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A trial looking at patient preference for pazopanib and sunitinib for advanced kidney cancer (PISCES)

Overview

Cancer types:

Kidney cancer, Renal cell cancer, Secondary cancers

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 3

Details

This trial compared pazopanib with sunitinib as treatment for the most common type of kidney cancer called renal cell cancer. It was for people who had not yet had any treatment for kidney cancer that had spread (advanced kidney cancer).

Recruitment start: 17 May 2010

Recruitment end: 26 April 2011

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 Robert Hawkins

Supported by

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)

National Institute for Health Research Cancer Research Network (NCRN)

Last reviewed: 19 May 2013

CRUK internal database number: 6693

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