# A Feasibility Study for a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare Surgery With Needle Ablation Techniques in People With Small Renal Masses (4cm)

> **NCT01608165** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust** · enrollment: 17 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Renal Cancer

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Surgical treatment for renal mass
- **PROCEDURE:** Percutaneous Radiofrequency ablation
- **PROCEDURE:** Laparascopic or percutaneous cryoablation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT01608165
- **Lead sponsor:** Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2012-06
- **Primary completion:** 2014-10
- **Final completion:** 2015-01
- **Target enrollment:** 17 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2015-12-07

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01608165

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT01608165, "A Feasibility Study for a Multicentre Randomised Controlled Trial to Compare Surgery With Needle Ablation Techniques in People With Small Renal Masses (4cm)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-05 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT01608165. Licensed CC0.

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