Lenvatinib/Everolimus or Lenvatinib/Pembrolizumab Versus Sunitinib Alone as Treatment of Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

NCT ID: NCT02811861

Last Updated: 2026-01-08

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

1069 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-13

Study Completion Date

2026-03-31

Brief Summary

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The primary purpose of the study is to demonstrate that lenvatinib in combination with everolimus (Arm A) or pembrolizumab (Arm B) is superior compared to sunitinib alone (Arm C) in improving progression-free survival (PFS) (by independent imaging review \[IIR\] using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors \[RECIST 1.1\]) as first-line treatment in participants with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Renal Cell Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Lenvatinib 18 mg plus Everolimus 5 mg

Lenvatinib 18 milligrams (mg) administered orally, once daily, plus everolimus 5 mg administered orally, once daily in each 21-day cycle.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lenvatinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Everolimus

Intervention Type DRUG

Lenvatinib 20 mg plus Pembrolizumab 200 mg

Lenvatinib 20 mg administered orally, once daily, in each 21-day cycle plus pembrolizumab 200 mg administered intravenously (IV), every 3 weeks on Day 1 of each 21-day cycle.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lenvatinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Pembrolizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Sunitinib 50 mg

Sunitinib 50 mg administered orally, once daily, on a schedule of 4 weeks on treatment followed by 2 weeks off treatment in each 21-day cycle.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Sunitinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Interventions

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Lenvatinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Everolimus

Intervention Type DRUG

Pembrolizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

Sunitinib

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Histological or cytological confirmation of RCC with a clear-cell component (original tissue diagnosis of RCC is acceptable).
2. Documented evidence of advanced RCC.
3. At least 1 measurable target lesion according to RECIST 1.1 meeting the following criteria:

* Lymph node (LN) lesion that measures at least 1 dimension as greater than or equal to (\>=) 1.5 cm in the short axis
* Lymph node (LN) lesion that measures at least 1 dimension as greater than or equal to (\>=) 1.5 centimeter (cm) in the short axis
* Non-nodal lesion that measures greater than or equal to (\>=) 1.0 cm in the longest diameter
* The lesion is suitable for repeat measurement using computerized tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI). Lesions that have had external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or locoregional therapy must show radiographic evidence of disease progression based on RECIST 1.1 to be deemed a target lesion.

3.Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of \>=70 4.Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications, defined as BP less than or equal (\<=) 150/90 millimeter of mercury (mmHg) at Screening and no change in antihypertensive medications within 1 week prior to Cycle 1/Day 1 (C1/D1) 5.Adequate renal function defined as creatinine \<=1.5\*upper limit of normal (ULN); or for participants with creatinine greater than (\>) 1.5\*ULN, the calculated creatinine clearance \>=30 milliliters per minute (mL/min) (per the Cockcroft-Gault formula) is acceptable.

6.Adequate bone marrow function defined by:

* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>=1500/cubic millimeter (mm\^3)
* Platelets \>=100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin \>=9 grams per deciliter (g/dL) NOTE: Criteria must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion within the previous 2 weeks.

7.Adequate blood coagulation function defined by International Normalized ratio (INR) \<=1.5 unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy, as long as INR is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants.

8.Adequate liver function defined by:
* Total bilirubin \<=1.5\*ULN except for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia of Gilbert's syndrome.
* Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<=3\*ULN (in the case of liver metastases \<=5\*ULN), unless there are bone metastases. Participants with ALP values \>3\*ULN and known to have bone metastases can be included.

