Novel treatments for renal cell cancer
Official title: WIndow of Opportunity Clinical Trials Platform for Evaluation of Novel Treatments Strategies in REnal Cell Cancer
Run by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · NCT03741426 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This study is testing if three different treatments for kidney cancer can help patients before they have surgery to remove the tumor.
Quick facts
| Phase | Phase 2 |
|---|---|
| Study type | Interventional |
| Ages | 18 Years and up |
| Sex | All |
| Enrollment | 134 (estimated) |
| Sponsor | Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Academic / other |
| Drugs / interventions | bevacizumab, trastuzumab, sunitinib, axitinib, cabozantinib, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, methotrexate, durvalumab |
| Locations | 7 sites (Cambridge, England and 6 other locations) |
| Status | Recruiting |
| Started | July 27, 2020 |
| Main results expected | December 30, 2027 |
| Study ends | December 30, 2027 |
| Registry record updated | September 25, 2026 |
| Trial ID | NCT03741426 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
Is this trial a fit for you?
✓Likely a good fit
Ideal candidates are adults aged 18 and over with biopsy-proven clear cell renal cell carcinoma and a surgically resectable tumor.
✕Probably not a fit
Patients who have previously received PARP inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, immunotherapy, or mTOR inhibitors may not benefit from this study.
A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.
What this trial studies
This Phase 2 trial evaluates the effectiveness of three different investigational medicinal products (IMPs) - Olaparib, Cediranib, and Durvalumab - either alone or in combination, in patients with surgically resectable renal cell cancer. The study employs a Bayesian adaptive design and aims to assess the proof of mechanism related to tumor characteristics before surgery. Participants will receive treatment in a 'window of opportunity' prior to nephrectomy, with follow-up assessments to measure treatment response. The trial will involve up to 60 patients across multiple centers, with varying treatment durations based on surgical timelines.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this trial could provide new effective treatment options for patients with renal cell cancer, potentially improving surgical outcomes.
How similar studies have gone: Other studies have shown promise with similar approaches, but this specific combination and methodology is relatively novel.
Who can join: the full rules
Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
Inclusion Criteria Capable of giving signed informed consent which includes compliance with the requirements and restrictions listed in the informed consent form (ICF) and in this protocol. * Aged ≥18 years and over. * Predicted life expectancy ≥ 16 weeks. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0 or 1. * Have biopsy proven clear cell RCC, either as part of the screening process or if undertaken prior to screening no more than 6 weeks prior to consent. * Allow access to archival Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tumour tissue from any previous renal tumour biopsy * Have a surgically resectable tumour as determined by the treating urologist * T1b or above, N0 and M0; OR have any T status where either N1 or M1 (but the participant must be deemed suitable for cytoreductive nephrectomy at time of enrolment). * No prior exposure to PARP inhibitors (including but not limited to olaparib), tyrosine kinase inhibitors (including but not limited to cediranib, sunitinib, pazopanib, axitinib, bevacizumab and cabozantinib), immunotherapy or immune checkpoint inhibitors (including but not limited to other anti-CTLA-4, anti-TIGIT, anti-PD-1, or anti-PD-L1 antibodies), nor prior treatment with a mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor (including, but not limited to everolimus, temsirolimus, or sirolimus). Prior cytokine therapy (e.g. IL-2, IFN-α) or treatment with cytotoxics is NOT allowed. * At least 1 measurable lesion according to RECIST Version 1.1 at screening that can be accurately assessed at screening by MRI and is suitable for repeated assessment. A previously irradiated lesion cannot be considered a target lesion. Radiographic disease assessment can be performed up to 28 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment. It is acceptable for the measurable lesion to be planned for removal at surgery. CT reported RECIST assessments are acceptable at screening for participants with chest metastases. * Have adequate organ and marrow function, as defined below (measured within 28 days of first dose of trial medication): o Haemoglobin ≥ 90 g/L * Platelet count ≥ 100 x 109/L * Neutrophil count ≥ 1.5 x 109/L Creatinine clearance ≥45mL/min (calculated by Cockcroft and Gault equation: where estimated creatinine clearance = (140-age\[years\]) x weight (kg) (xF)a serum creatinine (mg/dL) x 72a where F=0.85 for females and 1 for males). Participants with 2+ proteinuria on dipstick must also have UPC \<0.5 on 2 consecutive samples. * Adequate hepatic function: * Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) (SGPT) ≤2.5x