renal cell carcinoma
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Japanese patients older than 18. 2.Diagnosed as metastatic renal cell carcinoma with clear cell component. 3.No chemotherapy/radiation has been performed/ or No efficacy by cytokine treatment 4.Having evaluable disease by CT scan, which is regulated in RECIST. 5. Performance status (ECOG) 0-1 6. Maintaining vital organ functions 7. Survival period is expected more than 12 weeks 8. Informed consent has been obtained
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.brain metastasis 2.uncontrollable hypertention 3.Active or symptomatic angina pectoris or coronary artery disease (myocardial infarction within 12 months or symptomatic unstable angina), Symptomatic congestive heart failure, Long QTc 4.History of being allergic to Sunitinib 5.Pregnant or lactating woman, including the possibility of pregnant 6.Post organ transplantation, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation 7.History of malignancy, excluding following cases Cervical cancer (carcinoma in situ), Basal cell carcinoma, Superficial bladder cancer(Ta, Tis and T1, which have been treated properly Malignancies treated radically more than 3 years before, without recurrence 8.History of VEGF/ VEGF-R targeted therapy 9.Systemic treatment with steroids 10.Interstitial pneumonia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| inflammation markers IL-6, CRP, IL-8, hepcidin immunologic markers Th1/Th2 bias, TReg, MDSC angiogenesis markers VEGF-C, soluble VEGFR-2, soluble VEGFR-3, b-FGF | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| response rate, progression free survival, overall survival, safety | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Keio University School of Medicine Department of Urology