New scan aims to catch kidney cancer spread that others miss
NCT ID NCT07624578
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study planned to test a special PET-CT scan (68Ga-PSMA) in people newly diagnosed with advanced kidney cancer. The goal was to see if it could find small cancer spots that standard scans miss. However, the trial was withdrawn before any patients were enrolled, so no results are available.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 68Ga-PSMA PET-CT scan
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this scan could help doctors find small cancer spots earlier, leading to more timely treatment.
- What could go wrong
- This trial was withdrawn before it started, so no results are available. The scan is still experimental and may not prove better than current methods.
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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.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2020
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2022
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age ≥ 18 years, enrolled in a social security scheme. * Signed informed consent form. * Patient newly diagnosed with localised intermediate- or high-risk renal cell carcinoma (UISS prognostic system) or metastatic renal cancer (M1 according to TNM staging) with histological evidence (biopsy or surgical specimen). * Recent conventional imaging work-up (dated no more than 1 month prior to the 68Ga-PSMA PET scan): * Brain CT, chest and abdominal-pelvic CT with iodine injection, including arterial, portal and late phases; * Bone scan (BS); Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding women; * History of another known progressive neoplasm within the past two years
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Conditions
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