About this trial
NRG GU012, also known as “the SAMURAI study”, is a clinical study for people with renal cell cancer that has spread beyond the kidneys, also known as metastatic renal cell cancer.
This trial is specifically for patients who are not planning on receiving surgery for their disease, or for patients not recommended to receive surgery at the time of their diagnosis. Researchers are performing this study to see if adding radiation therapy to your kidney tumour to the usual treatment of immune therapy can help stabilize your cancer or possibly cause it to shrink. The immune therapy normally prescribed for metastatic renal cell cancer consists of either two immune therapy drugs or immune therapy plus a targeted therapy drug called a VEGF inhibitor. Researchers will randomly assign patients to receive either the immune therapy treatment alone or to receive the immune therapy combined with the radiation therapy.
This study will help the study doctors find out if this different approach is better, the same, or worse than the usual approach. To decide if it is better, the study doctors will be looking to see if the study approach increases the time without cancer progressing by 6 months or more compared to the usual approach.
Patient Profile
Pathologically (histologically or cytologically) proven diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma
Where’s this trial being run?
Beacon Hospital and St Luke’s Hospital
Can I join this study / trial?
The first step we recommend is to talk to your doctor or the cancer trials team at your hospital. You can find contact details for cancer trials research units in Ireland here.
It’s also a good idea to print this page and bring it with you to your appointment. It can help guide the conversation and remind you of what to ask. You may also want to talk to your family or friends about your options, as they can offer support as you make decisions.
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| Name: | NRG GU012 SAMURAI |
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| Number: | 22-17 |
| Full Title: | RANDOMIZED PHASE II STEREOTACTIC ABLATIVE RADIATION THERAPY (SABR) FOR METASTATIC UNRESECTED RENAL CELL CARCINOMA (RCC) RECEIVING IMMUNOTHERAPY. |
| Principal Investigator: | Prof Alina Mihaela Mihai |
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| Type: | Collaborative |
| Sponsor: | NRG |
| Recruitment Started: |
Global: Ireland: Recruitment started at Beacon Site |
| Global Recruitment Target: | 240 |
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| Ireland Recruitment Target: | 27 |