Ethicon seeks data on Neuwave liver ablations

  Ethicon’s Neuwave is a target ablation tool for small to large lesions, as well as a resection tool. (Image from Ethicon) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon said it has launched a global registry to collect and analyze real-world data on patients with soft tissue liver lesions ablated with the company’s Neuwave microwave ablation system. The multicenter, observational registry will follow approximately 1,500 patients worldwide for five years from the date of their first liver ablation procedure with the Neuwave system, a minimally invasive microwave ablation technology that uses heat transmitted through image-guided needle-like probes to destroy soft tissue lesions. The company will collect data from up to 30 centers throughout the world on the technical aspects of the procedure, including ablation time under varying liver tissue and lesion conditions. Efficacy and other outcome data will also be documented and assessed at various time points over the course of the study, according to the company, which announced the registry at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR 2019) meeting in Austin, Texas. Neuwave is a minimally invasive system designed to enable physicians to tailor ablations for lesions of varying shapes and sizes with consistency and control, according to Ethicon. Most patients leave the hospital the same day with only a bandage at the probe insertion site, according to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Vascular Int...
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