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NCT07227402RecruitingPhase 3

A Clinical Study of Belzutifan and Zanzalintinib in People With Recurrent Kidney Cancer Following Adjuvant Therapy (MK-6482-033)

A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-label Study of Belzutifan + Zanzalintinib Versus Cabozantinib in Participants With Advanced RCC Who Experienced Disease Recurrence During or After Prior Adjuvant Anti-PD-1/L1 Therapy (LITESPARK-033)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 3 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Researchers are looking for more ways to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) that is recurrent. Researchers want to learn if recurrent advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) responds (gets smaller or goes away) after treatment with belzutifan (MK-6482) and zanzalintinib compared to cabozantinib. The goal of this study is to learn if: People who take belzutifan and zanzalintinib live longer overall and without the cancer getting worse than people who take cabozantinib.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
904 (estimated)
First submitted
7 Nov 2025
Start date
26 Nov 2025
Primary completion date
27 Feb 2032
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT07227402
EU CT number
2024-517136-21-00
EudraCT number
2024-517136-21

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 904
  • From 26 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 27 Feb 2032
  • 132 sites in 23 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Had deep vein thrombosis within 3 months before randomization unless stable, asymptomatic, and treated with therapeutic anticoagulation for at least 4 weeks before randomization
  • Has had major surgery within 8 weeks before randomization or has not adequately recovered from major surgery or has ongoing surgical complications
  • Has symptomatic pleural effusion (for example cough, dyspnea, pleuritic chest pain), ascites, or pericardial fluid requiring drainage within 4 weeks prior to randomization
  • Received a live or live-attenuated vaccine within 30 days before the first dose of study intervention

Other illness

  • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention, including New York Heart Association Class III or IV congestive heart failure, unstable angina, new-onset angina, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular accident, or cardiac arrhythmia associated with hemodynamic instability
  • Has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
  • Has a gastrointestinal disorder including those associated with a high risk of perforation or fistula formation
  • Has a serious active nonhealing wound/ulcer/bone fracture
  • Has history of human immunodeficiency virus infection
  • Has hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus

Lab values

  • Has a left ventricular ejection fraction ≤50% or below the institutional (or local laboratory) normal range as determined by multigated acquisition or echocardiogram

Other

  • The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
  • Has a requirement for hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
  • Has pharmacologically uncompensated, symptomatic hypothyroidism

Who the study is looking for

  • The main inclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
  • Has a histologically confirmed diagnosis of unresectable, advanced renal cell cancer (RCC) with clear cell component (with or without sarcomatoid features) i.e., Stage IV renal cell cancer per American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) (8th Edition)
  • Has measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors 1.1 (RECIST 1.1)
  • Has disease recurrence during adjuvant anti-programmed cell death 1/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-1/L1) therapy or recurrence ≤24 months following the last dose of adjuvant anti-PD-1/L1 therapy
  • Has received no other prior systemic therapy for their RCC except for their adjuvant anti-PD-1/L1 therapy

