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A study looking at treatment outcomes of pazopanib for advanced kidney cancer (PRINCIPAL)

Overview

Cancer types:

Kidney cancer, Renal cell cancer

Status:

Closed

Phase:

Phase 4

Details

This study is looking to see if pazopanib (Votrient) helps people with advanced kidney cancer.

Pazopanib is a type of biological therapy. It works by blocking signals that tell cancer cells to grow. It is one of the drugs that doctors can use to treat advanced kidney cancer.

The researchers want to find out more information about how well pazopanib works and how it affects .

Taking part in this study will not affect your treatment, as your doctor will be prescribing this drug for you whether or not you join the study. But the information they gather from the study may help doctors learn more about pazopanib.

Recruitment start: 1 August 2012

Recruitment end: 31 December 2014

How to join

Please note: In order to join a trial you will need to discuss it with your doctor, unless otherwise specified.

Chief investigators

Prof Robert Hawkins

Supported by

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

Last reviewed: 31 Dec 2014

CRUK internal database number: 9725

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