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Brief Title: Cryoablation Versus Radiofrequency Ablation for Small Renal Masses
Official Title: A Prospective Randomized Pilot Trial of Cryoablation (CA) Versus Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA) for the Management of Small Renal Masses
Study ID: NCT00922948
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to verify the oncological efficacy and safety of cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of small renal tumors.
Detailed Description: By enrolling all patients treated with CA or RFA, this study will document for the first time the safety and the short and long term efficacy of CA compared to RFA as well as provide urologists and decision makers currently unavailable information on CA in Canada.
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
McMaster Institute of Urology - St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Name: Anil Kapoor, MD
Affiliation: McMaster Institute of Urology, McMaster University
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR