Status:

UNKNOWN

Efficacy and Safety of IRE for RMs

Lead Sponsor:

Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam (AMC-UvA)

Conditions:

Kidney Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE1

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Background: Electroporation or electropermeabilisation is a novel technique with the potential to overcome the main disadvantages of thermal ablation. It utilizes electric pulses, traveling between t...

Detailed Description

Rationale: The past decades have shown an increase in the incidence of small renal masses (SRM). At the moment laparoscopic partial nephrectomy is the 'golden standard' in treatment of SRMs. Thermal ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥ 18 years
  • Solid, enhancing mass on cross sectional imaging
  • Scheduled for a radical nephrectomy, open or laparoscopic.
  • Signed informed consent

Exclusion

  • Irreversible bleeding disorders
  • Inability/unwillingness to interrupt anticoagulation therapy
  • Previous cryoablation, RFA or partial nephrectomy in affected kidney
  • Anaesthesia Surgical Assignment (ASA), category ≤ IV
  • ICD / pacemaker
  • Severe cardiovascular disease in medical history

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

10 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02298608

Start Date

January 1 2014

End Date

December 1 2016

Last Update

November 24 2014

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Dept. Urology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands