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Contact the study team using the details below to take part. If there are no contact details below please ask your doctor in the first instance.
Prof
Naeem
Soomro
+44 (0)191 2137597
partial@abdn.ac.uk
Prof
Rakesh
Heer
+44 (0)191 2084300
partial@abdn.ac.uk
Ms
Diana
Johnson
+44 (0)1224 438144
partial@abdn.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
Renal cancer
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Background and study aims
PARTIAL is a research study looking at two different types of surgery for kidney cancer. Every year, over 13,000 people in the UK have a tumour on their kidney: some of these are kidney cancer, and others turn out not to be cancer. Often, these tumours are identified when they are at the early stages of growth (up to 7cm), and if there is no spread to other parts of the body the two main types of surgery that can be done are the removal of the whole kidney if there is a normal kidney on the other side (radical nephrectomy) and partial removal of the kidney where only part of the kidney (where the tumour is) is removed (partial nephrectomy). Each of these types of surgery has potential benefits and risks, but there is no good evidence for doctors and surgeons working in the NHS about which operation is better. When surgeons remove part of the kidney, there is a higher chance of bleeding, but in the longer term, the person’s kidney function may be better. It is also unclear which type of surgery is the best option for patients. The PARTIAL study will compare these two different types of surgery to answer the question of whether a partial removal of the kidney is better than removing the whole kidney for a group of more complex kidney tumours suitable for either approach.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
You can take part if:
You may not be able to take part if:
1. Solitary functioning kidney2. Metastatic disease3. Existing Chronic Kidney Disease (> stage 3b; eGFR< 45)4. Medically unfit for surgery5. Congenital renal abnormality which includes fusion, assent and malrotation6. Suspected or confirmed inherited kidney cancer syndrome7. Current pregnancy or breastfeeding8. People without capacity
Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.
Ms
Diana
Johnson
+44 (0)1224 438144
partial@abdn.ac.uk
Prof
Naeem
Soomro
+44 (0)191 2137597
partial@abdn.ac.uk
Prof
Rakesh
Heer
+44 (0)191 2084300
partial@abdn.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and funded by Health Technology Assessment Programme.
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