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NCT04987203
Study to Compare Tivozanib in Combination With Nivolumab to Tivozanib Monotherapy in Subjects With Renal Cell Carcinoma
Phase 3 trial testing Tivozanib in Renal Cell Carcinoma in 343 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.
30 September 2025
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Phase | Phase 3 |
| Status | Active, enrolled |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 343 |
| Start date | 9 September 2021 |
| Primary completion | 30 September 2025 |
| Estimated completion | 30 December 2025 |
| Sites | 139 locations across France, Italy, Belgium, Chile, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Mexico |
Drugs / interventions tested
Conditions studied
- Renal Cell Carcinoma — all drugs for Renal Cell Carcinoma →
Sponsor
AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. — full company profile →
Who can join
Adults 18 to 130, any sex, with Renal Cell Carcinoma. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
This study will be comparing tivozanib in combination with nivolumab to tivozanib alone in subjects with advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) who have had 1 or 2 prior lines of therapy, one of which was an Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI).
Publications & conference data
8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Tumor immunotherapies by immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); the pros and cons.
Naimi A, Mohammed RN, Raji A, Chupradit S, et al · · 2022 · cited 350× · PMID 35392976 · DOI 10.1186/s12964-022-00854-y -
The Evasion Mechanisms of Cancer Immunity and Drug Intervention in the Tumor Microenvironment.
Kim SK, Cho SW. · · 2022 · cited 300× · PMID 35685630 · DOI 10.3389/fphar.2022.868695 -
Treatment Landscape of Renal Cell Carcinoma.
Chen YW, Wang L, Panian J, Dhanji S, et al · · 2023 · cited 87× · PMID 38153686 · DOI 10.1007/s11864-023-01161-5 -
Tivozanib plus nivolumab versus tivozanib monotherapy in patients with renal cell carcinoma following an immune checkpoint inhibitor: results of the phase 3 TiNivo-2 Study.
Choueiri TK, Albiges L, Barthélémy P, Iacovelli R, et al · · 2024 · cited 54× · PMID 39284329 · DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01758-6 -
Emerging Trends in Immunotherapy for Cancer.
Mishra AK, Ali A, Dutta S, Banday S, et al · · 2022 · cited 41× · PMID 36135216 · DOI 10.3390/diseases10030060 -
Rationale of using immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and anti-angiogenic agents in cancer treatment from a molecular perspective.
Sherafat NS, Keshavarz A, Mardi A, Mohammadiara A, et al · · 2025 · cited 40× · PMID 40629032 · DOI 10.1007/s10238-025-01751-7 -
Trial Watch: combination of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and immunotherapy.
Petrazzuolo A, Maiuri MC, Zitvogel L, Kroemer G, et al · · 2022 · cited 23× · PMID 35655707 · DOI 10.1080/2162402x.2022.2077898 -
Renal cancer: signaling pathways and advances in targeted therapies.
Jiang A, Li J, He Z, Liu Y, et al · · 2024 · cited 18× · PMID 39092291 · DOI 10.1002/mco2.676
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- NCT03970616 — A Study of Tivozanib in Combination With Durvalumab in Subjects With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma · Phase 1, PHASE2 · terminated
- NCT03136627 — Phase 1/2 Study of Tivozanib in Combination With Nivolumab in Subjects With RCC · Phase 1, PHASE2 · completed
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Currently open trials in the same condition.
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Other AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. trials
Trials by the same sponsor.
- NCT05865535 — A Dose Escalation Study of AV-380 in Cancer Patients With Cachexia · Phase 1 · recruiting
- NCT04815551 — A Phase 1 Study of AV-380 in Healthy Subjects · Phase 1 · completed
- NCT04100330 — A Study of Ficlatuzumab With HiDAC and HiDAC Alone in Adults With Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia · Phase 2 · withdrawn
- NCT03970616 — A Study of Tivozanib in Combination With Durvalumab in Subjects With Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma · Phase 1, PHASE2 · terminated
- NCT03136627 — Phase 1/2 Study of Tivozanib in Combination With Nivolumab in Subjects With RCC · Phase 1, PHASE2 · completed
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 NCT04987203 (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 AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Last refreshed: 22 August 2025
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