9.Provide written informed consent. 10.Willing and able to comply with all aspects of the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Participants who have received any systemic anticancer therapy for RCC, including anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, or any systemic investigational anticancer agent. Prior adjuvant treatment with an investigational anticancer agent is not allowed unless the investigator can provide evidence of participant's randomization to placebo arm.
2. Participants with central nervous system (CNS) metastases are not eligible, unless they have completed local therapy (example, whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), surgery or radiosurgery) and have discontinued the use of corticosteroids for this indication for at least 4 weeks before starting treatment in this study. Any signs (example, radiologic) or symptoms of CNS metastases must be stable for at least 4 weeks before starting study treatment
3. Active malignancy (except for RCC, definitively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and carcinoma in-situ of the cervix or bladder) within the past 24 months. Participants with history of localized \& low risk prostate cancer are allowed in the study if they were treated with curative intent and there is no prostate specific antigen (PSA) recurrence within the past 5 years
4. Prior radiation therapy within 21 days prior to start of study treatment with the exception of palliative radiotherapy to bone lesions, which is allowed if completed 2 weeks prior to study treatment start
5. Participants who are using other investigational agents or who had received investigational drugs \<=4 weeks prior to study treatment start.
6. Received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment (Cycle 1/Day 1). Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (example, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
7. Participants with proteinuria \>1+ on urine dipstick testing will undergo 24-h urine collection for quantitative assessment of proteinuria. Participants with urine protein \>=1 g/24 h will be ineligible
8. Fasting total cholesterol \>300 milligram per deciliter (mg/dL) (or ˃7.75 millimole per liter (mmol/L)) and/or fasting triglycerides level ˃2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN). Note: these participants can be included after initiation or adjustment of lipid-lowering medication
9. Uncontrolled diabetes as defined by fasting glucose \>1.5 times the ULN. Note: these participants can be included after initiation or adjustment of glucose-lowering medication
10. Prolongation of corrected QT (QTc) interval to \>480 milliseconds (ms)
11. Participants who have not recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from major surgery prior to starting therapy.
12. Gastrointestinal malabsorption, gastrointestinal anastomosis, or any other condition that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib, everolimus, and/or sunitinib.
13. Bleeding or thrombotic disorders or participants at risk for severe hemorrhage. The degree of tumor invasion/infiltration of major blood vessels should be considered because of the potential risk of severe hemorrhage associated with tumor shrinkage/necrosis following lenvatinib therapy
14. Clinically significant hemoptysis or tumor bleeding within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug
15. Significant cardiovascular impairment within 12 months of the first dose of study drug: history of congestive heart failure greater than New York Heart Association Class II, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability. The following is also excluded: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below the institutional normal range as determined by multiple-gated acquisition MUGA scan or echocardiogram
16. Active infection (any infection requiring systemic treatment)
17. Participants known to be positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
18. Known active Hepatitis B (example, Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) reactive) or Hepatitis C (example, hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) \[qualitative\] is detected)
19. Known history of, or any evidence of, interstitial lung disease
20. Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids, or current pneumonitis
21. Participants with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or who are receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (doses exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment. Physiologic doses of corticosteroids (up to 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) may be used during the study
22. Active autoimmune disease (with the exception of psoriasis) that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (that is, with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (example, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
23. Females who are breastfeeding or pregnant at Screening or Baseline (as documented by a positive beta-human chorionic gonadotropin \[ß-hCG\] (or human chorionic gonadotropin \[hCG\]) test with a minimum sensitivity of 25 IU/L or equivalent units of ß-hCG \[or hCG\]). A separate baseline assessment is required if a negative screening pregnancy test was obtained more than 72 hours before the first dose of study drug.
24. Females of childbearing potential who:

* Do not agree to use a highly effective method of contraception for the entire study period and for 120 days after study discontinuation, that is:
* total abstinence (if it is their preferred and usual lifestyle)
* an intrauterine device (IUD) or hormone-releasing system (IUS)
* a contraceptive implant
* an oral contraceptive (with additional barrier method) OR
* Do not have a vasectomized partner with confirmed azoospermia. For sites outside of the EU, it is permissible that if a highly effective method of contraception is not appropriate or acceptable to the participant, then the participant must agree to use a medically acceptable method of contraception, that is, double barrier methods of contraception such as condom plus diaphragm or cervical/vault cap with spermicide.
25. Males who have not had a successful vasectomy (confirmed azoospermia) and do not agree to use condom + spermicide OR have a female partner who does not meet the criteria above (that is, is of childbearing potential and not practicing highly effective contraception throughout the study period), starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy, unless sexually abstinent. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the participant.
26. Known intolerance to any of the study drugs (or any of the excipients)
27. Participant has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Eisai Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Locations

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Stanford School of Medicine

Stanford, California, United States

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Boca Raton Community Hospital

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

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Florida Cancer Specialists

Fort Myers, Florida, United States

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University of Miami

Miami, Florida, United States

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Mount Sinai Medical Center

Miami Beach, Florida, United States

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Florida Hospital Cancer Institute

Orlando, Florida, United States

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Florida Cancer Specialists ( North Region)

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

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Florida Cancer Specialists

West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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Joliet Oncology - Hematology Associates

Joliet, Illinois, United States

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Healthcare Research Network III, LLC

