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A study looking at giving biological therapy before surgery for advanced kidney cancer (SuMR)

Overview

Cancer types:

Kidney cancer

Status:

Results

Phase:

Phase 2

Details

This study looked at starting sunitinib before surgery to find out if this improved the treatment for advanced kidney cancer.

Recruitment start: 8 January 2008

Recruitment end: 31 August 2009

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 Thomas Powles

Supported by

Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC)

Orchid Cancer Appeal

Pfizer

Queen Mary University of London

Last reviewed: 17 Dec 2014

CRUK internal database number: 2593

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