Gene test could predict kidney cancer in transplant patients
NCT ID NCT03114826
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This completed study examined whether a specific variation in the VEGF gene (rs699947) is linked to a higher risk of developing kidney cancer in people who have received a kidney transplant. Researchers analyzed DNA from 272 transplant patients, some of whom had kidney cancer. The goal was to see if this genetic marker could help identify high-risk patients and guide safer immunosuppressant choices.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors choose safer immunosuppressants for kidney transplant patients at higher genetic risk of kidney cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It only looks for a link between a gene variant and cancer risk, so it cannot prove cause or change care directly.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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272 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2016
- Finished
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Dec 2018
- 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.
Who is studied
Renal transplant patients for the period 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2011
- 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: * Patients receiving a first, second or third kidney transplant; * Patients receiving a transplant from a living or deceased donor, irrespective of the immunological risk; * Patients with health insurance coverage; * Live or deceased patients for which genomic DNA is available. * in cases : first diagnosis of native kidney cancer (histological type: papillary or clear cell) Exclusion Criteria: * Minor transplant patients; * Patients transplanted before 1 January 2002; * Patients monitored in the interregion, but transplanted to another center; * Patients receiving a double graft (kidney plus other organ) or a bi-graft; * Patients not accepting that their medical data be included in the register; * Patients not accepting that their specimen be used for scientific research purposes.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Amiens Picardie
Amiens, Picardie, 80054, France
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