New hope for elderly kidney cancer patients: cabozantinib under review
NCT ID NCT04416646
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how safe and effective the drug Cabozantinib is for people aged 70 and older with advanced kidney cancer. Researchers tracked side effects and tumor response in 100 participants. The goal was to see if this treatment works well in older patients who have already tried other therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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100 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients will be enrolled from Italian oncology Centers
- Ages
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70 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 70 years * Histological diagnosis of Renal Cell Carcinoma (any histology, with the exclusion of urothelial carcinomas) * Locally advanced disease or metastatic disease (any site, measurable or non- measurable lesions), progressing after at least one line of VEGFR-targeted therapy (as per official registration of the drug at AIFA, in case of extension to first-line treatment, TKI-naïve patients will also be eligible), with or without previous exposure to check-point inhibitors. * Life expectancy of at least 3 months * Adequate hepatic, renal and bone marrow function as judged by the treating oncologist. * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to swallow cabozantinib tablets * Serious comorbidities or cognitive impairment, which may interfere with cabozantinib administration and/or patient's follow up, as judged by the treating physician * Absence of a reliable caregiver, as judged by the treating physician
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Istituto Oncologico Veneto
Padova, Italy, 35100, Italy
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