TABLE 7.

Ongoing adjuvant trials with targeted agents in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

SORCE, A phase III randomised double-blind study comparing Sorafenib with placebo in patients with Resected primary renal cell carcinoma at high or intermediate risk of relapse; RCC, renal cell carcinoma; ASSURE, Adjuvant Sunitinib versus Sorafenib versus Placebo in Patients with Resected Renal Cell Carcinoma; S-TRAC, Sunitinib Treatment of Renal Adjuvant Cancer; EVEREST, EVErolimus for Renal Cancer Ensuing Surgical Therapy, A phase III study; PROTECT, Patient Related Outcomes with Endeavor versus Cypher Standing Trial; MRC, Medical Research Council; EORTC, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; SWOG, Southwest Oncology Group; GSK, Glaxo Smith Kline.