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Sildenafil Citrate Before Surgery in Improving Kidney Function in Patients With Kidney Cancer

NCT01950923 · Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Updated 3 July 2018

What is being tested
sildenafil citrate; placebo; therapeutic conventional surgery
For
Kidney Tumor
Kind of study
Tests a treatment or device on volunteers. Phase 1.
Who can join
Ages 18 years and older. About 30 people. The full rules are on the registry page.
Where
United States
When
Starts or started Sept 2013, ends March 2016. Registered 26 Sept 2013.
Results
None posted yet.

In the researchers' words

This randomized pilot clinical trial studies sildenafil citrate before surgery in improving kidney function in patients with kidney cancer. Sildenafil citrate may help protect the kidney from the side effects of surgery and improve kidney function after surgery.
ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01950923

Sites

  • Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina, United States