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NCT07489495RecruitingPhase 3

A Clinical Study of Belzutifan (MK-6482) and Zanzalintinib in People With Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) (LITESPARK-034/LS-034/MK-6482-034)

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Study of Belzutifan + Zanzalintinib Versus Belzutifan + Placebo in Participants With Advanced RCC Who Have Progressed on or After Both PD-1/L1 and VEGF-TKI Therapies in Sequence or in Combination (LITESPARK-034)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

Researchers are looking for new ways to treat advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A standard (usual) treatment for certain people with RCC is belzutifan (a study medicine), which is a targeted therapy. Targeted therapy is a treatment that works to control how specific types of cancer cells grow and spread. Researchers want to learn if adding another targeted therapy called zanzalintinib (another study medicine) can treat more people with advanced RCC than belzutifan alone. The goal of this study is to learn if people who receive belzutifan and zanzalintinib live longer overall and without the cancer getting worse compared to people who receive belzutifan and placebo.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
758 (estimated)
First submitted
20 Mar 2026
Start date
9 Apr 2026
Primary completion date
27 Nov 2030
Lead sponsor
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
NCT number
NCT07489495
EU CT number
2024-516993-31-00

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 3
  • Planned participants: 758
  • From 9 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, 27 Nov 2030
  • 109 sites in 19 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

Built from the registry fields of ClinicalTrials.gov. It describes the study, not your situation.

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 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
  • Has not adequately recovered from major surgery or has ongoing surgical complications

Other illness

  • Has clinically significant cardiovascular disease within 12 months from first dose of study intervention
  • Has current pneumonitis/interstitial lung disease
  • Has a history of human immunodeficiency virus infection
  • Has Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C virus infection
  • Has a known additional malignancy that is progressing or has required active treatment within the past 3 years
  • Has a history of solid organ transplant

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

  • For exclusion criteria: The main exclusion criteria include but are not limited to the following:
  • Has any of the following: a pulse oximeter reading \<92% at rest, requires intermittent supplemental oxygen, or required chronic supplemental oxygen

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 carcinoma (RCC) with clear cell component (with or without sarcomatoid features) ie, Stage IV RCC per American Joint Committee on Cancer (8th Edition)
  • Has measurable disease per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Version 1.1 (RECIST 1.1)
  • Has received no more than 3 prior systemic regimens for RCC, including only 1 prior anti-Programmed Cell Death-1/Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand 1 therapy

