RCCPhase 2NCT05931393
Sequential Treatment of Cabozantinib for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC)
A Phase 2 study testing Cabozantinib 80 MG in people with RCC and Renal Cell Carcinoma, run by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a higher dose of ncabozantinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have progressed on or after receiving cabozantinib treatment. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- RCC, Renal Cell Carcinoma
- What is being tested?
- Cabozantinib 80 MG
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 18 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 20 Dec 2023to 31 Dec 2029
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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
- Patients with advanced RCC (defined as locally advanced unresectable or metastatic) of any histology who progressed on/after cabozantinib monotherapy in any line of treatment. Patient must have cabozantinib sensitive disease (prior treatment with cabozantinib ≥ 6 months)
- Ability to tolerate prior cabozantinib at 60mg PO daily with manageable toxicity profile at the respective doses, at investigator discretion
- Prior PD-1 inhibitor/PD-L1 inhibitor allowed
- Evidence of measurable disease per RECIST 1.1
- For up to 5 patients opting into on-treatment biopsy, one of the following must be met:
- Archival tissue confirmed to be available and obtained within 30 days of informed consent as well as willingness to undergo an on-treatment biopsy at 12 weeks (+/- 7 days).
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- Willingness to undergo a baseline biopsy prior to Cycle 1 Day1, as well as an on-treatment biopsy at 12 weeks (+/- 7 days).
- Age ≥ 18 at time of consent
- ECOG performance status ≤ 2
- Capable of understanding and complying with the protocol requirements and must have signed the informed consent document
- No washout period is needed for cabozantinib, minimum of 4 weeks or 4 half-lives washout, whichever is shorter, for other standard or experimental anti-cancer therapies.
- Recovery to baseline or ≤ Grade 1 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5 from toxicities related to any prior treatments, unless AE(s) are clinically nonsignificant and/or stable on supportive therapy
- Adequate organ and marrow function, based upon meeting all of the following laboratory criteria within 14 days before first dose of study treatment:
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) ≥ 1500/µL without granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) support
- White blood cell (WBC) count ≥ 2500/µL
- Platelets ≥ 100,000/µL without transfusion
- Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL (≥ 90 g/L) (transfusion acceptable per investigator discretion)
- Alanine transaminase (ALT), AST and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) ≤ 3 x ULN. ALP ≤ 5x ULN with documented bone metastases
- Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 x ULN (for subjects with Gilbert's disease ≤ 3x ULN)
- Serum albumin ≥ 2.8 g/dl
- Prothrombin (PT)/international normalized ratio (INR) or partial thromboplastin time (PTT) test < 1.3x the laboratory ULN
- Serum creatinine ≤ 1.5x ULN or calculated creatinine clearance ≥ 40mL/min (≥ 0.675mL/sec) using the Cockcroft-Gault equation:
- Males: (140 - age) x weight (kg)/(serum creatinine [mg/dL] × 72)
- Females: [(140 - age) x weight (kg)/(serum creatinine [mg/dL] × 72)] × 0.85
- Urine protein/creatinine ratio (UPCR) ≤1 mg/mg (≤113.2 mg/mmol), or 24h urine protein ≤1 g
- Sexually active fertile subjects and their partners must agree to use medically accepted methods of contraception (e.g., barrier methods, including male condom, female condom, or diaphragm with spermicidal gel) during the course of the study and for 4 months after the last dose of cabozantinib
- Should a woman become pregnant or suspect she is pregnant while participating in this study, she should inform her treating physician immediately.
- Female subjects are considered to be of childbearing potential unless one of the following criteria is met:
- documented permanent sterilization (hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, or bilateral oophorectomy), or
- documented postmenopausal status (defined as 12 months of amenorrhea in a woman > 45 years-of-age in the absence of other biological or physiological causes.
- In addition, females < 55 years-of-age must have a serum follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level > 40 mIU/mL to confirm menopause.
