Study of Interleukin-2, Interferon-alpha and Bevacizumab in Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether interleukin-2, interferon-alpha in combination with bevacizumab are effective in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).

Timeline

Start

2009-10

Primary completion

2015-12

Completion

2015-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper The median PFS was 8.0 mo (95% CI, 4.2-11.9) with IL2/IFN/BEV and 8.1 mo (95% CI, 5.1-11.0) with IL2/IFN, p = .73. PMID 29392960 ↗

paper The addition of BEV to IL-2/IFN did not add efficacy in mRCC. PMID 29392960 ↗

Publications

• Aldin A, Besiroglu B, Adams A, Monsef I, Piechotta V, Tomlinson E, Hornbach C, Dressen N, Goldkuhle M, Maisch P, Dahm P, Heidenreich A, Skoetz N. First-line therapy for adults with advanced renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 4;5(5):CD013798. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013798.pub2.
• Drljevic-Nielsen A, Rasmussen F, Nielsen PS, Stilling C, Thorup K, Mains JR, Madsen HHT, Donskov F. Prognostic value of DCE-CT-derived blood volume and flow compared to core biopsy microvessel density in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Eur Radiol Exp. 2021 Jul 30;5(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s41747-021-00232-2.
• Donskov F, Jensen NV, Smidt-Hansen T, Brondum L, Geertsen P. A randomized phase II trial of interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha plus bevacizumab versus interleukin-2 and interferon-alpha in metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (mRCC): results from the Danish Renal Cancer Group (DaRenCa) study-1. Acta Oncol. 2018 May;57(5):589-594. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1433324. Epub 2018 Feb 2.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Bevacizumab	Monoclonal antibody	10 mg/kg	Intravenous
Comparator	aldesleukin	Protein / enzyme biologic	2.4 unknown	Subcutaneous
Comparator	interferon alfa-2b	Protein / enzyme biologic	3e+06 iu	Subcutaneous

Indications