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Kidney Cancer: early-phase trial registry

19 of 69 indexed Kidney Cancer trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #201 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

69 US clinical trials · 19 currently recruiting · #201 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Kidney Cancer: 69 US clinical trials tracked, 19 recruiting.

Kidney Cancer is the subject of 69 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 19 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 42 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 6 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition kidney-cancer

OPEN 19 | RECR 28% | LATE 4 | EARLY 42 | RANK #201 | SPON 6

Nearest open-share peer: Hypoxia (28% recruiting · 40 trials)

Metastatic Castration-Resist64.3%Kidney Cancer (this)28%Nicotine Dependence27.5%Atherosclerosis22.9%Healthy Subjects20%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Kidney Cancer

Kidney Cancer lists 19 open slots (28% of 69 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Kidney Cancer on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Kidney Cancer is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    19 of 69 indexed trials (27.5%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Kidney Cancer trials is spread across many organizations.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 6 of 69 trials (8.7%). 51 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Kidney Cancer enrolment sits around 60 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 60 among the 61 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 35 of those (57.4%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Kidney Cancer research is mostly interventional.

    60 interventional and 9 observational studies make up this index (87% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 114Phase 228Phase 32Phase 42

Open and recent trials

69 total, page 2 of 2

COMPLETED Phase 2 27 participants

Interleukin-2 and Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Kidney Cancer

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute

NCT02964078

COMPLETED Phase 2 26 participants

Bevacizumab and Aldesleukin in Treating Patients With Metastatic Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Kidney

Jorge A. Garcia, MD

NCT00853021

COMPLETED Phase 2 26 participants

Tretinoin Plus Interferon Alfa in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

NCT00003656

COMPLETED Phase 2 23 participants

Everolimus and Imatinib Mesylate in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Kidney Cancer

OHSU Knight Cancer Institute

NCT00331409

COMPLETED Phase 2 22 participants

Arsenic Trioxide in Treating Patients With Advanced Neuroblastoma or Other Childhood Solid Tumors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT00024258

COMPLETED NA 22 participants

Serial Ultrasound in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC)

Stanford University

NCT04508725

COMPLETED Phase 2 18 participants

DC Vaccine Combined With IL-2 and IFNα-2a in Treating Patients With mRCC

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

NCT00085436

COMPLETED Phase 1 15 participants

Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Stage III or Stage IV Kidney Cancer

Duke University

NCT00005816

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 15 participants

Genistein and Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Kidney Cancer

Northwestern University

NCT00276835

COMPLETED Phase 2 9 participants

Gemcitabine and Irinotecan in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

The Cleveland Clinic

NCT00401128

COMPLETED Phase 2 7 participants

Interferon Alfa (IFN-Alpha-1b) in Renal Cancer With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT00278174

COMPLETED Phase 2

Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Brain Metastases From Kidney Cancer, Melanoma, or Sarcoma

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NCT00003308

COMPLETED Phase 4

Interleukin-2 in Treating Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT00006864

COMPLETED Phase 2

Carboxyamidotriazole in Treating Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

NCT00005045

COMPLETED NA

Fludarabine, Cyclophosphamide, and Alemtuzumab in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer) Undergoing Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Baylor College of Medicine

NCT00073879

COMPLETED Phase 1

Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Melanoma or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT00020540

COMPLETED Phase 2

Flavopiridol in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT00016939

COMPLETED Phase 1

Interleukin-12 in Treating Patients With Hematologic Cancers or Solid Tumors

Indiana University School of Medicine

NCT00003107

COMPLETED Phase 2

SU5416 and Interferon Alfa-2b in Treating Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT00006384

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Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 14
Phase 2 28
Phase 3 2
Phase 4 2

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Kidney Cancer records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

recombinant interferon alfa Biological
4 trials
Cabozantinib Drug
3 trials
Nivolumab Drug
3 trials
Pembrolizumab Drug
3 trials
autologous tumor cell vaccine Biological
2 trials
aldesleukin Biological
2 trials
cyclophosphamide Drug
2 trials
Axitinib Drug
2 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Kidney Cancer trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 18 trials
Ohio 14 trials
New York 13 trials
Maryland 13 trials
Florida 12 trials
Texas 11 trials
Pennsylvania 10 trials
Illinois 8 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Kidney Cancer page

69 registered trials, 19 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Kidney Cancer condition card totals 69 registered trials; most-linked intervention recombinant interferon alfa; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.