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Glycosaminoglycan Scores as Monitoring Biomarkers in Confined Renal Cell Carcinoma

Specificity and Sensitivity of Glycosaminoglycan Scores in the Early Diagnosis of Recurrent Renal Cell Carcinoma

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02732652
Enrollment
72
Registered
2016-04-11
Start date
2016-06-30
Completion date
2021-09-30
Last updated
2023-03-22

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Conditions

Carcinoma, Renal Cell

Brief summary

In this study, a score based on glycosaminoglycan (GAG) profiling in subjects with suspicion of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is hypothesized to distinguish malignant masses when early actionable clinical decisions are desirable. For example to diagnose early recurrence after surgical treatment; to screen population at risk of RCC; or to distinguish benign masses from RCC before surgical treatment. To this end, plasma and urine GAGs will be measured in a prospective cohort of patients referred to surgical treatment for RCC. The resulting GAG scores are then correlated to post-surgical recurrence, to post-surgical definitive diagnosis and and to tumor size if RCC. In a subset cohort of patients at high risk of RCC recurrence, plasma and urine GAGs will be monitored to observe its correlation with disease recurrence.

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Sahlgrenska University Hospital
CollaboratorOTHER
Chalmers University of Technology
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients referred for partial or radical nephrectomy for suspicion of renal cell carcinoma * Predicted life expectancy over 2 months * Standard imaging evaluation 12 weeks prior to inclusion * Planned for standard imaging within 16 weeks after start of therapy

Exclusion criteria

* Lack of proper compliance to accept continuous samplings.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC) for the sensitivity/specificity of plasma/urine glycosaminoglycan scores in the prediction of renal cell carcinoma recurrence after surgeryEvery 6 or 12 months after surgery up to 5 yearsRadiological assessment of patients with definitive diagnosis of RCC and classified as high risk will be carried out as standard-of-care during follow-up and subjected to correlative analysis relative to the plasma/urine glycosaminoglycan scores (or their change) as assessed by longitudinal sampling.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Recurrence-free survival (RFS)Before surgerySurvival analysis will be performed by Kaplan Meier and significance analysis will use the log-rank test. Cox multivariate analysis will be performed to look at the number and molecular characteristics of the glycosaminoglycan scores as independent prognostic parameters of survival.

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026