Mushroom compound targets kidney cancer in dialysis patients
NCT ID NCT05287945
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This early-stage trial is testing a drug called orellanine, derived from a mushroom, in 75 people with advanced kidney cancer who are also on dialysis. The drug is given intravenously to see if it is safe and can shrink tumors. All participants have end-stage kidney disease and have exhausted standard treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Orellanine (a substance from a mushroom, given intravenously)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a new treatment option for advanced kidney cancer patients who have no other standard therapies available.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase I/II trial with only 75 participants, so the drug may not be effective or could cause serious side effects. It is only tested in patients with end-stage kidney disease on dialysis, so results may not apply to others.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1/2
Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.
- Participants
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About 75 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
- 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion criteria: 1. Has provided written informed consent. 2. Has a diagnosis of histologically confirmed advanced ccRCC or pRCC. No conventional therapy is available or considered appropriate by the treating physician or is declined by the patient. 3. For patients in the expansion portion of the study only: Measurable disease per RECIST version 1.1 criteria. 4. ECOG performance status of 0 - 2. 5. Age ≥18 years. 6. Life expectancy ≥3 months. 7. Has acceptable haematologic laboratory values defined as: 1. Neutrophils ≥1.5 × 10\^9/L, without growth factor stimulation within 3 weeks prior to the blood test; 2. Platelets ≥100 × 10\^9/L; 3. Haemoglobin ≥5.6 mmol/L (\~90 g/L). Use of erythropoietin or blood transfusions are permitted. 8. Has acceptable liver laboratory values defined as: 1. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) ≤2.5 × ULN (≤5 × ULN for patients with liver metastases 2. Total bilirubin ≤1.5 × ULN or direct bilirubin ≤ ULN for patients with total bilirubin levels \>1.5 × ULN 3. For patients diagnosed with Gilbert's syndrome, total bilirubin ≤2 × ULN is acceptable. 9. Must be on chronic hemodialysis (on a consistent regimen for the previous three months, with allowance for intermittent treatments as required for volume overload). 10. The patient's treating nephrologist and oncologist agree that the prospect of loss of remaining renal function resulting from this treatment will not significantly change the patient's future and chronic dialysis treatment. 11. Female patients of child-bearing potential and male patients must agree to use 2 forms of highly effective contraception for the duration of study treatment and after the last dose of orellanine for at least 3 months for males and 6 months for females. 12. For females of child-bearing potential, a negative serum pregnancy test at screening. 13. Patients who are willing and able to comply with travel requirements, scheduled visits, treatment schedule, efficacy assessments, laboratory tests, and other study procedures. Exclusion criteria: 1. Diagnosis of any other malignancy within 2 years prior to enrolment, except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, superficial melanoma, or carcinoma in situ of the breast or of the cervix, or low grade (Gleason 7 or below) prostate cancer on surveillance with no plans for treatment intervention (e.g., surgery, radiation, or castration) 2. Radiotherapy within 2 weeks before first dose. 3. Immuno-oncology therapy (IO) given in the last six (6) months prior to enrolment 4. Other systemic anti-cancer therapy within 2 weeks before first dose. 5. Has not recovered from AEs due to prior anti-cancer medications to at least grade 1 by CTCAE version 5.0 (except for alopecia and grade 2 neuropathy). 6. Has received any other investigational product within 4 weeks before first dose. 7. Pregnant or breastfeeding women. 8. Uncontrolled medical condition including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements, or would, in the opinion of the investigator, place the patient at increased risk. 9. QTc interval at baseline of ≥470 msec.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
9 sites in 5 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinica Mi Nova Alianca
RECRUITINGLleida, 25004, Spain
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Institut de Cancerologie Gustave-Roussy
RECRUITINGVillejuif, 94805, France
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Karolinska University Hospital
RECRUITINGStockholm, Sweden
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START Lisbon - Hospital de Santa Maria Av
RECRUITINGLisbon, 1649-035, Portugal
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Stanford
RECRUITINGPalo Alto, California, 94304, United States
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University of California Irvine
RECRUITINGOrange, California, 92868, United States
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University of California San Francisco
RECRUITINGSan Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Washington University in St. Louis
RECRUITINGSt Louis, Missouri, 63130, United States
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