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Kidney CancerPhase 2NCT00002846

Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Kidney Cancer

A Phase 2 study testing aldesleukin and conventional surgery in people with Kidney Cancer, run by Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

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Trial summary

RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill kidney cancer cells. PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of low-dose interleukin-2 in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent kidney cancer. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Kidney Cancer
What is being tested?
aldesleukin and conventional surgery
Type of treatment
Surgery or procedure
How many people
14 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Sep 1995to not given
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

  • Histologically confirmed renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that is metastatic or recurrent
  • No central nervous system or major nerve involvement
  • No more than 25% estimated hepatic replacement by tumor on CT or MRI
  • Measurable disease required

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

  • 18 and over

Performance status:

  • Karnofsky 80%-100%

Life expectancy:

  • Greater than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

  • Platelet count at least 80,000/mm3

Hepatic:

  • Bilirubin normal
  • AST and ALT no greater than 3 times normal

Renal:

  • Creatinine normal

Cardiovascular:

  • Stress cardiac exam normal (exam performed in patients aged 50 and older and in those with potential cardiac disease suggested by history, physical exam, or EKG)

Pulmonary:

  • FEV1 and VC greater than 65% of predicted (tests performed in patients with significant smoking history and in those with potential pulmonary disease suggested by history, physical exam, or x-ray)

Other:

  • No sites of ongoing bleeding
  • No HIV antibody or AIDS
  • No hepatitis B antigen
  • No systemic infection
  • No requirement for steroids
  • No psychiatric disease that precludes informed consent or safe administration of immunotherapy
  • No second malignancy except:
  • Basal cell carcinoma
  • In situ cervical cancer
  • Other cancer provided all evaluable lesions are documented RCC
  • No pregnant or nursing women
  • Effective contraception required of fertile women

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

  • No prior interleukin-2 therapy

Chemotherapy

  • Not specified

Endocrine therapy

  • Not specified

Radiotherapy

  • Not specified

Surgery

  • Not specified

Other

  • At least 28 days since therapy for RCC

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Carolinas Medical Center

    Charlotte, North Carolina, 28232-2861

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About this study

Official title: TREATMENT OF METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA WITH LOW-DOSE INTRAVENOUS RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN-2

RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill kidney cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of low-dose interleukin-2 in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent kidney cancer.

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OBJECTIVES:

  • Assess the response rate and survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with low-dose intravenous interleukin-2.
  • Assess the toxicity associated with this treatment.

OUTLINE: Patients receive low-dose intravenous interleukin-2 every 8 hours for a maximum of 15 doses in week 1 and again in week 3. Stable and responding patients receive a second course beginning approximately 2 months after initiation of the first course. Responding patients may continue therapy every 2 months provided toxicity is limited.

Patients whose diseased kidney comprises the bulk of the tumor burden at entry undergo nephrectomy.

Patients are followed for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions
Kidney Cancer
Keywords
stage IV renal cell cancer, recurrent renal cell cancer
Medical subject headings
Kidney Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Renal Cell

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted27 Jan 2003 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 1995

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Enrolment
14 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00002846
Sponsor's protocol ID
CDR0000065085
Other IDs
CMC-09-95-15B, NCI-V96-1038
Status last verified
Dec 2003
First submitted
1 Nov 1999
Last updated
19 Dec 2013
Results posted
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing aldesleukin and conventional surgery in people with Kidney Cancer, run by Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 19 Dec 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 19 Dec 2013.

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