Clinical trial · Interventional
Low-dose IL-2 Plus IFN-alpha Immunotherapy as Adjuvant Treatment of Renal Carcinoma.
Adjuvant Low-dose Interleukin-2 (IL2) Plus Interferone-alpha (IFN) in Operable Renal Cell Cancer (RCC). Phase III, Randomized, Multicenter Trial of the Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC).
NCT00502034CI-TRIAL-00011283completedPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy (in terms of event-free survival and overall survival) of an adjuvant therapy with IFN-alpha plus low-dose of IL2 vs a wait-and-see program in patient with radically operated renal cell carcinoma.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carcinoma, Renal Cell | Renal Cell Carcinoma | CURATED_BROADER | 0.80 |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interferon Alfa-2a | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Interleukin-2 | Drug | Aldesleukin | ALIAS |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- A-immunotherapy
- description
- Immunotherapy with interferon-alpha and interleukin
- interventionNames
- Drug: Interferon Alfa-2a
- Drug: Interleukin-2
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- B-follow-up
- description
- Wait-and-see
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Recurrence-free survival: loco-regional, adrenal, kidney and distant-metastases were the events considered for event-free survival.
Secondary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis histologically confirmed of renal cells carcinoma (every histotype); * Age \< 75 years * Radical surgical removal of the tumor: total or partial nephrectomy within previous 3 months * Patient classified as T1 (with diameter \> 2,5 cm), T2, T3 a-b-c; In presence of involvement of loco-regional lymph-nodes (staging N1, N2, N3, TNM class.), metastases should have been completely removed during nephrectomy * Absence of distant metastases; * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Tumor diameter equal or less than 2,5 cm; * Previous chemotherapy or ormonotherapy o immunotherapy; * Renal insufficiency \>3 mg/dl); * No symptomatic arrhythmias or autoimmune disease
References
Publications (5)
- BACKGROUNDPassalacqua R, Buti S, Tomasello G, Longarini R, Brighenti M, Dalla Chiesa M. Immunotherapy options in metastatic renal cell cancer: where we are and where we are going. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2006 Oct;6(10):1459-72. doi: 10.1586/14737140.6.10.1459. PMID 17069530
- BACKGROUNDGiacosa R, Santi R, Vaglio A, Pavone L, Ferrozzi F, Passalacqua R, Buzio C. "Late" regressions of metastases from renal cancer after a period of disease progression continuing the same intermittent low dose immunotherapy regimen. Acta Biomed. 2004 Aug;75(2):126-30. PMID 15481703
- BACKGROUNDBuzio C, Andrulli S, Santi R, Pavone L, Passalacqua R, Potenzoni D, Ferrozzi F, Giacosa R, Vaglio A. Long-term immunotherapy with low-dose interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha in the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. Cancer. 2001 Nov 1;92(9):2286-96. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011101)92:93.0.co;2-i. PMID 11745283
- BACKGROUNDBuzio C, De Palma G, Passalacqua R, Potenzoni D, Ferrozzi F, Cattabiani MA, Manenti L, Borghetti A. Effectiveness of very low doses of immunotherapy in advanced renal cell cancer. Br J Cancer. 1997;76(4):541-4. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.422. PMID 9275034
- DERIVEDPassalacqua R, Caminiti C, Buti S, Porta C, Camisa R, Braglia L, Tomasello G, Vaglio A, Labianca R, Rondini E, Sabbatini R, Nastasi G, Artioli F, Prati A, Potenzoni M, Pezzuolo D, Oliva E, Alberici F, Buzio C; POLAR-01 Trial Investigators. Adjuvant low-dose interleukin-2 (IL-2) plus interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in operable renal cell carcinoma (RCC): a phase III, randomized, multicentre trial of the Italian Oncology Group for Clinical Research (GOIRC). J Immunother. 2014 Nov-Dec;37(9):440-7. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000055. PMID 25304727