View clinical trials related to Carcinoma, Renal Cell.
Filter by:- 1. There is no standard treatment option for non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). - 2. Patients with non-clear cell RCC is strongly assumed to have benefit from anti-VEGF treatment. - 3. There is no trial of axitinib for non-clear cell RCC. - 4. Axitinib is expected to show more potent efficacy over sorafenib or sunitinib in renal cell carcinoma.
According to the National Cancer Institute, an estimated 64,770 men and women will be diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2012. Of this number, an estimated 13,570 will die of this disease. Surgery remains one of the best options for patients presenting with operable Stage II or III cancers, however the five year survival rate for these candidates remains at a dismal 63.7% for Stage II and 11% for Stage III. The high rates of recurrence suggest that surgeons are unable to completely detect and remove primary tumor nodules in a satisfactory manner as well as lingering metastases in sentinel lymph nodes. By ensuring a negative margin through imaging during surgery it would be possible for the investigators to improve the rates of recurrence free patients and thus overall survival. Renal cell malignancies are the ideal disease to investigate intra-operative imaging. 70% of kidney malignancies express folate receptor alpha (FRA). It is important to note that FRA is expressed only in the proximal tubules of the kidneys, activated macrophages, and in the choroidal plexus. Thus, the false positive detection rate is expected to be extremely low. A group well known to us in the Netherlands has completed a pilot study utilizing a folate-FITC conjugate in 12 patients with ovarian cancer. Another group of investigators in Mayo have subsequently performed this study on 20 more patients without any serious adverse events (personal communication). They report excellent sensitivity and specificity with this technique with only grade 1 side effects (allergic reaction). All side effects reversed when the injection was halted. Patients with a history of allergic reactions to insect bites should not participate (fluorescein is derived from the firefly insect, folate is an essential vitamin).
The goal of this clinical research study is learn if carfilzomib can help control kidney cancer. The safety of this drug will also be studied. Carfilzomib is designed to block cancer cells from repairing themselves. If the cancer cells cannot repair themselves, this may cause them to die.
The goal of this protocol is to determine the prevalence of somatic and germline mutations in BAP1 (BRCA associated protein-1) among patients with mesothelioma , choroidal nevus, primary uveal melanoma (UM), or metastatic UM seen at our institution.
The goal of this clinical research study is to learn the effectiveness of sorafenib combined with gemcitabine plus cisplatin in the treatment of patients with locally advanced or metastatic collecting duct carcinoma(CDC) of the kidney. The safety of each treatment will also be studied.
This prospective pilot study is designed to evaluate the accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasound when used to evaluate renal lesions in two different populations; patients with known renal tumors (Cohort 1) and patients with a risk factor for renal malignancy in whom their screening ultrasound shows an indeterminate or possibly malignant renal mass (Cohort 2).
This was an exploratory proof of concept study to determine the clinical activity of tasquinimod in patients with advanced or metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma and gastric carcinoma who had progressed after standard therapies.
The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects on kidney function after performing the removal of a kidney tumor with or without clamping the blood vessels during surgery.
Sequential therapy with BEvacizumab, RAd001 (everolimus) and Tyrosinekinase inhibitors (TKI) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC)
This prospective, single arm, multi-center pilot study includes 120 mRCC patients over 65 years, no prior systemic treatment, determined to be candidates for systemic therapy by the investigator. The treatment with Sorafenib should comply with the recommendations written in the local product information. The primary endpoint is overall survival. The secondary endpoints including other effectiveness points, safety and patients characteristics. With 120 completed patients, if the observed survival rate at 12 months is 60%, the width of a 95% confidence interval will be approximately 18%.