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Kidney-Sparing Surgery Compared With Kidney Removal in Treating Patients With Kidney Cancer

NCT00002473 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2013-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

RATIONALE: Kidney-sparing surgery is a less invasive type of surgery for kidney cancer, and may have fewer side effects and improve recovery. It is unknown whether kidney-sparing surgery is more effective than kidney removal in treating kidney cancer.

PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery to completely remove the kidney with kidney-sparing surgery in treating patients with resectable kidney cancer.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

conventional surgery

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

    collaborator NETWORK

  • American College of Surgeons

    collaborator OTHER

  • SWOG Cancer Research Network

    collaborator NETWORK

  • NCIC Clinical Trials Group

    collaborator NETWORK

  • European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

    lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

  • Hein van Poppel, MD, PhD · University Hospital, Gasthuisberg

  • Thomas Keane, MD · Emory University

  • Leonard G. Gomella, MD · Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University

  • Eila C. Skinner, MD · University of Southern California

  • Laurence H. Klotz, MD · Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1992-03-31
Primary Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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