NCT04202523

Study of Combined Radiotherapy and Radiofrequency Ablation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Extracted Fields (from Registry)
Protocol IDNCT04202523
Registration Date2019-12-17
StatusUnknown Status
SponsorGuangxi Medical University
CountryChina
Industrynot industry
Blindingunblinded
Center Typesingel-center RCT
Scopenational RCT
First Patient In2019-12-01
Last Patient Out2020-12-31
Publicationn
Gender %ALL
Mean Age
LLM Classifications (Side-by-Side)
Field GLM
glm-5.1
6282ms / 8946 tok
CLAUDE
claude-sonnet-4-20250514
Thinking: claude-opus-4-20250514
4912ms / 10205 tok
OPENAI
gpt-4o
Thinking: o3
2743ms / 8795 tok
Review
rct_type parallel RCT parallel RCT parallel RCT OK
cancer_status Cancer Cancer Cancer OK
non_cancer_spec N/A N/A N/A OK
setting_patient outpatient outpatient outpatient OK
setting_place hospital hospital
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital
hospital hospital → hospital
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: hospital Requery: hospital — The intervention involves radiofrequency ablation and radiotherapy procedures that require specialized medical equipment and facilities, indicating inpatient or hospital-based treatment delivery.
hospital other → hospital
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: other Requery: hospital — The intervention involves radiofrequency ablation and radiotherapy which require hospital-based facilities for delivery and would take place in a hospital setting.
OK
feasibility feasibility RCT feasibility RCT → feasibility RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: feasibility RCT Requery: feasibility RCT — Despite being designated as a Phase III trial, the small sample size of 50 (n≤60) indicates it is likely a pilot or feasibility study rather than a fully powered trial for clinical effectiveness.
feasibility RCT feasibility RCT → feasibility RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: feasibility RCT Requery: feasibility RCT — The study has a small enrollment of 50 participants and lacks specific primary endpoint definitions (DFS is listed as 'N/A'), suggesting this is likely a pilot study to assess the feasibility of combining radiotherapy with radiofrequency ablation.
feasibility RCT fully powered RCT → feasibility RCT
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: fully powered RCT Requery: feasibility RCT — The trial has an enrollment of 50 participants and is likely focused on feasibility of combined treatments due to the lack of detailed clinical outcomes and primary outcomes not mentioned.
OK
intervention_pharmacologic no no no OK
intervention_chemo_immuno_radio yes yes yes OK
intervention_complementary no no no OK
intervention_device yes yes yes OK
intervention_psychological no no no OK
intervention_complex no yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — Combining radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation represents the combination of two procedural/surgical modalities rather than distinct categories like pharmacologic and psychological, which does not meet the criteria for a complex intervention.
no yes → no → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: yes Requery: no — This combines two physical treatment modalities (radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation) from the same category of local tumor destruction techniques, rather than combining distinct intervention types that interact differently. Thinking: no — Combining two procedural/device-based local tumor treatments (RFA and radiotherapy) represents similar modalities, not fundamentally different intervention categories.
no no → yes → no
shaky reasoning
✓ Unanimous Initial: no Requery: yes — The trial involves the combination of radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation, which are two distinct treatment modalities from different intervention categories, thus classifying it as a complex intervention. Thinking: no — Radiotherapy and radiofrequency ablation are both procedural/physical treatments within the same category, so the intervention is single-modality rather than multi-component across different categories.
OK
intervention_acp no no no OK
intervention_music no no no OK
intervention_screening no no no OK
intervention_palliative no no no OK
intervention_education no no no OK
intervention_digital no no no OK
intervention_other no no no OK
outcome_symptom no no no OK
outcome_qol no no no OK
outcome_dignity no no no OK
outcome_cost no no no OK
outcome_other yes yes yes OK
pharmacologic_sub N/A N/A N/A OK
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