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Renal Cell CarcinomaPhase 2NCT00480389

Pre-operative Administration of Sorafenib in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Kidney Removal

A Phase 2 study testing Sorafenib in people with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Metastatic Disease, run by University Health Network, Toronto at 1 site in Canada.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to see if preoperative administration of Sorafenib reduces the size of the primary kidney tumour in patients with metastatic disease undergoing cytoreductive surgery. The study will also assess the safety of preoperative Sorafenib. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Renal Cell Carcinoma, Metastatic Disease
What is being tested?
Sorafenib
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
19 participants
Where
1 siteCanada
Study dates
May 2007to Mar 2013
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

Who may be able to join

  • Biopsy proven RCC with a component of clear cell type histology
  • Patients must have confirmed metastatic disease
  • Candidate for cytoreductive nephrectomy
  • Adequate organ function as defined by:
  • AST or ALT less than or equal to 2.5 times the upper limit of normal
  • Bilirubin less than or equal to 1.5 times the upper limit of normal
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  • Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) greater than or equal to 1500/mL
  • Platelets greater than or equal to 100,000/mL
  • Hemoglobin greater than or equal to 9.0 g/dL
  • Serum calcium less than or equal to 12.0 mg/dL
  • Serum creatinine less than or equal to 1.5 x CL-ULN
  • Male or female, 18 years of age or older
  • Women of childbearing potential must NOT be pregnant (as confirmed by a negative pregnancy test)
  • ECOG performance status 0 or 1 (see appendix 1 for ECOG performance status)
  • Signed informed consent form indicating that the patient or acceptable representative has been informed of all parts of the trial prior to enrollment
  • Willingness and ability to comply with study procedures

Who cannot join

  • Presence of brain metastases during screening period
  • Known hypersensitivity to Sorafenib
  • Women who are breast-feeding
  • Severe psychiatric or medical illness that may interfere with compliance with the study protocol or follow-up as deemed by the investigator
  • History of cardiac disease: congestive heart failure >NYHA class 2; active CAD (MI more than 6 mo prior to study entry is allowed); cardiac arrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmic therapy (beta blockers or digoxin are permitted) or uncontrolled hypertension.
  • HIV-positive patients

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Canada1 site

  • Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9

Other trials in Canada

About this study

Official title: Pre-operative Administration of Sorafenib in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Cytoreductive Nephrectomy

The purpose of this study is to see if preoperative administration of Sorafenib reduces the size of the primary kidney tumour in patients with metastatic disease undergoing cytoreductive surgery.

The study will also assess the safety of preoperative Sorafenib.

The study drug, Sorafenib, will be given to patients preoperatively for 12 weeks. After a 1 week washout period the patient will then have their nephrectomy (kidney removed). Approximately 6 weeks following their nephrectomy, patients will resume on study drug until disease progression.

Read the detailed description

This is a single centre, non-randomized, open label one arm pilot study of Sorafenib 400 mg twice daily given for 12 weeks preoperatively in patients with advanced metastatic kidney cancer scheduled for cytoreductive surgery. Patients will be fully staged for disease progression with Brain MRI, CT, whole body Bone Scans, Kidney ultrasound and biopsy. Additionally, patients' cardiac status will be evaluated pre-enrolment with an ECG and MUGA Scan. Once enrolled into the study, patients will have clinic visits on weeks 2, 8 and 12 for monitoring visits with vital signs and adverse event recording plus blood evaluations for hematology and chemistry. Patients will be called on weeks 3,5,6,7,9,10 and 11 to determine any changes in health status. Surgery will occur at week 13, after a one week washout from study drug. Patients will resume on study drug 6 weeks post operatively (or later, if wound is not completely healed). Patients will continue on study drug and will be monitored every 4 weeks until disease progression, as determined by bone imaging and CT.

