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NCT00930033: CARMENA

Clinical Trial to Assess the Importance of Nephrectomy

Completed Phase 3 Last updated 5 September 2025
What this trial tests

Phase 3 trial testing Nephrectomy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in 452 participants. Completed in 22 October 2018.

Timeline
9 September 2009
Primary endpoint
22 October 2018
22 October 2018

Quick facts

Lead sponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
PhasePhase 3
StatusCompleted
Study typeINTERVENTIONAL
Allocationrandomized
Designparallel
Maskingnone
Primary purposetreatment
Enrollment452
Start date9 September 2009
Primary completion22 October 2018
Estimated completion22 October 2018
Sites1 location across France

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

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):

  1. 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
  2. Renal cell carcinoma.
    Jonasch E, Gao J, Rathmell WK. · · 2014 · cited 518× · PMID 25385470 · DOI 10.1136/bmj.g4797
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. The Changing Therapeutic Landscape of Metastatic Renal Cancer.
    Angulo JC, Shapiro O. · · 2019 · cited 49× · PMID 31443471 · DOI 10.3390/cancers11091227
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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

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