Active clinical trials for "Carcinoma, Renal Cell"

Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as fluorouracil, work in different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. Suramin may increase the effectiveness of fluorouracil by making tumor cells more sensitive to the drug. This phase I/II trial is studying the side effects and best dose of fluorouracil and the chemosensitizer suramin and to see how well they work in treating patients with metastatic renal cell (kidney) cancer.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate safety, efficacy (including quality of life), and pharmacokinetics of BAY43-9006 when added to Best Supportive Care in patients with unresectable and/or metastatic renal cell cancer, who have received one prior systemic regimen for advanced disease.

RATIONALE: Radiofrequency ablation uses high-frequency electric current to heat and kill tumor cells. Magnetic resonance imaging-guided radiofrequency ablation may an effective treatment for primary kidney cancer, liver metastases, or other solid tumors. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of magnetic-resonance-guided radiofrequency ablation in treating patients who have primary kidney cancer, liver metastases, or other solid tumors.

RATIONALE: Vaccines may make the body build an immune response to kill tumor cells. PURPOSE: Phase I trial to study the effectiveness of vaccine therapy in treating patients who have stage III or stage IV kidney cancer.

The purpose of this trial is to examine the safety, feasibility, immunological response, and clinical antitumor activity of administering a dendritic cell vaccine to patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

This phase II trial is studying how well erlotinib works in treating patients with locally advanced or metastatic papillary renal cell (kidney) cancer. Erlotinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking the enzymes necessary for tumor cell growth

The purpose of this study is to collect blood and clinical data from patients with metastatic melanoma and renal cell cancer who have experienced spontaneous regression for studies of immune response and other factors that may influence these occurrences.

In this trial the investigators want to examine and compare oncological and surgical outcomes of two surgical techniques in a prospective, randomised, single-blind trial. Therefore the investigators are going to include 30 patients with a renal mass who need surgical treatment. When they fulfill the inclusion criteria they get randomised either for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy or laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. Primary endpoint is the oncological outcome (residual tumor classification, TNM classification), secondary endpoints are operation time, time of ischemia, blood loss, pain after surgery, kidney function, complications and hospital stay.

The purpose of this study is to learn if PET scanning can predict the degree of tumor shrinkage with the study drug RAD001 in subjects who have advanced renal cancer.

This study will obtain tumor samples from nephrectomy specimens in a multi-regional fashion and subject them to integrated genomics, proteomics, pathological, and radiological assessment. The goal is to better understand the the molecular basis for how various cells within the tumor microenvironment act in a coordinated manner to facilitate tumor progression and therapy resistance. Our ultimate aim is to leverage this data resource to identify novel therapeutic targets and biomarkers to improve the clinical management of this disease.