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Bipolar-Multipolar Radiofrequency Ablation of Small Renal Masses (<=4cm)

Completed
Conditions
kidney cancer
renal cell carcinoma
10038430
Registration Number
NL-OMON35289
Lead Sponsor
Celon AG Medical instruments
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
15
Inclusion Criteria

Pre-operative inclusion criteria
- Patient gives informed consent
- Patients with small renal mass [SRM] (<=4cm).
- The mass has to be a cortical tumor (not hilar)
Stop criterium
_ At the moment of procedure in case benign histology is found on frozen section biopsy, no RFA will be performed and the patient will not continue the study.

Exclusion Criteria

- Pregnancy
- SRM > 4cm
- SRM in hilar area
- Clotting disorder or anticoagulant use that cannot be interrupted
- Benign histology at intraoperative biopsy

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>Find an energy dose that allows a complete destruction of the tumour. Tumor<br /><br>destruction will be studied by histopathology-immunohistochemistry. These data<br /><br>will be correlated to the energy used.</p><br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<p>none</p><br>
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