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (132)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires. ( Site 0203)
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CabaArgentinaRecruiting
Asociación de Beneficencia Hospital Sirio Libanés ( Site 0205)
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CabaArgentinaRecruiting
Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones clínicas "Dr. Norberto Quirno" (CEMIC) ( Site 0208)
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Caba.ArgentinaRecruiting
Hospital Aleman ( Site 0204)
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CABAArgentinaRecruiting
Instituto Alexander Fleming ( Site 0202)
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CABAArgentinaRecruiting
Hospital Privado Universitario de Córdoba ( Site 0207)
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CórdobaArgentinaRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Austral ( Site 0212)
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PilarArgentinaRecruiting
Instituto de Oncología de Rosario ( Site 0209)
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RosarioArgentinaRecruiting
Sanatorio Parque ( Site 0201)
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RosarioArgentinaRecruiting
Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH
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LinzAustriaRecruiting
Medical University of Vienna
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ViennaAustriaRecruiting
Stadt Wien Wiener Gesundheitsverbund
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ViennaAustriaRecruiting
Macquarie University-MQ Health Clinical Trials Unit ( Site 2100)
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SydneyAustraliaRecruiting
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
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GenkBelgiumRecruiting
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
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GentBelgiumRecruiting
UZ Leuven
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LeuvenBelgiumRecruiting
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
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Sint-Lambrechts-WoluweBelgiumRecruiting
IPC - MT Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas do Mato Grosso ( Site 0305)
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CuiabáBrazilRecruiting
Liga Norte Riograndense Contra o Câncer ( Site 0307)
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NatalBrazilRecruiting
Hospital Moinhos de Vento ( Site 0309)
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Porto AlegreBrazilRecruiting
Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto ( Site 0302)
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São José do Rio PretoBrazilRecruiting
Hospital Alemao Oswaldo Cruz ( Site 0311)
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São PauloBrazilRecruiting
Centro de Investigacion Clinica UC CICUC ( Site 0402)
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SantiagoChileRecruiting
Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez ( Site 0401)
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SantiagoChileRecruiting
Oncocentro Valdivia ( Site 0408)
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ValdiviaChileRecruiting
Masarykuv Onkologicky Ustav
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Brno-StredCzechiaRecruiting
Nemocnice České Budějovice, a.s.
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České BudějoviceCzechiaRecruiting
Fakultni nemocnice Hradec Kralove
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Hradec KrálovéCzechiaRecruiting
University Hospital Olomouc
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OlomoucCzechiaRecruiting
Fakultni nemocnice Ostrava
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OstravaCzechiaRecruiting
Fakultni Nemocnice Motol a Homolka
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PragueCzechiaRecruiting
Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice V Praze
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Prague 2CzechiaRecruiting
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
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BerlinGermanyRecruiting
Technische Universitaet Dresden
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DresdenGermanyRecruiting
HELIOS Klinikum Erfurt GmbH
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ErfurtGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen
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GoettingenGermanyRecruiting
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
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HamburgGermanyRecruiting
St. Elisabeth Gruppe GmbH Katholische Kliniken Rhein-Ruhr
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HerneGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Jena KöR
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JenaGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Muenster AöR
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MuensterGermanyRecruiting
Studienpraxis Urologie Susan Feyerabend MD Tilman Todenhoefer MD PhD GbR
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NuertingenGermanyRecruiting
Rostock University Medical Center
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RostockGermanyRecruiting
HELIOS Kliniken Schwerin GmbH
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SchwerinGermanyRecruiting
Klinikum Der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart gKAöR
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StuttgartGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen AöR
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TuebingenGermanyRecruiting
Region Midtjylland
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Aarhus NDenmarkRecruiting
Region Hovedstaden
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HerlevDenmarkRecruiting
Odense University Hospital
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Odense CDenmarkRecruiting
Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
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BarcelonaSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia
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CórdobaSpainRecruiting
Institut Català d'Oncologia
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GironaSpainRecruiting
Institut Catala D'oncologia
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L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Clínico San Carlos
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla
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SantanderSpainRecruiting
Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología
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ValenciaSpainRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
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AngersFranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier de la Cote Basque
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BayonneFranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Bordeaux
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Bordeaux CedexFranceRecruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
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Creteil CedexFranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Grenoble Alpes
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Grenoble Cedex 9FranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Departemental Vendee
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La Roche Sur Yon Cedex 9FranceRecruiting
Polyclinique De Limoges
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Limoges Cedex IFranceRecruiting
Centre De Cancerologue Du Grand Montpellier
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MontpellierFranceRecruiting
Medipole De Nancy
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NancyFranceRecruiting
Hospices Civils de Lyon
