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A trial comparing 2 ways of taking sunitinib or pazopanib for advanced kidney cancer (STAR)

Overview

Cancer types:

Kidney cancer, Renal cell cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2/3

Details

This trial compared taking sunitinib or pazopanib continuously with having planned breaks in treatment. It was for people with advanced renal cell cancer.

The trial was open for people to join between 2012 and 2017. The team published the results in 2023.

Recruitment start: 13 January 2012

Recruitment end: 12 September 2017

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

Professor Janet Brown

Supported by

Cancer Research UK Leeds Clinical Trials Unit at University of Leeds

University of Sheffield

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

NIHR Clinical Research Network: Cancer

NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme

Last reviewed: 8 February 2024

CRUK internal database number: 8740

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