Overview

Study of Hydroxychloroquine and Aldesleukin in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients (RCC)

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2019-02-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The main goal of the research study is to determine whether treating renal cell cancer patients with the study drug, hydroxychloroquine, along with IL-2, a standard treatment of kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, can make the cancer easier to kill and eliminate. Another goal is to see how the study drug affects the body's immune cells which fight cancer cells.
Phase:
Phase 1/Phase 2
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Leonard Appleman
University of Pittsburgh
Collaborator:
Prometheus Laboratories
Treatments:
Aldesleukin
Hydroxychloroquine
Interleukin-2