3D models may speed up kidney surgery
NCT ID NCT06056505
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether using a 3D model of a patient's kidney before surgery could shorten the time needed for robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (removing a kidney tumor). 370 adults with small kidney tumors took part. The goal was to see if better planning with 3D imaging leads to fewer complications and better outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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370 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2023
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with kidney tumours ≤ 7cm and planned robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy with the DaVinci Surgical System * CT scan with contrast medium available * Age ≥ 18 years * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * History of surgery on affected kidney (e.g., partial nephrectomy, pyeloplasty, kidney cyst deroofing, percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy, radiofrequency ablation) * Clinical suspicion of metastases (stage cN1/cM1) * Horseshoe kidney * Previous malignancy with ongoing or planned nephrotoxic chemotherapy * Multifocal kidney tumour * Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and other hereditary kidney cancer syndromes * Patient is immunosuppressed (e.g., organ transplantation, leukaemia) * Tumor thrombus in Vena renalis or Vena cava inferior * Severe cognitive impairment * Pregnancy or lactation or women with desire for children * Patients under legal supervision or guardianship * Unable to give informed consent or suspected lack of compliance * Patients who decline data collection and storage for the main study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie
Wuppertal, 42283, Germany
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Leipzig University, Department of Urology
Leipzig, Saxony, 4103, Germany
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Sana Klinikum Borna, Klinik für Urologie
Borna, 04552, Germany
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St. Antonius-Hospital Gronau, Klinik für Urologie, Kinderurologie und Urologische Onkologie
Gronau, 48599, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie
Bonn, 53127, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie
Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum Magdeburg, Klinik für Urologie, Uroonkologie, robotergestützte und fokale Therapie
Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes - Homburg/Saar, Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie
Homburg, 66421, Germany
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Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie
Mainz, 55131, Germany
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Universitätsmedizin Mannheim, Klinik für Urologie und Urochirurgie
Mannheim, 68167, Germany
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