NCT02684006

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Official title

A PHASE 3, MULTINATIONAL, RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL, PARALLEL-ARM STUDY OF AVELUMAB (MSB0010718C) IN COMBINATION WITH AXITINIB (INLYTA(REGISTERED)) VERSUS SUNITINIB (SUTENT(REGISTERED)) MONOTHERAPY IN THE FIRST-LINE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED RENAL CELL CARCINOMA

Phase

Phase 3

Status

Completed

Conditions

Renal Cell Cancer

Interventions

Avelumab (MSB0010718C); Axitinib (AG-013736); Sunitinib

Arms

• Avelumab in combination with axitinib · Experimental
• Sunitinib · Active comparator

Enrollment

886

Primary outcomes

• Progression Free Survival (PFS) as Assessed by Blinded Independent Central Review (BICR) in Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) Positive Participants
• Overall Survival (OS) in PD-L1 Positive Participants

Sponsor

Pfizer

Start

Mar 23, 2016

Primary completion

Aug 31, 2023

Results posted

Yes

Registry record

NCT02684006 · updated Jul 30, 2025

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