Renal Cell Carcinoma

Lenvatinib plus everolimus demonstrated anti-tumor activity as treatment of patients with advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the frontline setting, according to findings from a phase 2 clinical trial.

Based on results from the phase 2 OMNIVORE study, the response-based strategy achieved no complete responses and a low partial response/complete response conversion in advanced renal cell carcinoma.

During a Targeted Oncology Case Based Peer Perspective event, Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, discussed the case of a 57-year-old woman with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Ulka Vaishampayan, MD, discusses the findings from the phase 3 CheckMate-9ER study, which demonstrated promising response and survival outcomes with the combination of cabozantinib plus nivolumab as treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma compared with sunitinib.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Laurence Albiges, MD, PhD, discussed the updated findings for the combination of nivolumab and ipilimumab as treatment of patients with intermediate- and poor-risk advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Bradley McGregor, MD, discusses the current treatment landscape for patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, which has significantly evolved over the last few years.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Bradley McGregor, MD, discussed the findings from the CheckMate-9ER study of nivolumab and cabozantinib as treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, as well as the health-related QoL data supporting the use of this combination.

The FDA granted a Priority Review designation to the combination of nivolumab plus cabozantinib for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Rana R. McKay, MD, discussed the findings from the CheckMate-9ER study of nivolumab plus cabozantinib in patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma who had not been previously treated.

Rana R. McKay, MD, discusses the combination of nivolumab and cabozantinib versus sunitinib in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

In a post hoc analysis of the randomized phase 3 SURTIME trial of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, early treatment with sunitinib demonstrated better control over the disease as well as detection of progression before planned cytoreductive nephrectomy.

Robert Alter, MD, of John Theurer Cancer Center, describes the rationale for treating a 58-year-old male with advanced renal cell carcinoma with the combination of lenvatinib and everolimus following progression on first-line therapy.

Patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with cabozantinib in combination with atezolizumab in the phase 1b COSMIC-021 study, had promising clinical activity, according to results from the study presented during the 2020 European Society of Medical Oncology Virtual Congress.

The use of molecularly-directed frontline therapy enriched responses in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma, demonstrating clinical evidence to support further use, according to findings from the noncomparative, phase 2, biomarker-driven BIONIKK trial.

At 4 years of follow-up, nivolumab and ipilimumab in combination as first-line therapy of advanced renal cell carcinoma demonstrated durable benefit versus sunitinib, according to research presented at the 2020 ESMO Virtual Congress.

Frontline nivolumab in combination with cabozantinib demonstrated a 49% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death as treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Real-world trial results demonstrated nivolumab had comparable overall survival results with those observed in the phase 3 CheckMate 025 study as treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received 1 or more prior lines of therapy.

Ulka Vaishampayan, MD, discusses the use of tivozanib as treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, based on supportive data in the TIVO-3 clinical trial.

The combination of nivolumab plus ipilimumab demonstrated long-term survival and response benefits as treatment of poor- to intermediate-risk patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid features compared with sunitinib, according to published results from the phase 3 CheckMate 214 clinical trial.