Radiofrequency Interstitial Tissue Ablation in Treating Patients With Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)

NCT ID: NCT00019955

Last Updated: 2015-04-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2000-03-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiofrequency interstitial tissue ablation may kill tumor cells by heating tumors to several degrees above body temperature.

PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying radiofrequency interstitial tissue ablation to see how well it works in treating patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer).

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency interstitial tissue ablation in terms of tumor destruction or slowed tumor growth rate in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma.

Secondary

* Assess the toxicity of this treatment regimen in these patients.

OUTLINE: Patients undergo percutaneous radiofrequency interstitial tumor ablation (RFA). Patients are offered laparoscopy-assisted percutaneous RFA in the operating room if their tumors are not safely accessible. Intra-operative ultrasound is used to confirm probe placement and to monitor treatment delivery. If the target temperature or impedance are not reached, treatment is repeated no more than twice. No more than 5 tumors are treated per kidney.

All patients are followed at 2 to 3 months, 6 months, and then at 1 year.

Patients with tumors greater than 2 cm in diameter are followed every 6 months for up to 5 years. Patients whose tumors become greater than 3 cm are recommended for surgery and removed from study if surgery is performed.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 63 patients will be accrued for this study within 1 year.

Conditions

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Kidney Cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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laparoscopic surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

radiofrequency ablation

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

thermal ablation therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Localized renal cell carcinoma, meeting both of the following criteria:

* Enlarging renal tumors on imaging studies over a minimum of 12 months
* Tumor size between 0.5-4.0 cm in diameter at time of treatment

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* Not specified

Life expectancy:

* Not specified

Hematopoietic:

* Not specified

Hepatic:

* Not specified

Renal:

* Creatinine less than 2.0 mg/dL OR
* Creatinine clearance greater than 60 mL/min

Other:

* Not pregnant
* Negative pregnancy test

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* Not specified

Chemotherapy

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy

* Not specifed

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* Not specified
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NIH

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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McClellan M. Walther, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

NCI - Urologic Oncology Branch

Locations

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Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center - NCI Clinical Studies Support

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Hwang JJ, Walther MM. Update on minimally invasive approaches to kidney tumors. Curr Urol Rep. 2004 Feb;5(1):13-8. doi: 10.1007/s11934-004-0005-y.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 14733831 (View on PubMed)

Pautler SE, Walther MM. Transperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy for bulky renal tumors. Can J Urol. 2002 Oct;9(5):1653-9; discussion 1660.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12431330 (View on PubMed)

Pavlovich CP, Walther MM, Eyler RA, Hewitt SM, Zbar B, Linehan WM, Merino MJ. Renal tumors in the Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome. Am J Surg Pathol. 2002 Dec;26(12):1542-52. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200212000-00002.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12459621 (View on PubMed)

Wood BJ, Ramkaransingh JR, Fojo T, Walther MM, Libutti SK. Percutaneous tumor ablation with radiofrequency. Cancer. 2002 Jan 15;94(2):443-51. doi: 10.1002/cncr.10234.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11900230 (View on PubMed)

Friedman M, Mikityansky I, Kam A, Libutti SK, Walther MM, Neeman Z, Locklin JK, Wood BJ. Radiofrequency ablation of cancer. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2004 Sep-Oct;27(5):427-34. doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0062-0. Epub 2004 Jun 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15383844 (View on PubMed)

Pautler SE, Pavlovich CP, Mikityansky I, Drachenberg DE, Choyke PL, Linehan WM, Wood BJ, Walther MM. Retroperitoneoscopic-guided radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors. Can J Urol. 2001 Aug;8(4):1330-3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11564277 (View on PubMed)

Kam AW, Littrup PJ, Walther MM, Hvizda J, Wood BJ. Thermal protection during percutaneous thermal ablation of renal cell carcinoma. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2004 Jul;15(7):753-8. doi: 10.1097/01.rvi.0000133535.16753.58.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15231890 (View on PubMed)

Pacak K, Fojo T, Goldstein DS, Eisenhofer G, Walther MM, Linehan WM, Bachenheimer L, Abraham J, Wood BJ. Radiofrequency ablation: a novel approach for treatment of metastatic pheochromocytoma. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2001 Apr 18;93(8):648-9. doi: 10.1093/jnci/93.8.648. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11309443 (View on PubMed)

Hwang JJ, Walther MM, Pautler SE, Coleman JA, Hvizda J, Peterson J, Linehan WM, Wood BJ. Radio frequency ablation of small renal tumors:: intermediate results. J Urol. 2004 May;171(5):1814-8. doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000119905.72574.de.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15076283 (View on PubMed)

Pavlovich CP, Walther M, Choyke PL, Pautler SE, Chang R, Linehan WM, Wood BJ. Percutaneous radio frequency ablation of small renal tumors: initial results. J Urol. 2002 Jan;167(1):10-5.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 11743264 (View on PubMed)

Walther MC, Shawker TH, Libutti SK, Lubensky I, Choyke PL, Venzon D, Linehan WM. A phase 2 study of radio frequency interstitial tissue ablation of localized renal tumors. J Urol. 2000 May;163(5):1424-7.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 10751849 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NCI-99-C-0170

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000067334

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

NCT00001834

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: nct_alias

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