the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤5x the institutional ULN, AND. * AST ≤2.5x the institutional ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤5x the institutional ULN, AND. * Total bilirubin ≤1.5x the institutional ULN unless in the presence of known or suspected Gilbert's syndrome- the inclusion of potential participants with known/suspected Gilbert's syndrome must be discussed with the Trial Oncologist prior to their inclusion in the trial. For patients with known Gilbert's syndrome the threshold for receiving rilvegostomig/volrustomig is total bilirubin ≤ 1.5x the institutional ULN. * Evidence of post-menopausal status or negative serum pregnancy test for female pre-menopausal participants. Women will be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoeic for 12 months without an alternative medical cause. The following age-specific requirements apply: * Women \<50 years of age would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoeic for 12 months or more following cessation of exogenous hormonal treatments and if they have luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone levels in the post-menopausal range for the institution or underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy). * Women ≥50 years of age would be considered post-menopausal if they have been amenorrhoeic for 12 months or more following cessation of all exogenous hormonal treatments, had radiation-induced menopause with last menses \>1 year ago, had chemotherapy-induced menopause with last menses \>1 year ago, or underwent surgical sterilization (bilateral oophorectomy, bilateral salpingectomy or hysterectomy). * For women of childbearing potential, a negative serum pregnancy test must be performed within 14 days of trial treatment and confirmed prior to treatment on Day 1. * Male participants must be willing to use a condom during treatment and for 3 months after the last dose of trial treatment when having sexual intercourse with a pregnant woman or with a woman of childbearing potential. Female participants and female partners of male participants should also be willing to use a highly effective form of contraception (see Section 11.8for acceptable methods) if they are of childbearing potential. * Participant is willing and able to comply with the protocol for the duration of the trial. * Adequately controlled thyroid function, with no symptoms of thyroid dysfunction SPECIFIC INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR OLAPARIB CONTAINING ARMS: * Haemoglobin must be ≥ 100 g/L * If abnormalities in the Full Blood Count (and it is clinically indicated): Peripheral blood smear with no features of myelodysplastic syndrome or acute myeloid leukaemia * Serum creatinine must be ≤1.5x the institutional ULN concurrent with creatinine clearance ≥51mL/min (calculated by Cockcroft and Gault equation as above) or based on a 24-hour urine creatinine clearance test. SPECIFIC INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR OLAPARIB PLUS CEDIRANIB ARM ONLY: • Urine protein: creatinine ratio (UPC) ≤1 OR ≤2+ proteinuria on two consecutive dipsticks taken no less than 1 week apart. Patients with ≥2+ proteinuria on dipstick must also have UPC \<0.5 on 2 consecutive samples (ensure that the units for the protein and creatinine measurements are in the same units before calculating this ratio e.g., both are g/L). SPECIFIC INCLUSION CRITERIA FOR VOLRUSTOMIG: * Body weight (WT) \> 35 kg * Adequate organ and marrow function (in the absence of transfusions or growth factor support within 14 days prior to enrolment). * Adequate hepatic function: * Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) (SGPT) ≤2.5x the institutional upper limit of normal (ULN) unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤3x the institutional ULN, AND * AST ≤2.5x the institutional ULN unless liver metastases are present, in which case it must be ≤3x the institutional ULN. Exclusion Criteria * cT1a N0 M0-staged Renal Cell Cancer * Participants with brain metastases. A scan to confirm the absence of brain metastases is not required. * Participants with spinal cord compression unless considered to have received definitive treatment for this and evidence of clinically stable disease for 28 days prior to start of first dose of treatment. * History of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. * Body weight ≤30kg * Contraindication to cediranib, olaparib, volrustomig and rilvegostomig or chimeric or humanized antibodies or fusion proteins (specifically participants with hereditary galactose intolerance, Lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption should not enter the trial). * History of hypersensitivity to active or inactive excipients of cediranib, olaparib or volrustomig and rilvegostomig. * Other invasive malignancy within the last 2 years. Participants with previous history of malignancies with a negligible risk of metastasis or death and treated with expected curative intent are eligible at discretion of clinical team, for example: * Carcinoma in situ of the cervix. * Basal or squamous cell skin cancer. * Localized low to intermediate risk prostate cancer treated with curative intent and absence of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) relapse; or