Tinley Park, Illinois, United States

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Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc d/b/a HCA MidAmerica Division, LLC

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

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Cotton-Oneil Clinical Research Center

Topeka, Kansas, United States

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Ochsner Clinic Foundation

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Associates in Oncology & Hematology, PC

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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Massachusetts General Hospital- MGH

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Karmanos Cancer Center

Detroit, Michigan, United States

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GU Research Network

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Nebraska Cancer Specialists

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Hackensack Medical Center

Hackensack, New Jersey, United States

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Rosewell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York, United States

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Broome Oncology

Johnson City, New York, United States

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Weill Cornell Medical College New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York, United States

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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York, United States

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Montefiore Medical Center

The Bronx, New York, United States

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Mission Hospital_ Cancer Care of Western North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

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Oncology Hematology Care

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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SCRI - Tennessee Oncology

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Texas Oncology, P.A.

Dallas, Texas, United States

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Texas Oncology PA

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

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Texas Oncology PA - McAllen

McAllen, Texas, United States

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Texas Oncology PA - Paris

Paris, Texas, United States

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USOR Texas Oncology

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

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Texas Oncology PA - Tyler

Tyler, Texas, United States

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Box Hill Hospital

Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

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Austin Health

Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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Royal Hobart Hospital

Hobart, , Australia

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Macquarie University Hospital

Macquarie Park, , Australia

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ICON Cancer Foundation

South Brisbane, , Australia

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Sunshine Hospital

St Albans, , Australia

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Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck

Innsbruck, , Austria

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Krankenhaus der barmherzigen Schwestern Linz

Linz, , Austria

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AKH - Medizinische Universität Wien

Vienna, , Austria

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O.L.V Ziekenhuis

Aalst, , Belgium

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ZNA Middelheim

Antwerp, , Belgium

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Imeldaziekenhuis

Bonheiden, , Belgium

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Institut Jules Bordet

Brussels, , Belgium

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Jessa Ziekenhuis - Campus Virga Jesse

Hasselt, , Belgium

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Domaine Universitaire

Liège, , Belgium

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GZA Ziekenhuizen - Campus Sint-Augustinus

Wilrijk, , Belgium

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Cross Cancer Institute

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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BC Cancer Agency Vancouver Centre

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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London Institute of Health Sciences

London, Ontario, Canada

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Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Sunnybrook Research Institute - University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Centre de santé et de services sociaux Champlain-Charles-Le Moyne

Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada

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Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne

Brno, , Czechia

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Masarykuv onkologicky ustav

Brno, , Czechia

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Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc, Neurologicka klinika

Olomouc, , Czechia

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Fakultni nemocnice v Motole

Prague, , Czechia

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Nemocnice Na Bulovce

Prague, , Czechia

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Thomayerova nemocnice

Prague, , Czechia

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ICO - Site Paul Papin

Angers, Maine Et Loire, France

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Centre Georges François Leclerc

Dijon, , France

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Clinique Victor Hugo - Centre Jean Bernard

Le Mans, , France

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Centre Leon Berard - Centre regional de lutte contre le cancer Rhone-Alpes

Lyon, , France

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Institut Regional du Cancer de Montpellier

Montpellier, , France

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Hopital la Petie Salpetriere

Paris, , France

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Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou

Paris, , France

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Boulevard du Professeur Jacques Monod

Saint-Herblain, , France

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CHU Strasbourg - Nouvel Hopital Civil

Strasbourg, , France

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EISAI Trial site 4

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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EISAI Trial site 1

Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

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EISAI Trial site 7

München, Bavaria, Germany

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Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

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Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

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EISAI Trial site 14

Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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EISAI Trial site 13

Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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EISAI Trial site 2

Homburg/Saar, Saarland, Germany

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EISAI Trial site 5

Berlin, , Germany

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General Hospital of Athens "Alexandra"

Athens, , Greece

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University of Patras Medical School

Pátrai, , Greece

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General Hospital Papageorgiou

Thessaloniki, , Greece

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Interbalkan Hospital of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, , Greece

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Cork University Hospital,Wilton

Cork, , Ireland

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Adelaide and Meath Hospital Incorp The National Children's Hospital

Dublin, , Ireland

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Beaumont Hospital

Dublin, , Ireland

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University Hospital Galway

Galway, , Ireland

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Assaf Harofeh Medical Center

Be’er Ya‘aqov, , Israel

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Rambam MC

Haifa, , Israel

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Sapir Medical Center, Meir Hospital

