# Metachronic Brain Metastases After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer (METABREC)

> **NCT04654975** · — · RECRUITING · sponsor: **Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven** · enrollment: 10000 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Esophagectomy
- Brain Metastases

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04654975
- **Lead sponsor:** Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2020-06-02
- **Primary completion:** 2025-03-31
- **Final completion:** 2025-03-31
- **Target enrollment:** 10000 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-03


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04654975

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04654975, "Metachronic Brain Metastases After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer (METABREC)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04654975. Licensed CC0.

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