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. 2022 Jan 4;2022(1):CD013345. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013345.pub2

Zhao 2015a.

Methods Study design: Randomised clinical trial
Study duration: July 2014 to July 2015
Duration of follow‐up: 3 years
Setting: Hospital
Participants Age (range ): 31‐64 years
Male (n/total): 63/120
Interventions TACE + RFA group (n = 60):
TACE: Chemotherapeutic drugs: epirubicin 40 mg and oxaliplatin 100 mg
RFA: The interval between TACE and RFA was 2 weeks. Cool‐tip ablation system. Ablation margin of 1 cm
TACE group (n = 60): Chemotherapeutic drugs: epirubicin 40 mg and oxaliplatin 100 mg
Outcomes Tumour necrosis rate, measured at 4 weeks after treatment by contrast‐enhanced CT
1‐, 2‐, and 3‐year disease progression rate
Notes Country of study: China
Source of funding: None
There was insufficient information available to satisfactorily determine the method of randomisation and the study data could not be verified. We have attempted to contact the study authors for more information, but so far, we have not been successful in doing this.