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Contrast-enhanced ultrasound for Renal Cyst

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Led By Anil Kapoor, MD
Research Sponsored by St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline and every three months until the end of study.
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Study Summary

This trial is testing whether CEUS can be used to accurately diagnose complex renal cysts, and whether it is as effective as CT or MRI.

Eligible Conditions
  • Renal Cyst

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~(baseline, follow up at 3, 6, 9, & 12 months)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and (baseline, follow up at 3, 6, 9, & 12 months) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
concordance between CEUS and CT
Secondary outcome measures
Average percent difference of CEUS vs CT imaging
histopathological diagnosis after surgery of complex renal cysts

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Contrast-enhanced ultrasoundExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound
2019
Completed Phase 2
~230

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Who is running the clinical trial?

St. Joseph's Healthcare HamiltonLead Sponsor
196 Previous Clinical Trials
25,504 Total Patients Enrolled
McMaster UniversityOTHER
881 Previous Clinical Trials
2,597,846 Total Patients Enrolled
Christopher Allard, MDStudy ChairMcMaster Institute of Urology - St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

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Recent research and studies
clinicaltrials.govStudy
Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Complex Renal Cysts
Anil Kapoor 2013. "Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Complex Renal Cysts". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01353521.
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