Who cannot join
- Radiation therapy for bone metastasis within 2 weeks or any other radiation therapy within 4 weeks before first dose of study treatment. Systemic treatment with radionuclides within 6 weeks before first dose of study treatment. Subjects with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior radiation therapy are not eligible
- Known brain metastases or cranial epidural disease unless adequately treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery (including radiosurgery) and stable for 1) at least 2 weeks after radiotherapy or 2) at least 4 weeks after major surgery (e.g., removal or biopsy of brain metastasis) prior to first dose of study treatment. Subjects must have complete wound healing from major surgery or minor surgery before first dose of study treatment. Eligible subjects must be neurologically asymptomatic and without corticosteroid treatment for the brain metastasis at the time of first dose of study treatment
- Concomitant anticoagulation with coumarin agents (e.g., warfarin), direct thrombin inhibitors (e.g., dabigatran), direct factor Xa inhibitor betrixaban, or platelet inhibitors (e.g., clopidogrel). Allowed anticoagulants are the following: 1) prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin for cardio-protection (per local applicable guidelines) and low-dose low molecular weight heparins (LMWH). 2) Therapeutic doses of LMWH or anticoagulation with direct factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban, edoxaban, or apixaban in subjects without known brain metastases who are on a stable dose of the anticoagulant for at least 1 week before first dose of study treatment without clinically significant hemorrhagic complications from the anticoagulation regimen or the tumor
- The subject has uncontrolled, significant intercurrent or recent illness including, but not limited to, the following conditions:
- Cardiovascular disorders: 1) congestive heart failure New York Heart Association Class 3 or 4, unstable angina pectoris, serious cardiac arrhythmias; 2) uncontrolled hypertension defined as sustained blood pressure (BP) > 140 mm Hg systolic or > 90 mm Hg diastolic despite optimal antihypertensive treatment within 1 week of treatment; 3) stroke (including transient ischemic attack [TIA]), myocardial infarction (MI), or other ischemic event, or thromboembolic event (e.g., deep venous thrombosis [DVT], pulmonary embolism [PE]) within 6 months before first dose of study treatment. Note: subjects with a diagnosis of incidental, subsegmental PE or DVT within 6 months are allowed if stable, asymptomatic, and treated with a stable dose of permitted anticoagulation (see exclusion criterion #3.2.4) for at least 1 week before first dose of study treatment
- Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders including those associated with a high risk of perforation or fistula formation, including 1) the subject has evidence of tumor invading the GI tract, active peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease (e.g., Crohn's disease), diverticulitis, cholecystitis, symptomatic cholangitis or appendicitis, acute pancreatitis, acute obstruction of the pancreatic duct or common bile duct, or gastric outlet obstruction; 2) abdominal fistula, GI perforation, bowel obstruction, or intra-abdominal abscess within 6 months before first dose of study treatment. Note: Complete healing of an intra-abdominal abscess must be confirmed before first dose of study treatment
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- Clinically significant hematuria, hematemesis, hemoptysis, or other history of significant bleeding (e.g., pulmonary hemorrhage) within 6 weeks before first dose of study treatment. (Clinically significant hematuria defined by needing transfusion; clinically significant hematemesis or hemoptysis defined by needing hospital admission)
- Cavitating pulmonary lesion(s) or known endotracheal or endobronchial disease manifestation. Cavitary pulmonary lesions are allowed if not symptomatic.
- Lesions invading or encasing any major blood vessels
- Other clinically significant disorders that would preclude safe study participation
- Serious non-healing wound/ulcer/bone fracture
- Moderate to severe hepatic impairment (Child-Pugh B or C).
- Acute COVID-19 infection - clinical recovery from COVID-19 infection at least 14 days prior to enrollment allowed.
- Major surgery (e.g., laparoscopic nephrectomy, GI surgery, removal or biopsy of brain metastasis) within 2 weeks before first dose of study treatment. Minor surgeries within 10 days before first dose of study treatment. Subjects must have complete wound healing from major surgery or minor surgery before first dose of study treatment. Subjects with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior surgery are not eligible
- Corrected QT interval calculated by the Fridericia formula (QTcF) > 500 ms per electrocardiogram (ECG) within 14 days before first dose of study treatment. Furthermore, subjects with a history of additional risk factors for torsades de pointes (e.g., long QT syndrome) are also excluded. Note: If a single ECG shows a QTcF with an absolute value > 500 ms, two additional ECGs at intervals of approximately 3 min must be performed within 30 min after the initial ECG, and the average of these three consecutive results for QTcF will be used to determine eligibility.
