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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02814448
Date of registration: 13/06/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: The Cleveland Clinic
Public title: An Innovative Treatment for Cervical Pre Cancer CryoPen
Scientific title: CryoPen: An Innovative Treatment for Cervical Precancer in Low-Resource Settings
Date of first enrolment: February 2016
Target sample size: 130
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02814448
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
El Salvador Peru
Contacts
Name:     Miriam Cremer, MD
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Affiliation:  The Cleveland Clinic
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Between 25 and 65 years old.

- Scheduled for a hysterectomy for reasons other than cervical precancer or cancer

- Diagnosis of uterine, endometrial, ovarian or other cancer that does not jeopardize
the tissue of the cervix is permitted

- Histological evaluation of the cervix does not interfere with the woman's current
diagnosis

- Woman consents to participate after being informed about the study

- Normal Pap Smear or HPV test in the past 3 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnancy

- History of cervical surgery in past 5 years

- Presence of cervical lesion pre-invasive or invasive on the cervix *

- Current Pelvic Inflammatory Disorder or severe acute cervicitis

- Cervix shape disfigured or hard to reach



Age minimum: 25 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Intervention(s)
Device: CO2 standard cryotherapy
Device: CryoPen
Device: Thermocoagulator
Primary Outcome(s)
Mean Depth of Necrosis Achieved With the LMIC-adapted CryoPen and the Thermocoagulator Compared to Mean Depth of Necrosis Achieved With CO2-based Cryotherapy [Time Frame: 24-48 hours after treatment]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Mean Pain During Treatment Reported by Patients Treated With Double and Single Freeze CO2 Cryotherapy, Double and Single Freeze CryoPen and Thermoablation [Time Frame: 40 seconds to 13 minutes]
Secondary ID(s)
UH2CA189883
15-296
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Basic Health International
CryoPen, Inc.
University of Southern California
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 20/11/2018
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT02814448
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