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Pierre-BéniteFranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Rouen
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RouenFranceRecruiting
Hospital Foch
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SuresnesFranceRecruiting
Addenbrookes Hospital ( Site 2005)
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CambridgeUnited KingdomRecruiting
Alexandra Hospital
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AthensGreeceRecruiting
University General Hospital "ATTIKON" - General Hospital of West Attica "H AGIA VARVARA"
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ChaïdáriGreeceRecruiting
Metropolitan Hospital
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PireasGreeceRecruiting
Prince of Wales Hospital ( Site 2200)
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Hong KongHong Kong SAR ChinaRecruiting
Queen Mary Hospital ( Site 2201)
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Hong KongHong Kong SAR ChinaRecruiting
Klinicki bolnicki centar Sestre milosrdnice
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Grad ZagrebCroatiaRecruiting
KBC Split
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SplitCroatiaRecruiting
University Hospital Centre Zagreb
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ZagrebCroatiaRecruiting
Cork University Hospital
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CorkIrelandRecruiting
Tallaght University Hospital
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Dublin 24IrelandRecruiting
St Vincent's University Hospital
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Dublin 4IrelandRecruiting
Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale Toscana Sud Est
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ArezzoItalyRecruiting
Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera Consorziale Policlinico Bari
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BariItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Di Bologna IRCCS Istituto Di Ricerca E Di Cura A Carattere Scientifico
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BolognaItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
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FlorenceItalyRecruiting
IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
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GenoaItalyRecruiting
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Antonio Cardarelli
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NaplesItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria San Luigi Gonzaga
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OrbassanoItalyRecruiting
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
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PadovaItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Parma
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ParmaItalyRecruiting
Ospedale P. Pederzoli Casa di Cura Privata S.p.A.
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Peschiera del GardaItalyRecruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
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RomeItalyRecruiting
I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri
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RomeItalyRecruiting
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
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RozzanoItalyRecruiting
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital ( Site 2505)
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Hwasun-gunSouth KoreaRecruiting
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital ( Site 2504)
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SeongnamSouth KoreaRecruiting
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System ( Site 2503)
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Samsung Medical Center ( Site 2502)
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Asan Medical Center ( Site 2501)
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Chungnam National University Hospital ( Site 2506)
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TaejŏnSouth KoreaRecruiting
CIO - Centro de Inmuno-Oncología de Occidente ( Site 0503)
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GuadalajaraMexicoRecruiting
Higiea Oncologia ( Site 0504)
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Mexico CityMexicoRecruiting
I CAN ONCOLOGY CENTER S.A. DE C.V. ( Site 0507)
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MonterreyMexicoRecruiting
Centro de Investigacion Clinica de Oaxaca ( Site 0502)
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Oaxaca CityMexicoRecruiting
Clinica Integral Internacional de Oncología ( Site 0506)
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Puebla CityMexicoRecruiting
Centrum Onkologii Im. Prof. Franciszka Lukaszczyka W Bydgoszczy
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BydgoszczPolandRecruiting
Pratia S.A.
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CracowPolandRecruiting
Szpital Specjalistyczny Im. Ludwika Rydygiera W Krakowie Sp. z o.o.
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CracowPolandRecruiting
Szpital Wojewodzki im. Mikolaja Kopernika w Koszalinie
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KoszalinPolandRecruiting
Wojewodzki Szpital im Sw Ojca Pio w Przemyslu
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PrzemyślPolandRecruiting
Mazowiecki Szpital Wojewodzki Im. Sw. Jana Pawła II W Siedlcach Sp. z o.o.
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SiedlcePolandRecruiting
Aidport sp z o.o.
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SkorzewoPolandRecruiting
Pratia S.A.
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WarsawPolandRecruiting
National University Hospital ( Site 2400)
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SingaporeSingaporeRecruiting
National Cancer Centre Singapore ( Site 2401)
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SingaporeSingaporeRecruiting
China Medical University Hospital ( Site 2603)
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TaichungTaiwanRecruiting
Taichung Veterans General Hospital ( Site 2602)
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TaichungTaiwanRecruiting
Taipei Veterans General Hospital ( Site 2600)
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TaipeiTaiwanRecruiting
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital - Linkou Branch ( Site 2604)
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TaoyuanTaiwanRecruiting
Alaska Oncology and Hematology ( Site 0133)
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AnchorageUnited StatesRecruiting
Greater Baltimore Medical Center ( Site 0145)
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BaltimoreUnited StatesRecruiting
Carolina Oncology Specialists, PA ( Site 9002)
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CharlotteUnited StatesRecruiting
Providence Medical Foundation ( Site 0141)
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FullertonUnited StatesRecruiting
Thompson Cancer Survival Center ( Site 0125)
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KnoxvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center ( Site 0126)
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Los AngelesUnited StatesRecruiting
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center ( Site 0112)
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Los AngelesUnited StatesRecruiting
Oncology Hematology West P.C. dba Nebraska Cancer Specialists ( Site 0131)
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OmahaUnited StatesRecruiting
Metro-Minnesota Community Clinical Oncology ( Site 0144)
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Saint Louis ParkUnited StatesRecruiting
New England Cancer Specialists ( Site 0132)
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WestbrookUnited StatesRecruiting

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