prostate cancer (Stage T1/T2a, Gleason ≤ 6 and PSA \< 10 ng/mL) undergoing active surveillance and treatment naïve. * Major surgery within 4 weeks prior to first dose of trial drug (excluding placement of vascular access). If participants have undergone major surgery more than 4 weeks prior to the scheduled first dose of trial drug, they must have fully recovered from the procedure. * Minor surgery (not including the diagnostic biopsy) within 2 weeks prior to first dose of trial treatment * Any concurrent chemotherapy, IP, biologic, or hormonal therapy for cancer treatment. Concurrent use of hormonal therapy for non-cancer-related conditions (e.g., hormone replacement therapy) is acceptable. * Concurrent enrolment in another clinical trial unless it is an observational (non-interventional NOT involving CTIMPs) or translational clinical trial, or during the follow-up period of an interventional clinical trial. * Receipt of the last dose of anticancer therapy or radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, endocrine therapy, targeted therapy, biologic therapy, tumour embolisation, monoclonal antibodies) ≤28 days prior to the first dose of trial drug. * Gastrointestinal abnormalities including: o refractory nausea and vomiting, * inability to take oral medication; * requirement for intravenous alimentation; * prior surgical procedures affecting absorption including total gastric resection; * treatment for active peptic ulcer disease in the past 6 months prior to the first dose of trial treatment; * active gastrointestinal bleeding, unrelated to cancer, as evidenced by haematemesis, haematochezia or melaena in the past 120 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment without evidence of resolution documented by endoscopy or colonoscopy; * malabsorption syndromes. * Any of the following within 12 months prior to trial consent: o myocardial infarction, o clinically significant arrhythmia, * uncontrolled angina, * coronary/peripheral artery bypass graft, * symptomatic congestive heart failure, * cerebrovascular accident or transient ischemic attack, * peripheral arterial embolus. * Current or prior use of immunosuppressive agents within 28 days prior to the first dose of trial treatment, including anti-TNF and anti-IL17 agents, with the exceptions of intranasal or inhaled corticosteroids, or systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses which are not to exceed 10mg/day prednisolone (or an equivalent corticosteroid). The following exceptions are allowed: o Intranasal, inhaled, topical or local steroid injections (e.g. intra articular injection). * Systemic corticosteroids at physiological doses not to exceed 10mg/day prednisolone (or equivalent). * Steroids for premedication of hypersensitivity reactions (e.g. as CT scan premedication). * Immunocompromised participants (e.g., participants who are known to be serologically positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or have a history of active primary immunodeficiency). * Active infection including tuberculosis (clinical history, physical examination and radiographic findings, and Tuberculosis (TB) testing in line with local practice), hepatitis B (known positive HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) result), hepatitis C, or human immunodeficiency virus (positive HIV1/2 antibodies). o Participants with a past or resolved HBV infection (defined as: presence of hepatitis B core antibody -anti-HBc- and absence of hepatitis B surface antigen -HbsAg-) are eligible. * As judged by the Investigator, any participant considered a high medical risk, for example due to a serious uncontrolled medical or psychiatric disorder, non-malignant systemic disease or on-going or active infection. * Persistent toxicities (≥Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE V5.0) grade 2) caused by previous cancer therapy, excluding alopecia and vitiligo. o Participants with Grade ≥2 neuropathy will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis after consultation with the Chief Investigator. * Participants with contraindication to MRI including; contraindicated metallic implants, contraindicated coronary stents and pacemakers. Inability to lie flat or still in an MRI scanner for whatever reason (e.g., claustrophobia). * Judgement by the Investigator that the participant should not participate in the trial. * Involvement in the planning and/or conduct of the trial. SPECIFIC EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CEDIRANIB AND/OR OLAPARIB CONTAINING ARMS: * Current use or anticipated need for treatment with drugs that are known potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, or inducers or substrates for CYP1A2 (see Section 10.7 Concomitant therapy and Appendices 4 and 5 for full details). * Concomitant medications known to prolong the QT interval (see Appendices 4\& 5) or with factors that increase the risk of QTc prolongation or risk of arrhythmic events (such as heart failure, hypokalaemia, congenital long QT syndrome, family history of long QT syndrome or unexplained sudden death under 40 years-of-age), history of Torsades de pointes. * Resting ECG indicating uncontrolled, potentially reversible cardiac conditions as