Kidney cancer patients in Real-World clinics get immunotherapy: does it work?
NCT ID NCT03455452
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study followed 623 adults in France with advanced kidney cancer who were starting treatment with the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab (with or without ipilimumab) for the first time. Unlike a clinical trial, this was an observational study that simply tracked what happened in everyday medical practice. The main goal was to see how long patients lived overall, with secondary goals including how long the cancer stayed under control and how well the drugs shrank tumors.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- nivolumab with or without ipilimumab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could confirm that these immunotherapy drugs work as well in everyday practice as they did in clinical trials, helping doctors make better treatment decisions.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a controlled experiment, so results may be influenced by patient differences. It cannot prove cause and effect, only describe what happened in real life.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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623 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2018
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Adult participants who are at least 18 of age at the time of the treatment decision with the diagnosis of advanced renal cell cancer (RCC) (histologically or cytologically confirmed) and whose physician has already decided to initiate a treatment with nivolumab or with nivolumab plus ipilimumab for the first time for the treatment of RCC, according to the label approved in France.
- Ages
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18 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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Inclusion Criteria: -Adult participants with the diagnosis of advanced renal cell cancer (RCC) (histologically or cytologically) whose physician has already decided to initiate a treatment with nivolumab with or without ipilimumab for the first time for the treatment of RCC, according to the label approved in France NOTE: Nivolumab with ipilimumab is indicated for the first-line treatment of adult participants with intermediate/poor-risk advanced RCC Exclusion Criteria: * Primary diagnosis of a cancer other than advanced RCC within the past five years, ie, a cancer other than RCC that requires systemic or other treatment * Previously treated with anti-PD1, anti-programmed death-ligand 1 (anti-PDL1) or anti-CTLA4 therapy * Currently included in an interventional clinical trial for advanced or RCC. Participants who have completed participation in an interventional trial; or who are not receiving study drug anymore and who are only followed-up for overall survival (OS) can be enrolled * Pregnant women and participants under guardianship
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Local Institution - 0001
Paris, 75002, France
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