Renal Cell Carcinoma

Following positive new data from a phase 1/2 study examining batiraxcept in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the agent has been granted fast track designation by the FDA.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Eric Jonasch, MD, discussed the efficacy of the CheckMate 9ER regimen for patients with renal cell carcinoma.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Karie Runcie, MD, provided an assessment on the Clavien-Dindo classification system and discussed initial results of the Cyo-KIK trial.

Bradley A. McGregor, MD, discusses current and future second-line therapy options following frontline tyrosine kinase inhibitor and immunotherapy for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Toni K. Choueiri, MD, discusses a key next step for using pembrolizumab in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

Retrospective analysis of a phase 2 trial indicated that tivozanib demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in the subset of patients who had non-clear cell histologies of renal cell carcinoma.

Scott Tykodi, MD, PhD, discusses using DFS as a primary end point in trials, as well as the usage of biomarkers.

Moshe Ornstein, MD, MA, discusses his approach to adjuvant therapy while treating patients with advanced clear cell RCC.

Nizar Tannir, MD, describes the data, criteria, and end points of the KEYNOTE-564 trial.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Randy F. Sweis, MD, discussed the results of the TIVO-3 trial of tivozanib. This is the second of 2 articles based on this event.

Results presented at the 2022 International Kidney Cancer Symposium show tivozanib continues to demonstrate progression-free survival benefit over sorafenib in relapsed or refractory renal cell carcinoma.

After approximately 33 months of extended follow-up in the CLEAR study, investigators say lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab should be considered a standard of care option for frontline advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Yousef Zakharia, MD, discussed standard first-line treatment for renal cell carcinaoma.

Subsequent therapy rates were lower in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated with the combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab vs those who received sunitinib in the CLEAR trial.

The newly launched phase 2 LenCabo study of lenvatinib with everolimus vs cabozantinib for the second- or third-line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Post hoc CheckMate 214 results show that nivolumab plus ipilimumab extend progression and overall survival in patient with advanced sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma who have not be previously treated.

During a debate at the 2022 International Kidney Cancer Symposium, Yousef Zakharia, MD and Rana M. McKay, MD presented argument for the use of doublets or triplets in patients with renal cell carcinoma.canc

Eric Jonasch, MD, discusses the 3-year follow-up of the LITESPARK-001 trial of belzutifan in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Dr Nizar Tannir describes data presented at ASCO 2022 from EVEREST investigating everolimus vs placebo for patients with high-risk disease.

Experts discuss the use of pembrolizumab as an adjuvant therapy in advanced clear cell RCC.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Randy F. Sweis, MD, discussed with participants their experience with the tolerability of tivozanib for recurrent advanced renal cell carcinoma. This is the first of 2 articles based on this event.

Dr Scott Tykodi explains the scenarios in which he would switch a patient to another regimen without dose reduction first.

The panel discusses which of the four approved combination regimens in advanced clear cell RCC they would choose for higher-risk patients, and the factors that play into the decision.

During a tweet chat, Shifeng S. Mao, MD, PhD and Targeted Oncology Twitter followers discussed the case of 59-year-old woman with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma ad best treatment options for the patient.

During a Targeted Oncology case-based roundtable event, Moshe Ornstein, MD, MA, discussed how to treat a patient with intermediate-risk renal cell carcinoma.