judged by the investigator (e.g., unstable ischaemia, uncontrolled symptomatic arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, QTcF prolongation \>500ms, electrolyte disturbances, resting QTc of ≥470ms (Fridericia; as per local reading), etc.) on two or more time points within a 24-hour period or family history of long QT syndrome. * Requirement of anticoagulant therapy with oral vitamin K antagonists. o Therapeutic use of low molecular weight heparin is allowed. * Poorly controlled hypertension (persistently elevated \> 150/100mmHg (or \> 140/90 FOR OLAPARIB PLUS CEDIRANIB ARM ONLY), either systolic or diastolic or both, despite anti-hypertensive medication) * Clinically significant signs and/or symptoms of bowel obstruction within 3 months prior to starting treatment * History of intra-abdominal abscess within 3 months prior to starting the first dose of trial treatment * History of GI perforation. Participants with a history of abdominal fistula will be considered eligible if the fistula was surgically repaired, there has been no evidence of fistula for at least 6 months prior to starting the first dose of trial treatment, and participant is deemed to be at low risk of recurrent fistula. SPECIFIC EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR CEDIRANIB MONOTHERAPY OR CEDIRANIB- CONTAINING ARMS ONLY: * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) \< lower limit of normal (LLN) per institutional guidelines, or \<55%, if threshold for normal not otherwise specified by institutional guidelines, for participants with the below risk factors (an Echocardiogram should be performed at baseline and if clinically indicated): o Prior treatment with anthracyclines * Prior treatment with trastuzumab * Prior central thoracic RT, including exposure of heart to therapeutic doses of ionising RTM * Prior history of other significant impaired cardiac function SPECIFIC EXCLUSION CRITERIA FOR VOLRUSTOMIG AND RILVEGOSTOMIG ARMS ONLY: * Participant with irreversible toxicity not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with volrustomig and rilvegostomig may be included only after consultation with the Trial Oncologist. * History of organ transplant that requires use of immunosuppressive medications or any medical condition in which immunosuppressive agents were administered, including but not limited to: systemic corticosteroids, methotrexate, azathioprine. * Receipt of live, attenuated vaccine within the last 30 days. Note: enrolled participants should not receive live, attenuated vaccine while receiving volrustomig or rilvegostomig nor within 30 days of last dose of volrustomig or rilvegostomig. * Active or prior documented autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (except vitiligo), for example: * Intestinal: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Colitis (including ulcerative colitis), Crohn's Disease), Diverticulitis, Coeliac Disease (except participants with coeliac disease controlled by diet alone), * Vascular: any type of vasculitic disorder, e.g. Wegener syndrome, granulomatosis with polyangiitis. * Endocrine: any endocrine alteration related to an autoimmune process e.g. Hashimoto syndrome, Grave's disease. NOTE: participants with hypothyroidism (e.g. following Hashimoto syndrome) stable on hormone replacement treatment may be included. * Respiratory: Active Pneumonitis (of any origin: inflammatory or infectious), Sarcoidosis syndrome. * Dermatological: Psoriasis, Lupus/SLE (unless the skin condition has never required systemic therapy). * Other: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hypophysitis, Uveitis. * Participants with autoimmune conditions without active disease in the past 5 years may be included but only after discussion with the Trial Oncologist. * Participants with persistent toxicities (≥Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Event (CTCAE v 5.0) grade 2) caused by previous cancer therapy, excluding alopecia and vitiligo, which are not reasonably expected to be exacerbated by treatment with volrustomig and rilvegostomig may be included only after consultation with the Chief Investigator.
Where it's running
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Addenbrooke's Hospital
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom Recruiting -
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU
Edinburgh, United Kingdom Recruiting -
Royal Devon University Healthcare NHSFT, Exeter, EX2 5DW
Exeter, United Kingdom Recruiting -
Beatson Institute for Cancer Research
Glasgow, United Kingdom Recruiting -
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom Recruiting -
Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LE
Oxford, United Kingdom Recruiting
Show 1 more location
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Weston Park Hospital
Sheffield, United Kingdom Not yet recruiting
Study contacts
- Principal investigator: Brent O'Carrigan — Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Cambridge
- Study coordinator: CCTU Cancer Theme
- Email: cuh.ccturegulatory@nhs.net
- Phone: 01223 256364
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How to take part
- Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
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