Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Randomized Phase III Trial Comparing Immediate Versus Deferred Nephrectomy in Patients With Synchronous Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Brief Summary: RATIONALE: Sunitinib malate may stop the growth of tumor cells by blocking some of the enzymes needed for cell growth and by blocking blood flow to the tumor. Giving sunitinib malate before surgery may make the tumor smaller and reduce the amount of normal tissue that needs to be removed. Giving sunitinib malate after surgery may kill any tumor cells that remain after surgery. It is not yet known whether undergoing immediate surgery or surgery after sunitinib malate is more effective in treating patients with metastatic kidney cancer.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying immediate surgery to see how well it works compared with surgery after sunitinib malate in treating patients with metastatic kidney cancer.


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A: Inclusion Criteria:

* This study will be conducted in subjects with histologically confirmed, advanced (stage IV or recurrent disease) RCC who have not received prior systemic therapy for their disease,

Exclusion Criteria:

* Subjects with central nervous system (CNS) metastases
* Prior anticancer therapy for RCC
* Prior investigational therapy/agents within 4 weeks of randomization
B: Inclusion Criteria:

A patient will be considered for inclusion in this study only if all of the following criteria apply:

* Signed written informed consent.
* Diagnosis of clear cell RCC that is predominantly clear cell histology. Note: cytology cannot be the only pathologic criteria to confirm clear cell RCC. Patients with tumor types that are interpreted as non-clear cell, e.g. papillary, are excluded.
* Locally advanced RCC (defined as disease not amenable to curative surgery or radiation therapy) or metastatic RCC (equivalent to Stage IV RCC according to American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging.
* Note: If the metastatic disease is restricted to a solitary lesion, its neoplastic nature must be confirmed by histology or cytology. Cytology cannot be the only pathologic criteria to confirm clear cell RCC, but can be used in a patient with histologically confirmed clear cell RCC to confirm that metastatic disease is neoplastic in nature.
* Must have measurable disease, i.e. presenting with at least one measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST). A measurable lesion is defined as a lesion that can be accurately measured in at least one dimension with the longest diameter ≥ 20 mm using conventional techniques, or ≥ 10 mm with spiral CT scan.
* Note: Patient should be excluded if all baseline measurable lesions are within previously irradiated areas.
* Note: A patient must complete all the baseline disease assessments in order to be eligible. Baseline head, chest, abdominal and pelvic CT or MRI scans must be performed within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study medication; baseline bone scan must be performed within 3 weeks of the first dose of study medication.
* Patients who have received only one prior systemic treatment for locally advanced or metastatic RCC with documented disease progression or documented treatment discontinuation due to unacceptable toxicity. This first-line systemic treatment must be cytokine based.
* Note: The first-line cytokine-based treatment can be interleukin-2 (IL-2) or interferon-α (INFα) monotherapy, IL-2 in combination with INF-α, IL-2 and/or INF-α in combination with chemotherapy, hormonal or other therapies excluding agents targeting angiogenesis pathways. Agents in a combination regimen can be given sequentially if the treatment sequence is pre-determined and the patient does not fail one agent prior to starting another.
* Note: Prior adjuvant or neo-adjuvant therapies are permitted excluding any agents that target vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or VEGF receptors. The adjuvant/neo-adjuvant therapies should not be considered as first-line systemic treatment for advanced RCC.

