Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Kidney Cancer
Kidney Cancer
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Kidney Cancer focused on measuring renal cell cancer, renal cell carcinoma, interleukin-2
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria An Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1. Adequate organ function as defined by a white blood cell (WBC) count of 4,000/L; a platelet count of 100,000/L; a Hemoglobin level of 10 g/dL; a serum creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL or creatinine clearance of 60 mL/min; and a direct bilirubin level of 1.5 mg/dL. Forced expiratory volume at 1 second more than 2.0 L or 75% of predicted for height and age from pre-enrollment pulmonary function testing. No history or evidence of cardiac disease on ECG No prior systemic treatment for RCC, but patients may have received prior locoregional radiation therapy to solitary resectable metastases, which must have undergone surgical resection before enrollment. No prior history of invasive malignancy in the past 5 years Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) negative Female patients must not be pregnant or planning to become pregnant Exclusion criteria • Age younger than 16
Sites / Locations
- Cancer Center and Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope
- USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Summit Medical Center
- Loyola University Medical Center
- Indiana University Cancer Center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
- Norris Cotton Cancer Center
- Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center
- Carolinas Medical Center
- Earle A. Chiles Research Institute at Providence Portland Medical Center
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
Interleukin-2 (IL-2)
Observation
Patients randomized to this arm will receive one course of IL-2 [600,000 U/kg every 8 hours on post-operative days 1 to 5 and days 15 to 19 (maximum 28 doses)].
Patients randomized to this arm will receive their normal medical care