Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Recurrent Kidney Cancer

NCT ID: NCT00002846

Last Updated: 2013-12-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

14 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

1995-09-30

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Interleukin-2 may stimulate a person's white blood cells to kill kidney cancer cells.

PURPOSE: Phase II trial to study the effectiveness of low-dose interleukin-2 in treating patients with metastatic or recurrent kidney cancer.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

* Assess the response rate and survival of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with low-dose intravenous interleukin-2.
* Assess the toxicity associated with this treatment.

OUTLINE: Patients receive low-dose intravenous interleukin-2 every 8 hours for a maximum of 15 doses in week 1 and again in week 3. Stable and responding patients receive a second course beginning approximately 2 months after initiation of the first course. Responding patients may continue therapy every 2 months provided toxicity is limited.

Patients whose diseased kidney comprises the bulk of the tumor burden at entry undergo nephrectomy.

Patients are followed for survival.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A total of 14 patients will be accrued for this study.

Conditions

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Kidney Cancer

Keywords

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stage IV renal cell cancer recurrent renal cell cancer

Study Design

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Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Interventions

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aldesleukin

Intervention Type BIOLOGICAL

conventional surgery

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that is metastatic or recurrent

* No central nervous system or major nerve involvement
* No more than 25% estimated hepatic replacement by tumor on CT or MRI
* Measurable disease required

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age:

* 18 and over

Performance status:

* Karnofsky 80%-100%

Life expectancy:

* Greater than 3 months

Hematopoietic:

* Platelet count at least 80,000/mm3

Hepatic:

* Bilirubin normal
* AST and ALT no greater than 3 times normal

Renal:

* Creatinine normal

Cardiovascular:

* Stress cardiac exam normal (exam performed in patients aged 50 and older and in those with potential cardiac disease suggested by history, physical exam, or EKG)

Pulmonary:

* FEV1 and VC greater than 65% of predicted (tests performed in patients with significant smoking history and in those with potential pulmonary disease suggested by history, physical exam, or x-ray)

Other:

* No sites of ongoing bleeding
* No HIV antibody or AIDS
* No hepatitis B antigen
* No systemic infection
* No requirement for steroids
* No psychiatric disease that precludes informed consent or safe administration of immunotherapy
* No second malignancy except:

* Basal cell carcinoma
* In situ cervical cancer
* Other cancer provided all evaluable lesions are documented RCC
* No pregnant or nursing women
* Effective contraception required of fertile women

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* No prior interleukin-2 therapy

Chemotherapy

* Not specified

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* Not specified

Surgery

* Not specified

Other

* At least 28 days since therapy for RCC
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Principal Investigators

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Richard L. White, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Blumenthal Cancer Center at Carolinas Medical Center

Locations

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Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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CMC-09-95-15B

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

NCI-V96-1038

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CDR0000065085

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id