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Inability to swallow tablets
- Previously identified allergy or hypersensitivity to components of the study treatment formulations or history of severe infusion-related reactions to monoclonal antibodies. Subjects with rare hereditary problems of galactose intolerance, the Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption are also excluded
- Another malignancy within 2 years prior to first dose of study treatment that requires active treatment, except for locally curable cancers that have been apparently cured, such as basal or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial bladder cancer, Gleason 6 prostate cancer, or carcinoma in situ of cervix or breast
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
United States1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390
Tian Zhang, MD
About this study
Official title: Phase 2, Open-label, Single Cohort, Multicenter Trial for Sequential Treatment of High Dose Cabozantinib on/After Progression on Cabozantinib Monotherapy in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (Seq-Cabo)
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a higher dose of ncabozantinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have progressed on or after receiving cabozantinib treatment.
Read the detailed description
This is a multi-center, open-label, single cohort, phase II study to assess the efficacy of cabozantinib dose escalation at the time of progression on/after cabozantinib monotherapy. The study will enroll subjects with advanced RCC (defined as locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic) who have disease progression on/after cabozantinib monotherapy in any line of treatment
- Conditions
- RCC, Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Being tested
- Cabozantinib 80 MG
- Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Cabozantinib 80 MGDrug
cabozantinib 80mg daily
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Cabozantinib Dose Escalation | Experimental | cabozantinib 80mg PO daily Receives: Drug: Cabozantinib 80 MG |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Progression free survival of cabozantinib
Progression free survival (PFS) will be evaluated in this study using the new international criteria proposed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v 1.1)
Measured: From time of enrollment/treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, or discontinuation from the study treatment for any other reason up to 24 months
Secondary outcomes (4)
Objective Response Rate of cabozantinib
To determine the Objective Response Rate (including stable disease/partial response/complete response) of of cabozantinib or cabozantinib-nivolumab combination assessed by RECIST (version 1.1)
Measured: Follow up until disease progression, up to 24 months.
Disease Control Rate of of cabozantinib
To determine the disease control rate (including stable disease/partial response/complete response) of of cabozantinib or cabozantinib-nivolumab combination assessed by RECIST (version 1.1)
Measured: Follow up until disease progression, up to 24 months.
Duration of response of of cabozantinib
To determine the duration of response of of cabozantinib or cabozantinib-nivolumab combination compared to historical controls assessed by RECIST (version 1.1)
Measured: Follow up until disease progression, up to 24 months.
Overall survival of of cabozantinib
To determine the overall survival rate of response of of cabozantinib or cabozantinib-nivolumab combination compared to historical controls assessed by RECIST (version 1.1)
Measured: Follow up until death or withdrawal, up to 36 months.
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Jul 2023
- Study start20 Dec 2023
- Primary completion1 Sep 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2029 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for RCCStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
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
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 18 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Exelixis
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Tian Zhang, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Investigators
- Tian Zhang, MD, Principal investigator, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05931393
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STU-2023-0439
- Status last verified
- Oct 2026
- First submitted
- 22 Jun 2023
- Last updated
- 23 Oct 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- Yes
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Oct 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Phase 2, Open-label, Single Cohort, Multicenter Trial for Sequential Treatment of High Dose Cabozantinib on/After Progression on Cabozantinib Monotherapy in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (Seq-Cabo)
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05931393
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STU-2023-0439
- Conditions
- RCC, Renal Cell Carcinoma
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Enrolment
- 18 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Exelixis
- Study start
- 20 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Sep 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2029 (estimated)
- First posted
- 5 Jul 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the effects of a higher dose of ncabozantinib in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who have progressed on or after receiving cabozantinib treatment.