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* Patients who have received no prior systemic therapy for advanced/metastatic RCC can be enrolled if under any of the following circumstances:
* Patients who live in countries or regions where there is no established standard first-line therapy for advanced/metastatic RCC or where there are barriers to the access of established therapies such as sunitinib, sorafenib, IFNα or IL-2.
* Patients who live in countries or regions where IL-2 or INF-α has been approved for the treatment of advanced/metastatic RCC, however, these agents are generally not recognized by the local clinical community as a standard treatment for advanced/metastatic RCC, or where the physician and the patient have determined that the available cytokine therapies are not an acceptable therapeutic option.
* Patients who have recurred following prior adjuvant or neo-adjuvant cytokine therapy for RCC are eligible to participate without receiving a first-line systemic treatment for locally advanced or metastatic RCC. These patients should be stratified as the first-line population.
* Male or female ≥ 18 years of age.
* A woman is eligible to participate in the study if she is of:
* Non-childbearing potential (i.e., physiologically incapable of becoming pregnant), including any female who:
* Has had a hysterectomy,
* Has had a bilateral oophorectomy (ovariectomy),
* Has had a bilateral tubal ligation,
* Is post-menopausal (total cessation of menses for ≥1 year).
* Childbearing potential, has a negative serum pregnancy test within 2 weeks of the first dose of study medication, and agrees to use adequate contraception. GSK acceptable contraceptive methods, when used consistently and in accordance with both the product label and the instructions of the physician, are as follows:
* An intrauterine device with a documented failure rate of less than 1% per year.
* Vasectomized partner who is sterile prior to the female patient's entry and is the sole sexual partner for that female.
* Complete abstinence from sexual intercourse for 14 days before exposure to investigation product, through the clinical trial, and for at least 21 days after the last dose of investigational product.
* Double-barrier contraception (condom with spermicidal jelly, foam suppository, or film; diaphragm with spermicide; or male condom and diaphragm with spermicide).
* Oral contraceptives are not reliable due to the potential for drug-drug interactions.
* A man with a female partner of childbearing potential is eligible to enter and participate in the study if he is abstinent or uses a barrier method of contraception during the study.
* Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status (ECOG PS) 0 or 1
* Adequate baseline organ function defined as:
* Hematologic function:

Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) ≥1 x 10\^9/L Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL Platelet ≥75 x 10\^9/L

* Hepatic function:

Total bilirubin ≥ 1.5 x Upper Limit of Normal (ULN) Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST) and Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) ≥ 2 x ULN

* Renal function:

Calculated creatinine clearance≥30 mL/min \[See Section 14.6 Appendix 6\] and

≥Urine protein is 0, trace, or +1 determined by dipstick urinalysis, or \< 1.0 gram determined by 24-hour urine protein analysis.

* Note: A patient should first be screened with dipstick urinalysis. If urine protein is ≥2+, then a 24-hour urine protein must be assessed and patient will be excluded if 24-hour urine protein is≥ 1.0 gram.
* Corrected serum calcium level within normal range per local clinical laboratory standard.

Note: Patients with hypercalcemia should be treated until the corrected serum calcium level reaches the normal range.

* At least 4 weeks must have elapsed since the last surgery and 2 weeks must have elapsed since radiotherapy or the last systemic cytokine therapy.
* Complete recovery from prior surgery, and/or reduction of all AEs to Grade 1 from prior systemic therapy or radiotherapy.
* Note: In patients with prior radiotherapy, the steroid doses should be stable or decreasing for at least 2 weeks.

Exclusion Criteria:

A patient will not be eligible for inclusion in this study if any of the following criteria apply:

* Pregnant or lactating female.
* History of another malignancy.
* Note: Patients who have had another malignancy and have been disease-free for 5 years, or patients with a history of completely resected non-melanomatous skin carcinoma or successfully treated in situ carcinoma are eligible.
* History or presence of central nervous system (CNS) metastasis or leptomeningeal tumors as documented by CT or MRI scan, analysis of cerebrospinal fluid or neurological exam.

Note: A baseline brain CT or MRI scan must be obtained in all patients within 2 weeks of the first dose of study medication.

* Malabsorption syndrome or disease that significantly affects gastrointestinal function, or major resection of the stomach or small bowel that could affect the absorption of pazopanib.
* Unable to swallow and retain orally administered medication.
* Active peptic ulcer disease, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, or other gastrointestinal conditions with increased risk of perforation; history of abdominal fistula, gastrointestinal perforation, or intra-abdominal abscess within 4 weeks prior to beginning study treatment.
* History of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
* Presence of uncontrolled infection.
* Corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation defined as QTc interval \> 470 msecs.
* History of Class III or IV congestive heart failure according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification.
* History of any one of the following cardiac conditions within the past 6 months:
* Cardiac angioplasty or stenting, or
* Myocardial infarction, or
* Unstable angina.
* History of cerebrovascular accident within the past 6 months.
* Poorly controlled hypertension \[defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) of ≥140mmHg, or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of ≥ 90mmHg\].
* Note: Initiation or adjustment of antihypertensive medication(s) is permitted prior to study entry. The blood pressure must be re-assessed on two occasions that are separated by a minimum of 24 hours. The mean SBP / DBP values from both blood pressure assessments must be \< 140/90mmHg in order for a patient to be eligible for the study.
* History of untreated deep venous thrombosis (DVT) within the past 6 months (e.g. a calf vein thrombosis that is not treated).

