asked to fill out questionnaires…
- Trial name
- NCT00576992
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,177 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Midwest Biomedical Research
Opioid Consumption, Postoperative
Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant to Bupivacaine for Ultrasound-Guided External Oblique Intercostal Block
Effect of Adding Dexmedetomidine as Adjuvant toBupivacaine in Ultrasound Guided ExternalOblique Intercostal Plane Block in UpperAbdominal Cancer Surgery.
- Trial name
- Dexmedetomidin (NCT07263165)
- Testing
- Dexmedetomidine
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- Assiut University
Upper Abdominal Cancer Pain, Pancreatic Cancer
Outcomes of Fluoroscopy-Guided Transdiscal Splanchnic Nerve Neurolysis for Upper Abdominal Cancer Pain.
The goal of this prospective study is to learn whether fluoroscopy-guided transdiscal splanchnic nerve neurolysis can safely reduce severe upper abdominal cancer pain in adults with pancreatic, gastric, or hepatobiliary cancer.
- Conditions
- Upper Abdominal Cancer Pain, Pancreatic Cancer, Gastric Cancer, Hepatobiliary Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT07825870
- Testing
- Chemical Neurolysis
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Sahiwal medical college sahiwal