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Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab and Lenvatinib for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine
NCT IDNCT05733715ClinicalTrials.gov data as of Apr 2026
Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Target enrollment

30

Study length

about 4.8 years

Ages

18+

Locations

1 site in PA

What this study is about

Researchers are testing a treatment with pembrolizumab and lenvatinib before surgery to see if it affects the immune system's response to kidney cancer. The trial will last about 1734 days, involving approximately 30 participants.

Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.

What you may be asked to do

  • 1.Receive Pembrolizumab infusion
  • 2.Take Lenvatinib tablet

Participation Burden

What's physically and logistically required of participants.

Logistics & Travel
In-person visits

Requires travel to a study site

Physical Intervention
OralInjection / IV

How treatment is administered

Treatment Assignment
Randomized (Open Label)

You are randomly assigned, but you will know your treatment.

Extracted study details

Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.

Drug classes

lenvatinib, pembrolizumab (Immune checkpoint inhibitor; blocks PD-1 to boost T-cell attack on cancer)

Drug routes

oral (Oral Capsule), infusion

Endpoints

Secondary: Frequency of surgical delays (>7 days from initially planned operative date), prolonged operative hospitalization (>7 days), or infections (within 30 days of nephrectomy).

Body systems

Oncology