Note: Patients with recent DVT who are treated with therapeutic anti-coagulating agents (excluding therapeutic warfarin) for at least 2 weeks are eligible.

* Presence of any non-healing wound, fracture, or ulcer, or presence of symptomatic peripheral vascular disease.
* Evidence of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy.
* Any serious and/or unstable pre-existing medical, psychiatric, or other conditions that could interfere with patient's safety, obtaining informed consent or compliance to the study.
* Has taken any prohibited medications within 14 days of the first dose of study medication.
* Current or prior use of an investigational anti-cancer drug within 4 weeks of start of study.
* Prior use of an investigational or licensed drug that targets VEGF or VEGF receptors (eg. bevacizumab, sunitinib, sorafenib, etc).
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Histological or cytological confirmation of RCC with a clear-cell component (original tissue diagnosis of RCC is acceptable).
2. Documented evidence of advanced RCC.
3. At least 1 measurable target lesion according to RECIST 1.1 meeting the following criteria:

   * Lymph node (LN) lesion that measures at least 1 dimension as greater than or equal to (\>=) 1.5 cm in the short axis
   * Lymph node (LN) lesion that measures at least 1 dimension as greater than or equal to (\>=) 1.5 centimeter (cm) in the short axis
   * Non-nodal lesion that measures greater than or equal to (\>=) 1.0 cm in the longest diameter
   * The lesion is suitable for repeat measurement using computerized tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (CT/MRI). Lesions that have had external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or locoregional therapy must show radiographic evidence of disease progression based on RECIST 1.1 to be deemed a target lesion.

3.Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) of \>=70 4.Adequately controlled blood pressure (BP) with or without antihypertensive medications, defined as BP less than or equal (\<=) 150/90 millimeter of mercury (mmHg) at Screening and no change in antihypertensive medications within 1 week prior to Cycle 1/Day 1 (C1/D1) 5.Adequate renal function defined as creatinine \<=1.5\*upper limit of normal (ULN); or for participants with creatinine greater than (\>) 1.5\*ULN, the calculated creatinine clearance \>=30 milliliters per minute (mL/min) (per the Cockcroft-Gault formula) is acceptable.

6.Adequate bone marrow function defined by:

* Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) \>=1500/cubic millimeter (mm\^3)
* Platelets \>=100,000/mm\^3
* Hemoglobin \>=9 grams per deciliter (g/dL) NOTE: Criteria must be met without erythropoietin dependency and without packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusion within the previous 2 weeks.

  7.Adequate blood coagulation function defined by International Normalized ratio (INR) \<=1.5 unless participant is receiving anticoagulant therapy, as long as INR is within therapeutic range of intended use of anticoagulants.

  8.Adequate liver function defined by:
* Total bilirubin \<=1.5\*ULN except for unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia of Gilbert's syndrome.
* Alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) \<=3\*ULN (in the case of liver metastases \<=5\*ULN), unless there are bone metastases. Participants with ALP values \>3\*ULN and known to have bone metastases can be included.

