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Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8: early-phase trial registry

10 of 25 indexed Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #652 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

25 US clinical trials · 10 currently recruiting · #652 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8: 25 US clinical trials tracked, 10 recruiting.

Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 is the subject of 25 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 10 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 18 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 stage-iv-renal-cell-cancer-ajcc-v8

OPEN 10 | RECR 40% | LATE 4 | EARLY 18 | RANK #652 | SPON 6

Nearest open-share peer: Achondroplasia (40% recruiting · 10 trials)

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficien48%Alcohol Use40%Stage IV Renal Cell Canc (th…40%Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia36%Alcohol-Related Disorders36%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8

Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 lists 10 open slots (40% of 25 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 Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 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. Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 recruits in line with its size-band peers.

    10 of 25 indexed trials (40%) 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. One sponsor concentrates Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 research.

    National Cancer Institute (NCI) accounts for 6 of 25 trials (24%). 12 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Most Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 trials plan to enrol fewer than 100 people.

    Median target enrolment is 60 among the 25 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 18 of those (72%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 research is mostly interventional.

    25 interventional and 0 observational studies make up this index (100% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 17Phase 211Phase 34

Open and recent trials

25 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 2 65 participants

Testing of Bevacizumab, Erlotinib, and Atezolizumab in Combination for Advanced-Stage Kidney Cancer

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04981509

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 56 participants

Imaging of Solid Tumors Using 18F-TRX

Rahul Aggarwal

NCT06942104

RECRUITING Phase 1 55 participants

Inulin Gel in Combination With Ipilimumab and Nivolumab for the Treatment of Metastatic or Locally Advanced Kidney Cell Cancer, ICON Trial

University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center

NCT06866262

RECRUITING Phase 2 54 participants

Genetic Testing to Select Therapy for the Treatment of Advanced or Metastatic Kidney Cancer, OPTIC RCC Study

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

NCT05361720

RECRUITING Phase 1 33 participants

Immunotherapy (Nivolumab and Ipilimumab) With and Without a Live Biotherapeutic Product (EXL01) for the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer

City of Hope Medical Center

NCT07128680

RECRUITING Phase 1 28 participants

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

Osel

NCT06399419

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 1,175 participants

Immunotherapy With Nivolumab and Ipilimumab Followed by Nivolumab or Nivolumab With Cabozantinib for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer, The PDIGREE Study

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT03793166

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 Phase 2 200 participants

Testing Cabozantinib With or Without Atezolizumab in Patients With Advanced Papillary Kidney Cancer, PAPMET2 Trial

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT05411081

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 134 participants

Testing the Addition of a New Anti-cancer Drug, Radium-223 Dichloride, to the Usual Treatment (Cabozantinib) for Advanced Renal Cell Cancer That Has Spread to the Bone, RadiCaL Study

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

NCT04071223

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 90 participants

Lenvatinib With Everolimus Versus Cabozantinib for Second-Line or Third-Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT05012371

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 65 participants

DS3201 and Ipilimumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Prostate, Urothelial and Renal Cell Cancers

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT04388852

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 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 2 18 participants

Perioperative Lenvatinib With Pembrolizumab in Patients With Locally Advanced Nonmetastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Emory University

NCT04393350

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

COMPLETED Early Phase 1 17 participants

Daratumumab in Treating Patients with Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer or Metastatic Kidney Cancer

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT03473730

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 7
Phase 2 11
Phase 3 4

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Computed Tomography Procedure
9 trials
Biospecimen Collection Procedure
9 trials
Bone Scan Procedure
7 trials
Ipilimumab Biological
6 trials
Cabozantinib Drug
5 trials
Questionnaire Administration Other
5 trials
Nivolumab Biological
3 trials
Cabozantinib S-malate Drug
3 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 15 trials
Texas 8 trials
Arizona 6 trials
Arkansas 6 trials
Alabama 6 trials
Illinois 4 trials
Ohio 3 trials
Pennsylvania 2 trials

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

What to do with this Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 page

25 registered trials, 10 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 Stage IV Renal Cell Cancer AJCC v8 condition card totals 25 registered trials; most-linked intervention Computed Tomography; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.