Status:

UNKNOWN

Sunitinib Before and After Surgery in Treating Patients With Stage IV Kidney Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Conditions:

Kidney Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

RATIONALE: Sunitinib may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving sunitinib before surgery may make the tum...

Detailed Description

OBJECTIVES: * To correlate histologic measures of tumor angiogenesis and VHL mutation/methylation status with clinical outcome in patients with stage IV renal cell carcinoma treated with sunitinib ma...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:
  • Diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma
  • AJCC stage IV disease
  • Radiographic evidence of disease for which cytoreductive nephrectomy is deemed to be clinically indicated AND for which preoperative embolization is not deemed necessary by the surgeon
  • No history or clinical evidence of brain metastases
  • PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • WBC ≥ 3,000/mm³
  • Absolute granulocyte count ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Serum creatinine ≤ 2.0 times upper limit of normal (ULN) OR serum creatinine clearance ≥ 40 mL/min
  • Total bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN (\< 3.0 times ULN in the presence of Gilbert's disease)
  • AST/ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN (≤ 5.0 times ULN in the presence of liver metastases)
  • INR ≤ 1.5\*
  • PTT normal\*
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No pre-existing thyroid abnormality with thyroid-stimulating hormone that cannot be maintained in the normal range with medication
  • No hypertension that cannot be controlled by medications (i.e., diastolic BP ≥ 100 mm Hg despite optimal medical therapy)
  • No ongoing cardiac dysrhythmias ≥ grade 2 (according to NCI CTCAE v3.0)
  • No other concurrent malignancies
  • No concurrent serious illness including, but not limited to, any of the following:
  • Ongoing or active infection requiring parenteral antibiotics
  • Clinically significant cardiovascular disease (e.g., uncontrolled hypertension, myocardial infarction, or unstable angina)
  • New York Heart Association class II-IV congestive heart failure
  • Serious cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication
  • Peripheral vascular disease ≥ grade 2 within the past year
  • Psychiatric illness/social situation that would limit compliance with study requirements NOTE: \*Patients who are taking warfarin must have documentation of an INR ≤ 1.5 and PTT normal prior to the initiation of anticoagulation to rule out a baseline coagulopathy
  • PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:
  • At least 2 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered
  • Prior radiotherapy to a symptomatic site of metastatic disease is allowed
  • No prior systemic therapy
  • No concurrent cytochrome P450 enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (e.g., phenytoin, carbamazepine, or phenobarbital), rifampin, or Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort)
  • No other concurrent investigational agents

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    June 1 2008

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    Estimated Enrollment :

    20 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00717587

    Start Date

    June 1 2008

    Last Update

    January 10 2014

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    Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283