  9.Provide written informed consent. 10.Willing and able to comply with all aspects of the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participants who have received any systemic anticancer therapy for RCC, including anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, or any systemic investigational anticancer agent. Prior adjuvant treatment with an investigational anticancer agent is not allowed unless the investigator can provide evidence of participant's randomization to placebo arm.
2. Participants with central nervous system (CNS) metastases are not eligible, unless they have completed local therapy (example, whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT), surgery or radiosurgery) and have discontinued the use of corticosteroids for this indication for at least 4 weeks before starting treatment in this study. Any signs (example, radiologic) or symptoms of CNS metastases must be stable for at least 4 weeks before starting study treatment
3. Active malignancy (except for RCC, definitively treated basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, and carcinoma in-situ of the cervix or bladder) within the past 24 months. Participants with history of localized \& low risk prostate cancer are allowed in the study if they were treated with curative intent and there is no prostate specific antigen (PSA) recurrence within the past 5 years
4. Prior radiation therapy within 21 days prior to start of study treatment with the exception of palliative radiotherapy to bone lesions, which is allowed if completed 2 weeks prior to study treatment start
5. Participants who are using other investigational agents or who had received investigational drugs \<=4 weeks prior to study treatment start.
6. Received a live vaccine within 30 days of planned start of study treatment (Cycle 1/Day 1). Examples of live vaccines include, but are not limited to, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella/zoster (chicken pox), yellow fever, rabies, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), and typhoid vaccine. Seasonal influenza vaccines for injection are generally killed virus vaccines and are allowed; however, intranasal influenza vaccines (example, FluMist®) are live attenuated vaccines and are not allowed.
7. Participants with proteinuria \>1+ on urine dipstick testing will undergo 24-h urine collection for quantitative assessment of proteinuria. Participants with urine protein \>=1 g/24 h will be ineligible
8. Fasting total cholesterol \>300 milligram per deciliter (mg/dL) (or ˃7.75 millimole per liter (mmol/L)) and/or fasting triglycerides level ˃2.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN). Note: these participants can be included after initiation or adjustment of lipid-lowering medication
9. Uncontrolled diabetes as defined by fasting glucose \>1.5 times the ULN. Note: these participants can be included after initiation or adjustment of glucose-lowering medication
10. Prolongation of corrected QT (QTc) interval to \>480 milliseconds (ms)
11. Participants who have not recovered adequately from any toxicity and/or complications from major surgery prior to starting therapy.
12. Gastrointestinal malabsorption, gastrointestinal anastomosis, or any other condition that might affect the absorption of lenvatinib, everolimus, and/or sunitinib.
13. Bleeding or thrombotic disorders or participants at risk for severe hemorrhage. The degree of tumor invasion/infiltration of major blood vessels should be considered because of the potential risk of severe hemorrhage associated with tumor shrinkage/necrosis following lenvatinib therapy
14. Clinically significant hemoptysis or tumor bleeding within 2 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug
15. Significant cardiovascular impairment within 12 months of the first dose of study drug: history of congestive heart failure greater than New York Heart Association Class II, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability. The following is also excluded: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) below the institutional normal range as determined by multiple-gated acquisition MUGA scan or echocardiogram
16. Active infection (any infection requiring systemic treatment)
17. Participants known to be positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
18. Known active Hepatitis B (example, Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) reactive) or Hepatitis C (example, hepatitis C virus ribonucleic acid (HCV RNA) \[qualitative\] is detected)
19. Known history of, or any evidence of, interstitial lung disease
20. Has a history of (non-infectious) pneumonitis that required steroids, or current pneumonitis
21. Participants with a diagnosis of immunodeficiency or who are receiving chronic systemic steroid therapy (doses exceeding 10 mg/day of prednisone equivalent) or any other form of immunosuppressive therapy within 7 days prior to the first dose of study treatment. Physiologic doses of corticosteroids (up to 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) may be used during the study
22. Active autoimmune disease (with the exception of psoriasis) that has required systemic treatment in the past 2 years (that is, with use of disease modifying agents, corticosteroids or immunosuppressive drugs). Replacement therapy (example, thyroxine, insulin, or physiologic corticosteroid replacement therapy for adrenal or pituitary insufficiency) is not considered a form of systemic treatment.
23. Females who are breastfeeding or pregnant at Screening or Baseline (as documented by a positive beta-human chorionic gonadotropin \[ß-hCG\] (or human chorionic gonadotropin \[hCG\]) test with a minimum sensitivity of 25 IU/L or equivalent units of ß-hCG \[or hCG\]). A separate baseline assessment is required if a negative screening pregnancy test was obtained more than 72 hours before the first dose of study drug.
24. Females of childbearing potential who:

