Biopsy and special scan for small kidney tumors
Part of Cancer, Kidney & urinary, Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This trial studies using a kidney tumor biopsy and a special nuclear scan (SPECT/CT using sestamibi) to help evaluate kidney tumors before surgery. It may help doctors better characterize tumors that appear suspicious on imaging.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are age 18 or older.
- Your kidney tumor is “clinically localized” (cT1) and 7 cm or smaller, with a solid area that looks suspicious for cancer on scans.
- You need to be eligible or planning to have kidney surgery (partial or radical nephrectomy) as your urologist decides.
- You need to be eligible or planning to have a kidney mass biopsy as your urologist decides.
- You must have enough kidney function (estimated GFR at least 30).
- You must be able to have CT scans of the tumor both with contrast and without contrast (done within the last 365 days or planned soon).
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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