Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Renal Cell"

RATIONALE: Sunitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving sunitinib before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving it after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. It is not yet known whether sunitinib is more effective when given before or after surgery in treating kidney cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized phase II trial is studying the side effects of sunitinib and to compare how well it works when given before or after surgery in treating patients with metastatic kidney cancer.

The primary objective of this prospective, observational, post-marketing study is to evaluate the patient characteristics, pre-treatment and treatment duration in Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) patients who are candidates for systematic therapy and in whom a decision to treat with Nexavar® has been made under real-life practice settings and approved reimbursement restriction in Taiwan. Therefore, the main objective of the study is to collect data on: Prescription pattern: to determine the factors affecting compliance and duration of treatment with special attention given to education status, demography, disease details, pre-treatment, concomitant medication and other baseline data Nexavar® treatment and efficacy data Adverse events using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 4.0

While different lines of evidence support the notion that renal cell cancer is amenable for immunologic vaccination, up to now the clinical benefit associated with vaccines has been limited. One reason being probably the whole immunological state of the patients with RCC in which the tumor releases various substances promoting tolerance of the immune system towards the carcinoma. Recent data demonstrates that sunitinib has effects on the immune system which might enhance effectivity of anti tumor vaccines. Since in kidney cancer it is quite common to resect primary tumor when there are few metastasis or or metastatic tumor resected (if there are few metastasis), the investigators plan to use these tumor source to grow autologous carcinoma cell lines and use a method used world wide for many years and in our institution for over a decade to modify these cells by dinitro phenol and use irradiated cell for patients vaccination in combination with sunitinib treatments. The investigators will monitor clinical and immunological parameters in these patients.

RATIONALE: Treating a person's lymphocytes with interleukin-2 and monoclonal antibody may help them kill more cancer cells when they are put back in the body. PURPOSE: This phase II trial is studying how well lymphocyte therapy works in treating patients with stage III or stage IV kidney cancer.

RATIONALE: Biological therapies use different ways to stimulate the immune system to try to stop cancer cells from growing. Combining interferon alfa and interleukin-2 may kill more tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of interferon alfa and interleukin-2 in treating patients with metastatic kidney cancer.

RATIONALE: Interferon alfa may interfere with the growth of cancer cells. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known if interferon alfa is more effective with or without thalidomide in treating metastatic kidney cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to compare the effectiveness of interferon alfa with or without thalidomide in treating patients who have metastatic kidney cancer.

The purpose of this study is to understand the effect of vascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase (VEGF) inhibitor, immune checkpoint-inhibitor (ICI), and combination treatment on blood pressure and blood vessel function.

FASTERCC: Folic acid supplement versus placebo for treating mucositis adverse events in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients receiving targeted therapy. A randomized, double-blind trial from the Danish renal cancer group (DARENCA study-4)

The therapeutic effectiveness of ultrasound guided cooled-probe microwave ablation and laparoscopic partial nephrectomy on T1a renal cell carcinoma is compared to find a better approach for renal tumor.

This is a phase Ib, open, mono-center, dose-escalation, tolerability and pharmacokinetic study evaluating the Recombinant Humanized Anti-PD-1 mAb for Injection in combination with Axitinib in patients with advanced kidney cancer and melanoma who have failed in routine systemic treatment.