Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Renal Cell"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficiency of zero ischemia laparoscopic microwave ablation-assisted enucleation in comparison with conventional laparoscopic partial nephrectomy in the treatment of T1a renal cell carcinoma.

This study will examine the safety profile of SGN-CD70A. The study will test increasing doses of SGN-CD70A given every 3 weeks (or an alternate dosing schedule up to every 6 weeks) to small groups of patients. The goal is to find the highest dose of SGN-CD70A that can be given to patients without causing unacceptable side effects. The pharmacokinetics and antitumor activity of SGN-CD70A will also be evaluated.

Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are often used in the standard treatment for patients with metastasized renal cell carcinoma. In addition to their ability to specifically inhibit tumor growth, TKIs also interfere with the vascularisation of the tumor. Unfortunately, most patients do not obtain long-lasting clinical benefit from this treatment. The goal of the current study is to enhance the effect of TKIs by combining them with stereotactic radiotherapy treatment of one of the metastases. This type of radiotherapy allows us to precisely irradiate the tumor with minimal effect on the surrounding healthy tissue. Recently it has been demonstrated that this type of radiotherapy stimulates the immune system to attack the tumor. By combining stereotactic radiotherapy with TKIs we expect to observe a reduction of metastases in a bigger population of patients. In the first part of our study we focus on the safety of the combination therapy. In the second part we will evaluate the combined treatment response.

Phase I / II, open, prospective, multicenter single-arm, Clinical Trial in two stages: in the first stage it will determine the optimal dose of the combination of pazopanib and interferon alfa-A2 in the treatment of patients with advanced renal carcinoma and a second stage that will determine the efficacy of this combination measured in terms of response rate.

This is an open labeled phase I dose escalation study of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and RAD001 in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma followed by a Phase II trial of RAD001 with HCQ. The target population are patients with one to three prior treatments for advanced renal cell carcinoma. In the phase I portion a traditional 3+3 design will be used to determine the maximal tolerated dose and/or recommended phase II dose for HCQ in combination with RAD001 po 10 mg/day.

This randomized Phase III study is to evaluate whether pazopanib compared with placebo can prevent or delay recurrence of kidney cancer in patients with moderately high or high risk of developing recurrence after undergoing kidney cancer surgery.

All patients who participate in this study will receive pazopanib. Pazopanib is an oral drug (pill) that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of advanced kidney cancer. In this study, the investigators plan to learn more about the way this drug works by using special scans (MRIs and Ultrasounds) to help evaluate how this drug is working on this disease. Approximately 20 people with advanced kidney cancer will be enrolled on this study.

This phase I trial is studying the side effects and best dose of giving gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 and temsirolimus together in treating patients with advanced solid tumors. Gamma-secretase/Notch signalling pathway inhibitor RO4929097 and temsirolimus may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth.

This prospective study assesses toxicity and potential efficacy of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interferon (IFN) alpha and interleukin-2 (IL-2) postoperatively in patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

The goal of this clinical research study is to learn if axitinib can help to control kidney cancer. The safety of this drug will also be studied.