Deferred Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Synchronous Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: The NORDIC-SUN… (NCT03977571) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Deferred Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Synchronous Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: The NORDIC-SUN-Trial
Denmark, Norway400 participantsStarted 2020-07-06
Plain-language summary
BACKGROUND: For synchronous metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), surgical resection of the primary tumor in the presence of distant metastases has been the standard of therapy for select patients followed by systemic therapy. In the era of TKIs two randomized trials, CARMENA and SURTIME, have questioned the role and timing of surgery in these patients, results point towards no surgery or a deferred approach.
RATIONALE: The antitumor activity of immune checkpoint blockage (ICB) is more potent than other therapy in mRCC. The deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy approach ensures systemic therapy for all patients, avoid systemic treatment delay, and spare surgery in patients with progressive tumors. Current data only point towards a survival benefit for cytoreductive nephrectomy in intermediate risk patients, but not in poor risk patients
HYPOTHESIS: Deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy after initial nivolumab combined with ipilimumab or a TKI/IO-combination will improve OS in patients with synchronous metastatic RCC and ≤3 IMDC risk features
This is an open, randomized, multicenter comparison trial, designed to evaluate the effect of deferred cytoreductive nephrectomy compared with no surgery following initial nivolumab combined with ipilimumab or a TKI-combination, in mRCC patients with IMDC intermediate and poor risk.
Who can participate
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Inclusion criteria
. Signed written informed consent obtained prior to any study specific procedures.
. Patient must be willing and able to comply with the protocol.
. Synchronous metastatic renal cell carcinoma with the primary tumor present in the kidney.
. Measurable disease as per RECIST v 1.1
. Patients for which Nivolumab/Ipilimumab or a TKI/IO-combination is considered indicated according to the recommendations by the European Medicines Agency and the national health authorities of participating countries. The prescription of nivolumab/ipilimumab or a TKI/IO-combination in the circumstances of the study is considered as a standard treatment.
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. Females with a negative serum pregnancy test unless childbearing potential can be otherwise excluded (postmenopausal, hysterectomy or oophorectomy) and not lactating.
Exclusion criteria
. Prior systemic treatment for mRCC
. Other cancer within 3 years (except in situ basal cell carcinoma and localised prostate cancer with undetectable PSA).
. Major surgical procedure, open surgical biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to enrollment
. Clinically significant (i.e active) cardiovascular disease for example cerebrovascular accidents (\< 6 months before inclusion), myocardial infarction (\< 6 months before inclusion), unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure.
. Recent (within the 30 days prior to inclusion) treatment with another investigational drug or participation in another investigational study.
. Any active or recent history of a known or suspected autoimmune disease or recent history of a condition that require systemic corticosteroids (\> 10 mg daily prednisone equivalent) or other immunosuppressive medications, excluding inhaled steroids and topical steroids. Subjects with vitiligo or type I diabetes mellitus or residual hypothyroidism due to autoimmune thyroiditis only requiring hormone replacement, psoriasis not requiring systemic treatment are permitted to enroll.
. Known hypersensitivity to monoclonal antibodies.