Clinical Evaluation of an Investigational Blood Creatinine Point-of-Care Test Device
Summary
This study is being done to see if the Nova Creatinine Meter can give a correct measure of creatinine (a blood test used to measure kidney function) when the blood is taken from a capillary (smallest type of blood vessels). The Nova Creatinine Meter is a hand held device that can be used in a clinic to measure creatinine in about 50 seconds. Current laboratory creatinine testing can take up to an hour. Since chemotherapy patients need to have their creatinine measured prior to treatment, this meter could make testing easier and faster.
Study Design
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
Conditions
Cancer
Intervention
hand-held POC creatinine analyzer-blood test
Location
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York
New York
United States
10065
Status
Completed
Source
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00607529
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
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