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (109)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Instituto Alexander Fleming ( Site 0252)
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CABAArgentinaRecruiting
Centro Oncologico Korben ( Site 0254)
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CABAArgentinaRecruiting
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires ( Site 0253)
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Ciudad de Buenos AiresArgentinaRecruiting
Centro Oncológico Riojano Integral ( Site 0256)
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La RiojaArgentinaRecruiting
Instituto de Investigaciones Clinicas Mar del Plata ( Site 0250)
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Mar del PlataArgentinaRecruiting
Centro Privado de RMI Río Cuarto S.A. II ( Site 0255)
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Río CuartoArgentinaRecruiting
Sanatorio Parque ( Site 0251)
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RosarioArgentinaRecruiting
Instituto de Oncología de Rosario ( Site 0257)
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RosarioArgentinaRecruiting
COE (Centro Oncológico de Excelencia) ( Site 0259)
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San JuanArgentinaRecruiting
Macquarie University ( Site 2700)
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Macquarie UniversityAustraliaSuspended
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre ( Site 2702)
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MelbourneAustraliaSuspended
Fiona Stanley Hospital ( Site 2704)
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MurdochAustraliaSuspended
Princess Alexandra Hospital ( Site 2703)
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WoolloongabbaAustraliaSuspended
Instituto do Câncer e Transplante de Curitiba ( Site 0300)
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CuritibaBrazilRecruiting
Liga Norte Riograndense Contra o Câncer ( Site 0307)
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NatalBrazilRecruiting
Hope - Humanizacao Em Oncologia, Pesquisa E Ensino ( Site 0306)
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Ribeirão PretoBrazilRecruiting
Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto ( Site 0302)
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São José do Rio PretoBrazilRecruiting
CEDOES ( Site 0303)
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VitóriaBrazilRecruiting
The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre ( Site 0003)
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OttawaCanadaRecruiting
IC La Serena Research ( Site 0405)
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La SerenaChileRecruiting
Clínica Puerto Montt ( Site 0404)
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Port MonttChileRecruiting
Fundacion Arturo Lopez Perez ( Site 0401)
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SantiagoChileRecruiting
Bradfordhill ( Site 0400)
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SantiagoChileRecruiting
ONCOCENTRO APYS ( Site 0403)
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Viña del MarChileRecruiting
Masarykuv Onkologicky Ustav
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Brno-StredCzechiaRecruiting
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 v Motole
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PragueCzechiaRecruiting
Vseobecna Fakultni Nemocnice V Praze
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Prague 2CzechiaRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Augsburg
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AugsburgGermanyRecruiting
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
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BerlinGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
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HeidelbergGermanyRecruiting
Universitaetsklinikum Jena KöR
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JenaGermanyRecruiting
Klinikum der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM Klinikum)
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MunichGermanyRecruiting
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
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil
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Las Palmas de Gran CanariaSpainRecruiting
Institut Catala D'oncologia
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L'Hospitalet de LlobregatSpainRecruiting
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón
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MadridSpainRecruiting
Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
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MadridSpainRecruiting
University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
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SevillaSpainRecruiting
Fundación Instituto Valenciano de Oncología
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ValenciaSpainRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers
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AngersFranceRecruiting
Centr Georges Francois Leclerc
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DijonFranceRecruiting
Clinique Victor Hugo
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Le MansFranceRecruiting
Hopital Europeen Marseille
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MarseilleFranceRecruiting
Centre Antoine Lacassagne
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Nice Cedex 2FranceRecruiting
Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
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ParisFranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
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Saint-Priest-en-JarezFranceRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Toulouse
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Toulouse Cedex 9FranceRecruiting
Institut Gustave Roussy
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VillejuifFranceRecruiting
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust ( Site 2610)
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BirminghamUnited KingdomRecruiting
Addenbrookes Hospital ( Site 2605)
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CambridgeUnited KingdomRecruiting
Velindre Cancer Centre ( Site 2612)
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CardiffUnited KingdomRecruiting
Western General Hospital ( Site 2608)
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EdinburghUnited KingdomRecruiting
The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre ( Site 2602)
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GlasgowUnited KingdomRecruiting
Leicester Royal Infirmary ( Site 2604)
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LeicesterUnited KingdomRecruiting
University Hospital of Southampton ( Site 2606)
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SouthamptonUnited KingdomRecruiting
The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust ( Site 2601)
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WithingtonUnited KingdomRecruiting
General Hospital of Athens - Alexandra
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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
Rambam Health Care Campus ( Site 1600)
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HaifaIsraelRecruiting
Meir Medical Center. ( Site 1603)
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Kfar SabaIsraelRecruiting
Rabin Medical Center ( Site 1602)
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Petah TikvaIsraelRecruiting
Sheba Medical Center ( Site 1601)
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Ramat GanIsraelRecruiting
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
Istituto Romagnolo per lo Studio dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST S.r.l
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MeldolaItalyRecruiting
Fondazione IRCCS - Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori
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MilanItalyRecruiting
Istituto Oncologico Veneto
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PadovaItalyRecruiting
Azienda Ospedaliera di Perugia
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PerugiaItalyRecruiting
I.F.O. Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri
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RomeItalyRecruiting
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
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RomeItalyRecruiting
Humanitas Mirasole S.p.A.
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RozzanoItalyRecruiting
Samsung Medical Center ( Site 2902)
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System ( Site 2903)
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Asan Medical Center ( Site 2901)
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SeoulSouth KoreaRecruiting
Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis Stichting
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AmsterdamNetherlandsRecruiting
Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht
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MaastrichtNetherlandsRecruiting
Sint Franciscus Vlietland Groep Stichting
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SchiedamNetherlandsRecruiting
Haga Hospital
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's-GravenhageNetherlandsRecruiting
Pratia S.A.
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CracowPolandRecruiting
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im. Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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GliwicePolandRecruiting
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
Narodowy Instytut Onkologii im Marii Sklodowskiej Curie Panstwowy Instytut Badawczy
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WarsawPolandRecruiting
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( Site 0139)
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting
Dana Farber Cancer Institute ( Site 0135)
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BostonUnited StatesRecruiting
UT Southwestern Medical Center ( Site 0119)
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DallasUnited StatesRecruiting
The West Clinic, P.C. ( Site 0115)
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GermantownUnited StatesRecruiting
The Cancer and Hematology Centers ( Site 0123)
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Grand RapidsUnited StatesRecruiting
University of Louisville, James Graham Brown Cancer Center ( Site 0133)
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LouisvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Norton Women's and Children's Hospital-Norton Cancer Institute - St. Matthews ( Site 0104)
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LouisvilleUnited StatesRecruiting
Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers, a Service of Wellstar Cobb Hospital ( Site 0102)
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MariettaUnited StatesRecruiting
Atlantic Health System Morristown Medical Center ( Site 0109)
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MorristownUnited StatesRecruiting
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center ( Site 0126)
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New YorkUnited StatesRecruiting
Washington University School of Medicine ( Site 0114)
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St LouisUnited StatesRecruiting
Adana Medical Park Seyhan Hastanesi ( Site 2505)
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AdanaTurkey (Türkiye)Recruiting
Ankara University Health Practice and Research Hospitals ( Site 2506)
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AnkaraTurkey (Türkiye)Recruiting
Trakya University Medical Faculty Hospital ( Site 2502)
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EdirneTurkey (Türkiye)Recruiting
Koc Universitesi Hastanesi ( Site 2501)
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IstanbulTurkey (Türkiye)Recruiting
Ege Universitesi Hastanesi ( Site 2503)
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IzmirTurkey (Türkiye)Recruiting
Hacettepe Universite Hastaneleri ( Site 2500)
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SıhhiyeTurkey (Türkiye)Recruiting

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