Study in Which Therapy is Either Switched to Nivolumab After 3 Months of Treatment or Therapy is Continued With a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and Disease Control — NIVOSWITCH  

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Trial

Official title: A Randomized Phase II Study With NIVOlumab or Continuation of Therapy as an Early SWITCH Approach in Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) and Disease Control After 3 Months of Treatment With a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to assess the survival benefit from an early switch approach from sunitinib or pazopanib (10-12 weeks of 1st-line therapy) to nivolumab (anti-angiogenic to immunotherapy switch).

Clinical Trial Description

This is a randomized, open-label, phase II trial. Patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) will be randomized into two arms either receiving Nivolumab or continuation of the Tyrosin Kinase Inhibitor (TKI) treatment that they have received as 1st-line therapy.

Patients must have received first line therapy with a VEGFR-TKI (Sunitinib or Pazopanib) prior to study inclusion for 10-12 weeks with documented disease control (PR/SD) according to RECIST 1.1 at time of study entry.

Eligible patients will be randomized 1:1 either in the Nivolumab or in the TKI arm.

Dosage of Nivolumab: 240 mg i.v. on D1 of every cycle (Q2W) for 16 weeks. After 16 weeks 480 mg i.v. on D1 of every cycle (Q4W) until disease progress, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or end of study.

Dosage of Sunitinib: According to Standard of Care (SOC). Recommended dose is 50 mg p.o. once daily for 4 consecutive weeks followed by a 2-week rest period (schedule 4/2) to comprise a complete cycle of 6 weeks (until disease progress, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or end of study.).

Dosage of Pazopanib: According to Standard of Care (SOC). Recommended dose is 800 mg p.o. daily continuously (until disease progress, intolerable toxicity, withdrawal of consent or end of study.). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Carcinoma
• Carcinoma, Renal Cell
• Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

• NCT number: NCT02959554
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: AIO-Studien-gGmbH
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: December 2016
• Completion date: January 2021