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NCT03401788Active, not recruitingPhase 2

A Phase 2 Study of Belzutifan (PT2977, MK-6482) for the Treatment of Von Hippel Lindau (VHL) Disease-Associated Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) (MK-6482-004)

An Open-Label Phase 2 Study to Evaluate PT2977 for the Treatment of Von Hippel Lindau Disease-Associated Renal Cell Carcinoma

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Apr 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study is designed to investigate belzutifan as a treatment for VHL disease associated RCC.

Status (registry)
Active, not recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50 (estimated)
First submitted
9 Jan 2018
Start date
2 May 2018
Primary completion date
29 Apr 2027
Lead sponsor
Peloton Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, New Jersey USA)
NCT number
NCT03401788
EU CT number
2023-509119-99-00
EudraCT number
2018-000125-30

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 50
  • From 2 May 2018 to the primary completion date, 29 Apr 2027
  • 11 sites in 4 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Has received prior treatment with belzutifan or another HIF-2α inhibitor
  • Has an immediate need for surgical intervention for tumor treatment

Other illness

  • Has had any systemic anti-cancer therapy (includes anti-vascular endothelial growth factor \[VEGF\] therapy or any systemic investigational anti-cancer agent)
  • Has evidence of metastatic disease on screening imaging

Who the study is looking for

  • Has a diagnosis of von Hippel Lindau disease, based on a germline VHL alteration
  • Has at least 1 measurable solid RCC tumor and no RCC tumor that requires immediate surgical intervention. The diagnosis of RCC can be radiologic (histologic diagnosis not required). Participants may have VHL disease-associated tumors in other organ systems

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (11)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Aarhus Universitetshospital
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Aarhus NDenmarkActive, not recruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
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ParisFranceActive, not recruiting
Cambridge university hospital
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CambridgeUnited KingdomUnknown status
University of Michigan
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Ann ArborUnited StatesUnknown status
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
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BethesdaUnited StatesUnknown status
Massachusetts General Hospital
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BostonUnited StatesUnknown status
MD Anderson Cancer Center
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HoustonUnited StatesUnknown status
Vanderbilt Medical Center
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NashvilleUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
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PhiladelphiaUnited StatesUnknown status
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
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PittsburghUnited StatesUnknown status
Huntsman Cancer Institute
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Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUnknown status

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