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Association Between Hepatitis C Infection and Renal Cell Carcinoma

NCT01405183 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2014-09-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if there is an association between hepatitis C infection and kidney cancer. All patients who are diagnosed with kidney cancer and who will either have a biopsy or surgery will be offered to be tested for hepatitis C. The control group will be colon cancer patients. Both groups would be of recent diagnosis (6 months).

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Hepatitis C testing

Hepatitis C antibody, Hepatitis C RNA quantitative and for those who test positive Hepatitis C genotype

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Schering-Plough

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Henry Ford Health System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Humberto C Gonzalez, MD · Henry Ford Hospital

  • Stuart C Gordon, MD · Henry Ford Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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