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NCT00930033: CARMENA
Clinical Trial to Assess the Importance of Nephrectomy
Phase 3 trial testing Nephrectomy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in 452 participants. Completed in 22 October 2018.
22 October 2018
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 3 |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 452 |
| Start date | 9 September 2009 |
| Primary completion | 22 October 2018 |
| Estimated completion | 22 October 2018 |
| Sites | 1 location across France |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Nephrectomy
- Sunitinib alone — full drug profile →
Conditions studied
- Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma — all drugs for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma →
Sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris — full company profile →
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
The study compare the standard treatment with nephrectomy + sunitinib to treatment with sunitinib alone without nephrectomy. This study will be the first trial on this competitive context
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Sunitinib Alone or after Nephrectomy in Metastatic Renal-Cell Carcinoma.
Méjean A, Ravaud A, Thezenas S, Colas S, et al · · 2018 · cited 620× · PMID 29860937 · DOI 10.1056/nejmoa1803675 -
Renal cell carcinoma.
Jonasch E, Gao J, Rathmell WK. · · 2014 · cited 518× · PMID 25385470 · DOI 10.1136/bmj.g4797 -
Survival Analyses of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cancer Treated With Targeted Therapy With or Without Cytoreductive Nephrectomy: A National Cancer Data Base Study.
Hanna N, Sun M, Meyer CP, Nguyen PL, et al · · 2016 · cited 141× · PMID 27325852 · DOI 10.1200/jco.2016.66.7931 -
Utilization of cytoreductive nephrectomy and patient survival in the targeted therapy era.
Conti SL, Thomas IC, Hagedorn JC, Chung BI, et al · · 2014 · cited 92× · PMID 24135850 · DOI 10.1002/ijc.28553 -
The Changing Therapeutic Landscape of Metastatic Renal Cancer.
Angulo JC, Shapiro O. · · 2019 · cited 49× · PMID 31443471 · DOI 10.3390/cancers11091227 -
Surgical Management of Advanced and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
Shinder BM, Rhee K, Farrell D, Farber NJ, et al · · 2017 · cited 49× · PMID 28620578 · DOI 10.3389/fonc.2017.00107 -
Cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the era of targeted therapy in the United States: a SEER analysis.
Tsao CK, Small AC, Kates M, Moshier EL, et al · · 2013 · cited 46× · PMID 23223962 · DOI 10.1007/s00345-012-1001-3 -
Update on targeted therapies for clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Singer EA, Gupta GN, Srinivasan R. · · 2011 · cited 46× · PMID 21330923 · DOI 10.1097/cco.0b013e32834479c0
Verify or expand the search:
- PubMed search for NCT00930033
- Europe PMC full search
- ASCO Meeting Library
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- bioRxiv preprints
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00930033 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
- Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Last refreshed: 5 September 2025
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