Renal Cell Carcinoma

During separate virtual live events, David A. Braun, MD, PhD, and Rana R. McKay, MD, surveyed oncologists on options for a patient with clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the front line.

Panelists discuss how the introduction of adjuvant immunotherapy has influenced their first-line treatment decisions for patients with newly diagnosed metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Panelists discuss how the management of adverse events differs between tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) monotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor plus TKI (ICI+TKI) combinations, including any notable differences in adverse effect profiles among various ICI plus TKI regimens used in treating metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Chandler Park, MD, moderated a discussion on how recent trial data and sites of metastasis affect treatment of favorable-risk metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the second article of a 2-part series.

David Braun, MD, PhD, discusses how biomarkers are evolving for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

Jaime Merchan, MD, discusses what the potential clinical implications or takeaways for colleagues are based on findings from the phase 3 CLEAR study in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Panelists discuss how specific disease characteristics, such as tumor burden, metastatic sites, and risk stratification, most strongly influence their decision-making process when choosing between immune checkpoint inhibitor plus tyrosine kinase inhibitor (ICI plus TKI) regimens and dual immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI plus ICI) combinations for treating metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Panelists discuss how they approach selecting among various immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) plus tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) combinations for first-line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, considering key factors that influence their decision-making process and drawing insights from recent clinical trials such as CheckMate 9ER, KEYNOTE-426, and CLEAR.

Toni Choueiri, MD, discusses the rationale behind the drug combination of tivozanib and nivolumab in the TiNivo-2 study.

Panelists discuss how the efficacy and safety profiles of various treatment options for intermediate/poor-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma compare, including cabozantinib monotherapy, nivolumab plus cabozantinib combination, nivolumab plus ipilimumab combination, and other immune checkpoint inhibitor plus tyrosine kinase inhibitor combinations.

Panelists discuss how the first-line treatment landscape for metastatic renal cell carcinoma has evolved in recent years, considering various factors that influence decision-making for newly diagnosed patients.

NKT2152, a novel oral HIF-2α inhibitor, showed promising results in treating advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, with an objective response rate of 20% in all-comers and 26.3% in the dose-escalation population.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Chandler Park, MD, moderated a discussion on treating patients with indolent or low-volume favorable-risk metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the first article of a 2-part series.

CheckMate-9ER post hoc analysis suggests certain sugar molecules on blood proteins may predict how well niovlumab and cabozantinib in kidney cancer treatment works.

A phase 2 trial of ipilimumab plus nivolumab has met its primary end point of 12-month overall survival rate in non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The combination of benmelstobart with anlotinib led to efficacy improvements in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma vs sunitinib.

Eric Jonasch, MD, discusses the mechanism of action of NKT-2152.

When added to tivozanib, nivolumab did not lead to improved clinical outcomes in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

A statistically significant improvement in progression-free survival and objective response rate was seen with belzutifan treatment in patients with previously treated patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

There are remaining gaps in papillary renal cell carcinoma that data from 3 pending trials hope to fill.

Findings from a subgroup analysis of the phase 3 LITESPARK-005 trial showed that belzutifan demonstrated superior efficacy and safety outcomes vs everolimus across prespecified subgroups.

Fianlimab plus cemiplimab was well-tolerated and showed durable responses, in pretreated patients with advanced clear cell renal carcinoma.

In an interview, Jaime Merchan, MD, explained the background and data from a biomarker analysis of the CLEAR trial in advanced renal cell carcinoma.

LITESPARK-005 showed that belzutifan improved progression-free survival and objective response vs everolimus in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma previously treated with immune checkpoint and antiangiogenic therapies.