Phase 3 study for people with Kidney Cancer

Recruiting Phase 3

Sources: ClinicalTrials.gov Checked: 11 October 2026 Not medical advice

This trial at a glance

Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 3
Sponsor Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Registry number NCT07227402
Started 26 November 2025 Today 16 October 2026 Estimated completion 27 February 2032

Where this trial is running

Trial sites and the status recorded for each
SiteCityState or countryStatus at this site
Macquarie University-MQ Health Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 2100) Sydney NSW Recruiting

voxsanity.com.au · trial sites from public registries · registry record synced 11 October 2026 · not medical advice

Who can join

Age 18 Years and over
Sex Anyone, regardless of sex
Healthy volunteers Not accepted
Enrolment target 904

The official eligibility criteria

Registry text, reproduced exactly. These are the words the trial's sponsor published on ClinicalTrials.gov. They have not been edited, shortened or rewritten, and they are written for researchers rather than for patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

* Has a histologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable, advanced renal cell cancer (RCC) with clear cell component (with or without sarcomatoid features) i.e., Stage IV renal cell cancer per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) (8th Edition)

* Has measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 (RECIST 1.1)

* Has disease recurrence during adjuvant anti-programmed cell death 1/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-1/L1) therapy or recurrence ≤24 months following the last dose of adjuvant anti-PD-1/L1 therapy

* Has received no other prior systemic therapy for their RCC except for their adjuvant anti-PD-1/L1 therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:

* Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention, including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, new-onset angina, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability

* Had deep vein thrombosis within 3 months before randomization unless stable, asymptomatic, and treated with therapeutic anticoagulation for at least 4 weeks before randomization

* Has a left ventricular ejection fraction ≤50% or below the institutional (or local laboratory) normal range as determined by multigated acquisition or echocardiogram

* Has had major surgery within 8 weeks before randomization or has not adequately recovered from major surgery or has ongoing surgical complications

* Has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease

* Has symptomatic pleural effusion (for example cough, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain), ascites, or pericardial fluid requiring drainage within 4 weeks prior to randomization

* Has a gastrointestinal disorder including those associated with a high risk of perforation or fistula formation

* Has a serious active nonhealing wound/ulcer/bone fracture

* Has a requirement for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis

* Has history of human immunodeficiency virus infection

* Has hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus

* Has pharmacologically uncompensated, symptomatic hypothyroidism

* Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention

Dates on the record

Started 26 November 2025
Estimated completion 27 February 2032
Registry last updated 3 August 2026
Checked by Voxsanity 11 October 2026

Results, publications and the official record

Sources and dates

  • ClinicalTrials.gov – the record this page reformats
  • ClinicalTrials.gov processing date: 3 August 2026.
  • This page last checked by Voxsanity: 11 October 2026.

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Letter for your doctor

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