International Kidney Cancer Symposium

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.

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

Compared with systemic therapy administered after cytoreductive nephrectomy, active surveillance was an option for some patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Compared with sunitinib, the combination of nivolumab an ipilimumab produced better long-term responses, with overall survival approaching 5 years.

New findings suggest that understanding subtypes of non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma is important for personalizing treatment.

James Brugarolas, MD, PhD, discusses updated survival data in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The frontline combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab is under investigation as a treatment option for patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma in the recently launched phase 2 KEYNOTE-B61 trial.

While immunotherapy has high and durable response rates, most patients die of the disease.

During a presentation at the 2021 International Kidney Cancer Symposium, Bradley McGregor, MD, discussed analyses of outcomes based on histology in major RCC clinical trials, and how this approach will shape the future of treatment.

Naomi B. Haas, MD, medical oncologist, discusses the potential benefits of lenvatinib for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

Limited data exists on the effects of palliative care in patients with kidney cancer, and more research is needed.

Investigators of the CheckMate 920 trial found no differences in safety signals or responses with modified dosing of nivolumab and ipilimumab compared with the standard dose in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma treated in the frontline.

During a keynote address for the International Kidney Cancer Symposium, William G. Kaelin Jr, MD, spoke of recent research on effective treatment with the ability to target von Hippel-Lindau disease–associated renal cell carcinoma. These drugs included immunotherapy, HIF-2α inhibitors, and CDK4/6 inhibitors, which may be the future of the treatment paradigm.

Findings from a phase 2 trial evaluating lenvatinib given at 2 different starting doses, 14 mg versus 18 mg, in combination with everolimus, suggest the lower dose is similar to the standard dose in terms of efficacy and safety with minimal differences observed between the 2 arms.

Significant overall survival and progression-free survival benefits were observed with combination regimens containing immunotherapy in combination with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, along with tolerable safety in patients with renal cell carcinoma to Suzanne Cole, MD, FACP noted, however, that the cost of these combination can dim the light on the advantages.

Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield, MD, advises physicians on how to make appropriate treatment decisions for patients with unresectable kidney cancer.

In patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma who had progressed on prior PD-1 or PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy, the combination of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab achieved antitumor responses, according to results from a phase 2 trial.

In an interview with Targeted Oncology, Toni K. Choueiri, MD, discussed key results from the CheckMate-9ER trial in advanced renal cell carcinoma, as well as ongoing trials with the potential to move the landscape further along.

Pavlos Msaouel, MD, PhD, discusses how the treatments and outcomes differ between patients with the rarer disease of renal medullary carcinoma than the more common 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.

Findings from a planned interim analysis of the Ib/II Study 111 showed that lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab induced a disease control rate of 94% in patients with metastatic clear cell RCC who had disease progression following treatment with a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor.

Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, discusses the rationale for the phase II study of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab for disease progression after PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.<br /> &nbsp;

Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma assigned to nivolumab plus ipilimumab had a longer treatment-free survival than patients treated with sunitinib. Furthermore, those patients assigned to the combination spent less time experiencing treatment-related adverse events.

In an interview with&nbsp;Targeted Oncology&nbsp;at the IKCS meeting, Gennady Bratslavsky, MD, provided his expert opinion on the optimal first-line therapy for non&ndash;clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a topic he debated on with peers at the 2019 International Kidney Cancer Symposium.

Martin H. Voss, reviews the method of design and results for the phase I/II study of the experimental anti&ndash;PD-1 anitbody MEDI0680 plus durvalumab versus nivolumab monotherapy in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.<br /> &nbsp;

In an interview with&nbsp;Targeted Oncology during the 2019 International Kidney Cancer Symposium, Yinghong Wang, MD, PhD, MS, discussed the management of gi-related toxicity in patients with kidney cancer from the perspective of a gastrointestinal specialist. She also explained the multidisciplinary collaboration between oncology and gastrointestinal departments to enhance care.&nbsp;