Interferon Alfa-2b With or Without Thalidomide in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Kidney Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Kidney Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Interferon alfa-2b may interfere with the growth of the cancer cells. Thalidomide may stop the growth of cancer by stopping blood flow to the tumor. It is not yet known if interferon alfa-2b is more effective with or without thalidomide in treating kidney cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of interferon alfa-2b with or without thalidomide in treating patients who have previously untreated metastatic or unresectable kidney cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00005966

Run by

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

Starts

2000-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-02-05

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• CCOP - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale Oncology Program — Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
• CCOP - Northern Indiana CR Consortium — South Bend, Indiana, United States
• John Stoddard Cancer Center at Iowa Methodist Medical Center — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Mercy Cancer Center at Mercy Medical Center-Des Moines — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Iowa Lutheran Hospital — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Midlands Cancer Center at Midlands Community Hospital — Papillion, Nebraska, United States
• Cancer Institute of New Jersey — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
• MBCCOP - University of New Mexico HSC — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
• Comprehensive Cancer Center at Our Lady of Mercy Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Penn State Cancer Institute at Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
• CCOP - St. Vincent Hospital Cancer Center, Green Bay — Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
• Westmead Hospital — Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
• Instituto de Enfermedades Neoplasicas — Lima, Peru
• San Juan City Hospital — San Juan, Puerto Rico

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