Kidney Cancer

A longer treatment-free survival was seen in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who were treated with first-line nivolumab and ipilimumab compared with sunitinib.

A panel of experts reflect on how to treat patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma by reviewing clinical trial data and discussing patient cases.

Drs Orenstein and Braun close out the program by examining unmet needs in the advanced renal cell carcinoma treatment space, as well as emerging options.

A panel of experts explain what they do within their clinical practices to select second- or later-line therapies for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Dr Braun closes out the clinical trial dialogue by discussing the CONTACT-03 and Tivo-3 trials.

Patient Case 2 continues, and Drs Zhang and Orenstein discuss second-line trials for advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Dr Choueiri presents the second patient case to the panel: a 53-year-old woman with renal cell carcinoma that underwent a nephrectomy.

Dr Orenstein details how he manages quality of life for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

The phase 2 MK-6482-004 trial found that belzutifan produced positive response data for patients with renal cell carcinoma and non–renal cell carcinoma neoplasms associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease.

The panel continues their conversation about the first patient case.

Toni Choueiri, MD, introduces the first patient case: a 65-year-old man with advanced-stage renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma who received first-line nivolumab and ipilimumab experienced an improved treatment-free survival vs sunitinib.

In a systemic review assessing the use of first-line post-protocol immunotherapy for patients with kidney cell carcinoma, investigators reported that use was low in randomized clinical trials among patients in the control group.

David A. Braun, MD, PhD continues the first-line clinical trial discussion with the addition of KEYNOTE-426 and CLEAR trial data.

Tian Zhang, MD, MHS, and Moshe Orenstein, MD, MA, recall data from two clinical trials for first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma: CheckMate-9ER and CheckMate-214.

Patients with intermediate-risk and high-risk renal cell carcinoma had a statistically significant improvement in disease-free survival after being treated with pembrolizumab, which was approved by the FDA.

CancerNetwork®sat down with John Burke, MD, to talk about the topline results in the KEYNOTE-564 trial, which examined the use of pembrolizumab in a population of patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma.

Patients who developed brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma experienced promising intracranial activity after being treated with cabozantinib.

Despite the importance of incorporating palliative care into strategies for metastatic kidney cancer, little data exists in the space, highlighting a need for further research.

CancerNetwork®sat down with John Burke, MD, to discuss why treatment with pembrolizumab post-surgery may be a promising option for patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma.

A select group of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma may benefit from cytoreductive nephrectomy followed by active surveillance as an alternative option to systemic therapy.

As lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab combination therapy results in a wide range of adverse effects, some which even led to discontinuation of the treatment, investigators suggest a proactive strategy for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Research from the 2021 International Kidney Cancer Symposium North America identified prognostic value in cell cycle proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition pathway scores in clear cell renal cell carcinoma in predicting survival and recurrence.

A notable association has been identified between non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma and proliferative disease.

Brian I. Rini, MD, detailed the focus, goals, and key end points of a 3-arm, phase 3 trial comparing MK-1308A or belzutifan plus lenvatinib and pembrolizumab to the control of lenvatinib and pembrolizumab alone to treat patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.