
Opinion|Videos|July 17, 2024
Biomarkers: Impact on Treatment Choices and Future Expectations
Author(s)Matthew T. Campbell, MD, MS, Rana R. McKay, MD
The key opinion leaders share their strategies for selecting systemic therapy, comparing immunotherapy combination (IO/IO) versus immunotherapy plus tyrosine kinase inhibitor (IO/TKI) approaches, for previously untreated patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.
Episodes in this series

- Dr McKay and Campbell: Please discuss your treatment approach to systemic therapy (IO/IO vs. IO/TKI) for treatment-naïve patients with advanced RCC.
- How do the most recent data updates for CM-214, CLEAR, KN-426, and CM-9ER impact your treatment decisions?
- Please discuss the importance of biomarkers in determining appropriate treatment options.
- CLEAR – biomarker analysis (
Choueiri, TK, et al. 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract 4504 ). - CheckMate -214 – biomarker analysis (
Matar, S, et al 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract 4536 ). - Keynote-426 – biomarker analysis (
Rini BI, et al. 2024 ASCO Annual Meeting. Abstract 4505 ).
- CLEAR – biomarker analysis (
- Do you have a “go-to” treatment?
- How do you factor OS, PFS, and DOR into your decision-making?
- Does it differ for those with intermediate/poor risk vs. favorable risk disease?
- If so, what patient-specific variables would cause you to re-evaluate your treatment choice(s)?
- Age? Tumor burden? Kidney function? Performance status? Chronic comorbidities?





































