Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
Description Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Description Module
Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:50 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 2:50 AM
NCT ID:
NCT00930033
Brief Summary:
The study compare the standard treatment with nephrectomy + sunitinib to treatment with sunitinib alone without nephrectomy. This study will be the first trial on this competitive context
Detailed Description:
The 2 previous studies on the impact of nephrectomy (EORTC, SWOG) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma have justified recommendation to initial nephrectomy for patients presenting with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. But these studies were performed at the time of immunotherapy.
The objective is Evaluation of the importance of nephrectomy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with sunitinib (AA) Arm A : Nephrectomy followed by Sunitinib Arm B : Sunitinib alone Sunitinib will be administrated orally daily for 4 weeks followed by a 2 week rest( schedule 4/2), 6 weeks are considered as a cycle The starting dose will be 50 mg daily with provision for dose reduction based on tolerability Patient will be treated until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity occurrence or withdraw.
Study:
NCT00930033
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT00930033