About this trial
This phase 2 trial aims to test the feasibility and efficiency of PET/CT-directed treatment interruption strategy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients with IMDC favorable/intermediate risk who achieve complete (CMR) or partial metabolic response (PMR) after ≥12 months of first-line PD-1/PD-L1 Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)+ VEGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy. It helps figure out whether PET/CT can safely direct treatment pause as well as explores a new individualized treatment option based on metabolic imaging for RCC patients.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Male or female subjects aged ≥ 18 years at time of signing informed consent
Locally advanced (not amenable to curative surgery or radiation therapy) or metastatic RCC (American Joint Committee on Cancer [AJCC] Stage IV)
Favorable or intermediate risk as per International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) criteria
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status 0 or 1
Disqualifiers
Highly malignant pathology
Prior systemic therapy for advanced RCC
Poor risk as per International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) criteria
ECOG performance status >1
Trial design
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Intermittent PD-1/PD-L1 ICI + VEGFR-TKI
DrugAny PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor or VEGFR-TKI that is commercially marketed, regulatory-approved and reimbursed under public health plans.Dose as recommended by the manufacturer.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Progression-free survival (PFS) rate
Proportion of participants alive and without disease progression at 24 months will be assessed according to PERCIST 1.0 criteria.
Secondary outcomes
Duration of response (DoR)
Time from first documented complete metabolic response (CMR) or partial metabolic response (PMR) to disease progression or death.
Overall survival (OS)
Time from date of enrollment to date of death due to any cause.
Progression free survival (PFS)
Time from first study drug administration to first documented objective disease progression (PD) or death, whichever occurs first.
Overall safety profile
Frequency and severity of adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) graded by National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE), version 5.0 criteria.
Other outcomes
Metabolic response assessed by serial PET/CT
Metabolic response and changes of FDG-uptake values on serial PET/CT during this trial will be assessed and documented.
Biobanking for future research
Collection of serial peripheral blood samples and other biologic specimens during the trial for subsequent exploratory biomarker studies.
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