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Evaluating Sunitinib Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma Using F-18 FDG PET/CT and DCE MRI

Contact Information

Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Primary Contact:

Andrew Quon (650) 736-1369
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Brief

To learn whether FDG PET/CT and DCE MRI are better predictors of response to therapy than the current standard of care (CT or MRI).

Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Stanford Recruiting Status:

Recruiting

Intervention(s):

  • Drug: Sunitinib
  • Procedure: FDG PET
  • Procedure: PET/CT

Phase:

N/A

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 years to Any Age

Genders Eligible for Study:

Male and Female

Health of Volunteers:

People with the conditions listed in this trial can participate as controls.

Key Inclusion Criteria:

- Measurable disease by RECIST criteria
- Pathologic diagnosis of renal cell cancer
- Advanced (stage IV) renal cell cancer
- Karnofsky performance status of (KPS>70)
- Consent to participate in the clinical trial


Key Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients who cannot complete a PET/CT scan.
- Pregnant women.
- Healthy volunteers.
- Patients participating in other research protocols will be excluded from this study.
- Metallic implants (prosthesis, ICD, pacemakers), since these are contraindications for MRI.


Additional Study Details

Official Title:

Evaluating Sunitinib Therapy in Renal Cell Carcinoma using F-18 FDG PET/CT and DCE MRI

Anticipated start date:

10/27/2007

Lead Sponsor:

Stanford University

Collaborator(s):

  • NCCN - National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Study Type:

Interventional

Purpose:

Diagnostic

Allocation:

Non-randomized

Masking:

Open

Control:

none

Assignment:

Single Group

Endpoints:

Safety/Efficacy

Primary Outcomes:

  • histopathology
  • tumor size
  • degree of tumor necrosis
  • PET/CT (tumor size ? FDG uptake)
  • MRI (tumor size)
  • DCE MRI (AUC - peak flow)

Secondary Outcomes:

  • initial imaging tumor size
  • initial metabolic panel measures
  • adverse events

Total Number to be Enrolled:

20

Total Number to be Enrolled at Stanford:

20

More Information

Trial Unique Id: RENAL0013

Secondary ID(s):

  • 97807
  • NCT00537056
  • RENAL0013

Locations & Contacts

Stanford Locations & Contacts:

Stanford University School of Medicine 300 Pasteur Drive Stanford, CA 94305

Primary Contact:

Andrew Quon (650) 736-1369

Non-Stanford Locations:

The Stanford website does not have any locations outside of Stanford listed for this trial. You may want to check clinicaltrials.gov for posible additional locations.

This listing was last updated:

9/2/2009

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