Kidney Cancer

This study evaluates the safety and efficacy of the combination of Avelumab, (a fully human anti-programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) IgG1 antibody) in combination with a taxane chemotherapy (docetaxel) in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer who are either ineligible to receive cisplatin based chemotherapy, refractory to cisplatin in first line setting or have disease relapse after receiving cisplatin based chemotherapy within a year in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting.

This is a Phase I/II trial for safety and preliminary efficacy of the combination of axitinib and selenomethionine (SLM) for adult patients with advanced metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC). This will be a two part study consisting of a dose escalation and expansion study. In addition, a pilot group of 10 subjects will have SLM dose calculated based on patients' body surface area (BSA) to characterize the dose-concentration relationship and estimate the effective administered dose of selenium necessary to achieve the target blood concentration range informed by preclinical data.