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This phase II trial tests whether using genetic testing of tumor tissue to select the optimal treatment regimen works in treating patients with clear cell renal cell (kidney) cancer that has spread to other places in the body (advanced or metastatic). The current Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved regimens for advanced kidney cancer fall into two categories. One treatment combination includes two immunotherapy drugs (nivolumab plus ipilimumab), which are delivered by separate intravenous infusions into a vein. The other combination is one immunotherapy drug (nivolumab infusion) plus an oral pill taken by mouth (cabozantinib). Nivolumab and ipilimumab are "immunotherapies" which release the brakes of the immune system, thus allowing the patient's own immune system to better kill cancer cells. Cabozantinib is a "targeted therapy" specifically designed to block certain biological mechanisms needed for growth of cancer cells. In kidney cancer, cabozantinib blocks a tumor's blood supply. The genetic (DNA) makeup of the tumor may affect how well it responds to therapy. Testing the makeup (genes) of the tumor, may help match a treatment (from one of the above two treatment options) to the specific cancer and increase the chance that the disease will respond to treatment. The purpose of this study is to learn if genetic testing of tumor tissue may help doctors select the optimal treatment regimen to which advanced kidney cancer is more likely to respond.


Clinical Trial Description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. To improve objective response rate of front-line therapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by prospectively assigning ipilimumab/nivolumab or nivolumab/cabozantinib according to a patient's ribonucleic acid sequence (RNAseq)-defined biologic cluster. SECONDARY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess clinical outcome of cluster-assigned treatment in front-line metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVE: I. To assess tissue and peripheral blood for pharmacodynamic correlations with response to treatment. OUTLINE: Patients are assigned to 1 of 2 arms. ARM I: INDUCTION: Patients receive ipilimumab and nivolumab intravenously (IV) on day 1. Cycles repeat every 21 days for 4 cycles. MAINTENANCE: Patients receive nivolumab IV on day 1. Cycles repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. ARM II: Patients receive nivolumab IV on day 1 and cabozantinib orally (PO) once a day (QD). Cycles repeat every 4 weeks in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up within 30 days from last dose. ;


Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • Advanced Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Carcinoma
  • Carcinoma, Renal Cell
  • Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
  • Stage III Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8
  • Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8

NCT number NCT05361720
Study type Interventional
Source Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
Contact Vanderbilt-Ingram Service for Timely Access
Phone 800-811-8480
Email cip@vumc.org
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date December 1, 2022
Completion date July 1, 2026

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