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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: early-phase trial registry

14 of 38 indexed Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #393 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

38 US clinical trials · 14 currently recruiting · #393 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: 38 US clinical trials tracked, 14 recruiting.

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma is the subject of 38 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 14 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 27 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is National Cancer Institute (NCI), running 5 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition metastatic-renal-cell-carcinoma

OPEN 14 | RECR 37% | LATE 4 | EARLY 27 | RANK #393 | SPON 5

Nearest open-share peer: Alcohol Consumption (37% recruiting · 19 trials)

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Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma lists 14 open slots (37% of 38 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 Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma 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. Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma is recruiting below its size-band peers.

    14 of 38 indexed trials (36.8%) 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 Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma trials is spread across many organizations.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 5 of 38 trials (13.2%). 25 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 60 among the 38 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 24 of those (63.2%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma research is mostly interventional.

    37 interventional and 1 observational studies make up this index (97.4% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 110Phase 217Phase 34

Open and recent trials

38 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING Phase 3 364 participants

Comparing the Outcome of Immunotherapy-Based Drug Combination Therapy With or Without Surgery to Remove the Kidney in Metastatic Kidney Cancer, the PROBE Trial

SWOG Cancer Research Network

NCT04510597

RECRUITING Phase 3 269 participants

Testing Longer Duration Radiation Therapy Versus the Usual Radiation Therapy in Patients With Cancer That Has Spread to the Brain

NRG Oncology

NCT06500455

RECRUITING Phase 2 240 participants

Testing the Addition of Stereotactic Radiation Therapy With Immune Therapy for the Treatment of Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer, SAMURAI Trial

NRG Oncology

NCT05327686

RECRUITING Phase 1 224 participants

A Study to Learn About the Medicine Called PF-08634404 Dosed Alone and in Combination With Other Anticancer Therapies in Adults With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer

Pfizer

NCT07227415

RECRUITING Phase 2 111 participants

Trial of an Alternative Cabozantinib Dosing Schedule in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma and Neuroendocrine Tumors

Fox Chase Cancer Center

NCT05263050

RECRUITING Phase 2 89 participants

Ceralasertib (AZD6738) Alone and in Combination With Olaparib or Durvalumab in Patients With Solid Tumors

Rahul Aggarwal

NCT03682289

RECRUITING Phase 2 78 participants

Phase II Trial of Combination Anti-PD-1 and Aldesleukin for Metastatic Melanoma and Renal Cell Carcinoma

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05155033

RECRUITING Phase 2 70 participants

Trial of Zanzalintinib (XL092) in Combination With Immunotherapy in Patients Who Progress on Adjuvant Therapy in Clear Cell RCC

Karie Runcie

NCT06863311

RECRUITING NA 60 participants

Ketogenic Dietary Intervention to Improve Response to Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Melanoma and Metastatic Kidney Cancer

Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

NCT06391099

RECRUITING Phase 1 43 participants

A Study of Abemaciclib and Cabozantinib in People With Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC)

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06835972

RECRUITING NA 40 participants

Cryoablation Combined With Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Painful Bone Metastases, the CROME Trial

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04693377

RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Trial Of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Oligoprogression on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI) in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Yale University

NCT04974671

RECRUITING Phase 1 28 participants

CBM588 Capsules in Combination With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab for the Treatment of Advanced Stage Kidney Cancer

Osel

NCT06399419

RECRUITING Phase 2 20 participants

Study of Olaparib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients With DNA Repair Gene Mutations

Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins

NCT03786796

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 819 participants

Nivolumab in Treating Patients With Localized Kidney Cancer Undergoing Nephrectomy

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03055013

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 733 participants

Safety, PK and Efficacy of ONC-392 in Monotherapy and in Combination of Anti-PD-1 in Advanced Solid Tumors and NSCLC

OncoC4

NCT04140526

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 472 participants

Focused Radiation Versus Systemic Therapy for Kidney Cancer Patients With Limited Metastasis, SOAR Study

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

NCT05863351

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING 468 participants

Outcomes Database to prospectivelY aSSEss the Changing TherapY Landscape in Renal Cell Carcinoma

Duke University

NCT04919122

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 145 participants

NBTXR3 Activated by Radiotherapy for Patients With Advanced Cancers Treated With An Anti-PD-1 Therapy

Nanobiotix

NCT03589339

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 61 participants

Cancer and Blood Pressure Management, CARISMA Study

ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group

NCT04467021

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 60 participants

Testing AZD1775 in Advanced Solid Tumors That Have a Mutation Called SETD2

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03284385

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 59 participants

Testing the PD-1 Antibody, MK3475, Given With Ziv-aflibercept in Patients With Advanced Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT02298959

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 32 participants

Cabozantinib or Sunitinib Malate in Treating Participants With Metastatic Variant Histology Renal Cell Carcinoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03541902

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 31 participants

CBM588 in Combination With Nivolumab and Cabozantinib for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT05122546

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 30 participants

Ixazomib, Gemcitabine, and Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Locally Advanced or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03587662

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING NA 21 participants

App-Based Mindfulness Intervention for the Improvement of Quality of Life in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT04788095

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 18 participants

UCDCC#272: IL-2, Radiotherapy, and Pembrolizumab in Patients Refractory to Checkpoint Blockade

Megan Daly, MD

NCT03474497

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 15 participants

A Study to Compare Treatments for a Type of Kidney Cancer Called TFE/Translocation Renal Cell Carcinoma (tRCC)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03595124

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 10 participants

A Phase II Study Bolstering Outcomes by Optimizing Immunotherapy Strategies With Evolocumab and Nivolumab in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (BOOST-RCC)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06284564

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 2 participants

A Study of Cabozantinib and Nivolumab With Radiation Therapy for People With Renal Cell Carcinoma That Has Spread to the Brain

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT06132945

COMPLETED Phase 1 173 participants

A Study of E7080 Alone, and in Combination With Everolimus in Subjects With Unresectable Advanced or Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Following One Prior Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-Targeted Treatment

Eisai

NCT01136733

COMPLETED Phase 2 150 participants

Study Using FolateScan to Identify Subjects With Folate Receptor-Positive Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Endocyte

NCT01689766

COMPLETED Phase 2 123 participants

The High-Dose Aldesleukin (IL-2) "Select" Trial for Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

NCT00554515

COMPLETED Phase 2 115 participants

CRLX101(NLG207) in Combination With Bevacizumab for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) Versus Standard of Care (SOC)

NewLink Genetics Corporation

NCT02187302

COMPLETED Phase 2 39 participants

A Study of Ramucirumab in Participants With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Eli Lilly and Company

NCT00515697

COMPLETED NA 22 participants

Serial Ultrasound in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC)

Stanford University

NCT04508725

COMPLETED NA 21 participants

Probiotic Yogurt Supplement in Reducing Diarrhea in Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer Being Treated With Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT02944617

COMPLETED Phase 2 18 participants

Talazoparib and Avelumab in Participants With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

NCT04068831

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 10
Phase 2 17
Phase 3 4

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Cabozantinib Drug
5 trials
Computed Tomography Procedure
5 trials
Questionnaire Administration Other
4 trials
Nivolumab Drug
4 trials
Quality-of-Life Assessment Other
4 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
4 trials
Pembrolizumab Drug
4 trials
Nivolumab Biological
3 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 19 trials
Texas 10 trials
Maryland 10 trials
New York 8 trials
Illinois 8 trials
New Jersey 6 trials
Massachusetts 6 trials
Arizona 6 trials

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

What to do with this Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma page

38 registered trials, 14 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 Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma condition card totals 38 registered trials; most-linked intervention Cabozantinib; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.