    * Do not agree to use a highly effective method of contraception for the entire study period and for 120 days after study discontinuation, that is:
    * total abstinence (if it is their preferred and usual lifestyle)
    * an intrauterine device (IUD) or hormone-releasing system (IUS)
    * a contraceptive implant
    * an oral contraceptive (with additional barrier method) OR
    * Do not have a vasectomized partner with confirmed azoospermia. For sites outside of the EU, it is permissible that if a highly effective method of contraception is not appropriate or acceptable to the participant, then the participant must agree to use a medically acceptable method of contraception, that is, double barrier methods of contraception such as condom plus diaphragm or cervical/vault cap with spermicide.
25. Males who have not had a successful vasectomy (confirmed azoospermia) and do not agree to use condom + spermicide OR have a female partner who does not meet the criteria above (that is, is of childbearing potential and not practicing highly effective contraception throughout the study period), starting with the first dose of study therapy through 120 days after the last dose of study therapy, unless sexually abstinent. Note: Abstinence is acceptable if this is the usual lifestyle and preferred contraception for the participant.
26. Known intolerance to any of the study drugs (or any of the excipients)
27. Participant has had an allogenic tissue/solid organ transplant.
D: DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed renal cell cancer (RCC)

  * Clear-cell subtype with a resectable asymptomatic in situ primary

    * Asymptomatic primary is defined as the absence of symptoms\* which can be exclusively assigned to the primary tumor such as flank pain and/or gross hematuria necessitating blood transfusion NOTE: \*Para-neoplastic symptoms cannot be assigned to the primary tumor alone in metastatic disease, they are not included in this definition.
    * No symptomatic primary tumor necessitating nephrectomy
* Resectable primary tumor

  * Bulky locoregional lymph node metastases larger than the primary tumor allowed provided resectability of the lymph nodes is surgically feasible
* Metastatic RCC

  * Distant metastases are not completely resectable at the time of surgery or during an additional intervention
  * No multiple distant lesions at one site
  * No bone-only metastases
* Measurable disease, both primary and metastatic, according to RECIST 1.1 criteria
* Planning to receive sunitinib malate as background therapy
* Patients with \> 3 of the following surgical risk factors are not eligible:

  * Serum albumin CTCAE v 4.0 grade 2 or worse
  * Serum LDH \> 1.5 times upper limit of normal
  * Liver metastases
  * Symptoms at presentation due to metastases
  * Retroperitoneal lymph node involvement
  * Supra-diaphragmatic lymph node involvement
  * Clinical stage T3 or T4 disease
* No clinical signs of CNS involvement

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

* See Disease Characteristics
* WHO performance status 0-1
* Life expectancy \> 3 months
* WBC \> 3.0 x 10\^9/L
* Platelet count \> 100 x 10\^9/L
* Hemoglobin \> 10.0 g/dL
* PT/PTT or INR ≤ 1.2 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
* ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN (≤ 5 times ULN if liver lesions)
* Serum calcium \< 10.0 mg/dL
* Calculated or measured creatinine clearance \> 30 mL/min
* Not pregnant or nursing
* Negative pregnancy test
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception 2 weeks before and during study treatment
* LVEF normal by MUGA scan or ECHO
* 12-lead ECG normal
* No serious cardiac illness (myocardial infarction and/or treatable or untreatable angina pectoris not responding to treatment) within the past 12 months
* No uncontrolled, high BP (≥ 150/100 mm Hg) despite optimal medical therapy
* No current pulmonary disease
* No active or uncontrolled infections, serious illnesses, malabsorption syndrome, or medical conditions, including patients with a history of chronic alcohol abuse, hepatitis, HIV, and/or cirrhosis
* No malignancies within the past 5 years except renal cell carcinoma, basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, carcinoma in situ of the cervix, resected incidental prostate cancer staged pT2 with Gleason Score ≤ 6 and postoperative PSA \< 0.5 ng/mL, or patients with any history of malignancies who are disease-free for more than 5 years
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition potentially hampering compliance with the study protocol and follow-up schedule

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

* Prior local radiotherapy for bone lesions allowed
* No prior systemic therapy for metastatic RCC
* No prior partial or total nephrectomy
* No concurrent systemic corticosteroid and/or other immunosuppressive systemic therapies
* No concurrent radiotherapy, except palliative radiotherapy
* No concurrent participation in another clinical trial testing treatments for any disease including renal cell carcinoma
* No other concurrent investigational or systemic therapy for metastatic RCC

Answer: D