Detailed description
This is a multi-center, open-label, single cohort, phase II study to assess the efficacy of cabozantinib dose escalation at the time of progression on/after cabozantinib monotherapy. The study will enroll subjects with advanced RCC (defined as locally advanced, unresectable or metastatic) who have disease progression on/after cabozantinib monotherapy in any line of treatment
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Non-randomised
- Intervention model
- Sequential
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Cabozantinib Dose Escalation | Experimental | Drug: Cabozantinib 80 MGcabozantinib 80mg PO daily |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (32 listed)
- Patients with advanced RCC (defined as locally advanced unresectable or metastatic) of any histology who progressed on/after cabozantinib monotherapy in any line of treatment. Patient must have cabozantinib sensitive disease (prior treatment with cabozantinib ≥ 6 months)
- Ability to tolerate prior cabozantinib at 60mg PO daily with manageable toxicity profile at the respective doses, at investigator discretion
- Prior PD-1 inhibitor/PD-L1 inhibitor allowed
- Evidence of measurable disease per RECIST 1.1
- For up to 5 patients opting into on-treatment biopsy, one of the following must be met:
Key exclusion criteria (19 listed)
- Radiation therapy for bone metastasis within 2 weeks or any other radiation therapy within 4 weeks before first dose of study treatment. Systemic treatment with radionuclides within 6 weeks before first dose of study treatment. Subjects with clinically relevant ongoing complications from prior radiation therapy are not eligible
- Known brain metastases or cranial epidural disease unless adequately treated with radiotherapy and/or surgery (including radiosurgery) and stable for 1) at least 2 weeks after radiotherapy or 2) at least 4 weeks after major surgery (e.g., removal or biopsy of brain metastasis) prior to first dose of study treatment. Subjects must have complete wound healing from major surgery or minor surgery before first dose of study treatment. Eligible subjects must be neurologically asymptomatic and without corticosteroid treatment for the brain metastasis at the time of first dose of study treatment
- Concomitant anticoagulation with coumarin agents (e.g., warfarin), direct thrombin inhibitors (e.g., dabigatran), direct factor Xa inhibitor betrixaban, or platelet inhibitors (e.g., clopidogrel). Allowed anticoagulants are the following: 1) prophylactic use of low-dose aspirin for cardio-protection (per local applicable guidelines) and low-dose low molecular weight heparins (LMWH). 2) Therapeutic doses of LMWH or anticoagulation with direct factor Xa inhibitors rivaroxaban, edoxaban, or apixaban in subjects without known brain metastases who are on a stable dose of the anticoagulant for at least 1 week before first dose of study treatment without clinically significant hemorrhagic complications from the anticoagulation regimen or the tumor
- The subject has uncontrolled, significant intercurrent or recent illness including, but not limited to, the following conditions:
- Clinically significant hematuria, hematemesis, hemoptysis, or other history of significant bleeding (e.g., pulmonary hemorrhage) within 6 weeks before first dose of study treatment. (Clinically significant hematuria defined by needing transfusion; clinically significant hematemesis or hemoptysis defined by needing hospital admission)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Cabozantinib 80 MGcabozantinib 80mg daily | Drug | Cabozantinib Dose Escalation |
Primary outcome
Progression free survival of cabozantinib
Time frame: From time of enrollment/treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, or discontinuation from the study treatment for any other reason up to 24 months
Progression free survival (PFS) will be evaluated in this study using the new international criteria proposed by the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST v 1.1)
4 secondary outcomes
Objective Response Rate of cabozantinib
Time frame: Follow up until disease progression, up to 24 months.
Disease Control Rate of of cabozantinib
Time frame: Follow up until disease progression, up to 24 months.
Duration of response of of cabozantinib
Time frame: Follow up until disease progression, up to 24 months.
Overall survival of of cabozantinib
Time frame: Follow up until death or withdrawal, up to 36 months.
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Oct 2026.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part.
Tian Zhang, MD principal investigator
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A Phase 2 study testing Cabozantinib 80 MG in people with RCC and Renal Cell Carcinoma, run by University of Texas Southwestern 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?
The sponsor lists 32 inclusion and 19 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: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Oct 2026. 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Amy Rowell, MBA,CCRP (214-648-7097, amy.rowell@utsouthwestern.edu), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Progression free survival of cabozantinib (time frame: From time of enrollment/treatment until disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, death, or discontinuation from the study treatment for any other reason up to 24 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
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 23 Oct 2026.