Being tested
Sorafenib
Keywords
Clear cell Renal cell carcinoma, Metastatic, Sorafenib tosylate, Preoperative treatment
Medical subject headings
Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Neoplasm Metastasis

What participants receive

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

  • SorafenibDrug

    Also called Nexavar

    Starting dose: 400 mg (2x200mg tablets) BID (total= 800mg/day) taken orally. The dose can be adjusted as per investigator if required due to toxicity (ex. 200mg BID, 200mg QD). Study drug is taken for 12 weeks preoperatively. Patients restart on study drug 6 weeks postoperatively and continue until progression or unacceptable toxicity occurs.

Study groups in NCT00480389
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
SorafenibExperimentalAll patients on study will be accrued to this arm. Sorafenib (200 mg tablets x 2) will be administered orally twice a day for 12 weeks (full daily dose of 800 mg). Patient visits for safety will be conducted at least every 4 weeks. Sorafenib dose reductions for drug-related toxicity will be applied based on considerable prior clinical experience. Surgery will be performed at the completion of the 13th week, allowing for a one-week "washout" period. Sorafenib will be continued post operatively (around 6 weeks post surgery or when complete wound healing has occurred) until patient progresses or unacceptable toxicity occurs.
Receives: Drug: Sorafenib

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. To measure primary pathological response data and determine if it relates with time to progression

    Measured: 12 weeks- 2 years

  2. Safety of preoperative Sorafenib will be assessed.

    Measured: 13 weeks

Secondary outcomes (3)

  1. Tumour vascularity.

    Measured: 12 weeks

  2. Immunohistochemistry will be used to assess the effects of Sorafenib on angiogenic and tumorigenic promoters. Signals from VEGFR2, PDGF-alpha, c-KIT, Flt-3, CAIX and Raf-1 will be assessed.

    Measured: 13 weeks

  3. A DNA microarray will be used for gene expression profiling of the tissue harvested at biopsy and surgery.

    Measured: 13 weeks

Timeline

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

  1. First posted30 May 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startMay 2007
  3. Primary completionOct 2012
  4. Study completionMar 2013

Resources

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
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
19 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00480389
Sponsor's protocol ID
06-0655-C
Status last verified
Dec 2015
First submitted
28 May 2007
Last updated
9 Dec 2015
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Publications

  • Flanigan RC. Debulking nephrectomy in metastatic renal cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Sep 15;10(18 Pt 2):6335S-41S. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-sup-040026.

    PubMed 15448027

  • Motzer RJ, Mazumdar M, Bacik J, Berg W, Amsterdam A, Ferrara J. Survival and prognostic stratification of 670 patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol. 1999 Aug;17(8):2530-40. doi: 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.8.2530.

    PubMed 10561319

  • Flanigan RC, Salmon SE, Blumenstein BA, Bearman SI, Roy V, McGrath PC, Caton JR Jr, Munshi N, Crawford ED. Nephrectomy followed by interferon alfa-2b compared with interferon alfa-2b alone for metastatic renal-cell cancer. N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 6;345(23):1655-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa003013.

    PubMed 11759643

  • Mickisch GH, Garin A, van Poppel H, de Prijck L, Sylvester R; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Genitourinary Group. Radical nephrectomy plus interferon-alfa-based immunotherapy compared with interferon alfa alone in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma: a randomised trial. Lancet. 2001 Sep 22;358(9286):966-70. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06103-7.

    PubMed 11583750

  • Eisen et al. Randomized phase III trial of sorafenib in advanced RCC: Impact of crossover on survival. ASCO Atlanta June 2006. Abs 4524

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Sorafenib in people with Renal Cell Carcinoma and Metastatic Disease, run by University Health Network, Toronto at 1 site in Canada.

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

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 16 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. 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: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Dec 2015. 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 Canada. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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.

What does the primary outcome measure?

To measure primary pathological response data and determine if it relates with time to progression (time frame: 12 weeks- 2 years). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00480389, which also lists 5 linked publications.

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 9 Dec 2015.

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