Research Study for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Carcinoma, Renal Cell
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Carcinoma, Renal Cell focused on measuring Cancer
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Life expectancy of at least 12 weeks Clinical, radiographic, or pathologic diagnosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). All renal cell histologies are allowed- Acceptable surgical risk in the judgment of the study investigator and consulting urological surgeon At least one uni-dimensional measurable lesion outside the planned nephrectomy specimen Patients who have an ECOG performance status of 0 or 1 Exclusion Criteria: History of bleeding diathesis or unexpected surgical bleeding- Patients currently receiving treatment with or having a requirement for therapeutic anticoagulation Prior therapy for RCC. Palliative radiation therapy for painful or unstable bone metastases is permitted provided that there is measurable metastatic disease outside the radiation field Known history of HIV infection- Symptomatic metastatic brain or meningeal tumors, unless the patient is > 6 months from definitive therapy, has a CT or MRI scan within 6 weeks of study entry negative for brain metastases and is clinically stable with respect to the tumor at the time of study entry
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Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Arm 1
Arm 2