Kfar Saba, , Israel

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Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Campus

Petah Tikva, , Israel

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Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Ramat Gan, , Israel

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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Tel Aviv, , Israel

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Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale- Ravenna

Faenza, Ravenna, Italy

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Ospedale San Donato

Arezzo, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico SantOrsola Malpighi

Bologna, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro di Genova

Genova, , Italy

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Presidio Ospedaliero Vito Fazzi

Lecce, , Italy

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Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori - IRST

Meldola, , Italy

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Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori

Milan, , Italy

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A.O.U. Policlinico di Modena

Modena, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale A. Cardarelli

Napoli, , Italy

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Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione G. Pascale

Napoli, , Italy

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Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo

Pavia, , Italy

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I.R.C.S.S Fondazione Maugeri

Pavia, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Maria Degli Angeli

Pordenone, , Italy

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Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini

Roma, , Italy

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Universita Campus Bio-Medico di Roma

Rome, , Italy

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Aichi, , Japan

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Akita, , Japan

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Aomori, , Japan

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Chiba, , Japan

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Fukuoka, , Japan

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Hiroshima, , Japan

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Hokkaido, , Japan

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Hokkaido, , Japan

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Hyōgo, , Japan

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Kagawa, , Japan

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Kanagawa, , Japan

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Kanagawa, , Japan

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Nagasaki, , Japan

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Nara, , Japan

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Niigata, , Japan

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Okayama, , Japan

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Osaka, , Japan

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Osaka, , Japan

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Saitama, , Japan

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Tokushima, , Japan

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Tokyo, , Japan

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Tokyo, , Japan

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Tokyo, , Japan

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Tokyo, , Japan

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Tokyo, , Japan

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Facility #6

Tokyo, , Japan

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Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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VU Medisch Centrum

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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UMC Utrecht

Utrecht, , Netherlands

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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne

Gdansk, , Poland

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Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 4 w Lublinie

Lublin, , Poland

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SPWSZ w Szczecinie im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie

Szczecin, , Poland

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FSBSI Russian Oncological Scientific Center n.a. N.N. Blokhin - Department of Oncology

Moscow, , Russia

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FSBI "Moscow scientific research oncology institute n.a. P.A. Gertsen" of MoH of RF

Moscow, , Russia

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FSBSI Russian Oncological Scientific Center n.a. N.N. Blokhin - Department of Urology

Moscow, , Russia

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FBHI Privolzhskiy District Medical Centre FMBA of Russia

Nizhny Novgorod, , Russia

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SBHI of Novosibirsk region "Novosibirsk Regional Oncological Dispensary"

Novosibirsk, , Russia

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FSBI "National Medical Research Radiological Center" of the MoH of the RF

Obninsk, , Russia

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BHI of Omsk region "Clinical Oncology Dispensary"

Omsk, , Russia

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Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital

Daegu, , South Korea

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National Cancer Center

Goyang-si, , South Korea

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Asan Medical Center: Medical Oncology Department

Seoul, , South Korea

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Asan Medical Center: Urology Department

Seoul, , South Korea

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Department of Internal Medicine Division of Hematology/Oncology Cancer center 11F

Seoul, , South Korea

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Samsung Medical Center

Seoul, , South Korea

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Seoul National University Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

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Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

Seoul, , South Korea

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The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

Seoul, , South Korea

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Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

Santander, Cantabria, Spain

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Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona

Barcelona, , Spain

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ICO l'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran I Reynals

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital San Pedro de Alcantara

Cáceres, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

Córdoba, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Clinico San Carlos

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario HM Madrid Sanchinarro

Madrid, , Spain

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MD Anderson Cancer Centre

Madrid, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias

Oviedo, , Spain

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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

Seville, , Spain

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Oncologia

Valencia, , Spain

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Inselspital - Universitaetsspital Bern

Bern, , Switzerland

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Royal Bournemouth General Hospital

Bournemouth, , United Kingdom

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Velindre Cancer Centre

Cardiff, , United Kingdom

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Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, , United Kingdom

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Beatson West Of Scotland Cancer Centre

Glasgow, , United Kingdom

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St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, , United Kingdom

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Guy's Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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Royal Free Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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United States Australia Austria Belgium Canada Czechia France Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Japan Netherlands Poland Russia South Korea Spain Switzerland United Kingdom

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KEYNOTE-581

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E7080-G000-307

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