Kidney Cancer

Key opinion leaders reflect on treatment approaches for renal cell carcinoma in light of factors like risk classification, symptom severity, and patient preferences, with considerations ranging from active surveillance to systemic combination therapies.

Expert discussion focused on approved therapies for first-line kidney cancer treatment including combination therapies, immunotherapy, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in various clinical scenarios.

Join Wenxin (Vincent) Xu, MD, and his team at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as they explore strategies for diagnosing and stratifying renal cell carcinoma, reviewing a clinical scenarios and best practices in workup.

Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib yields clinically relevant efficacy in clear cell renal cell carcinoma subgroups based on site of metastasis and number of metastatic sites in the phase 3 CLEAR trial.

Belzutifan vs everolimus saw increased progression-free survival and objective response rate in patients with pretreated advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Belzutifan plus cabozantinib showed continued anti-tumor activity in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Brian I. Rini, MD, led a panel where he and his colleagues discussed the results of the CLEAR trial and its implications in renal cell carcinoma.

Data from the phase 3 LITESPARK-005 trial support the supplemental new drug application for belzutifan as a treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Robert Motzer, MD, led an expert panel to discuss the phase 3 CONTACT-03 which examined patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Closing out their program on renal cell carcinoma management, key opinion leaders share closing thoughts on emerging therapies and how the field is evolving.

Common adverse effects following treatment with lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in the phase 3 CLEAR study include diarrhea, hypertension, and fatigue, according to Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD, FACP.

Centering discussion on sarcomatoid and rhabdoid non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma, panelists consider frontline IO-based regimens and their value in this setting.

A brief discussion centered on optimal treatment strategies for patients with chromophobe or papillary kidney cancers.

Switching its focus to non-clear cell RCC, the panel reviews data presented at ASCO 2023 on KEYNOTE-B61, combining lenvatinib + pembrolizumab in this setting.

The primary end point of progression-free survival was met in the phase 3 LITESPARK-005 trial investigating belzutifan vs everolimus in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Panelists shed light on key factors that help to inform the selection of frontline therapy in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

In the context of the available frontline treatment armamentarium for advanced clear cell RCC, key opinion leaders consider how they would select or sequence therapy.

Expert panelists consider how updated data from the CLEAR trial of lenvatinib + pembrolizumab in advanced clear cell RCC have impacted their real-world clinical practice.

Centering discussion on the KCRS 2023 annual meeting, experts in renal cell carcinoma elucidate data from the CLEAR and TRAVERSE studies in clear cell disease.

Experts discuss recent data on a triplet combination therapy for patients with advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Drs Robert Motzer and Moshe Ornstein discuss the results of the KEYNOTE-B61 study in patients with non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

The panel highlights novel agents under investigation for the treatment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Moshe Ornstein, MD, reviews the design and efficacy and safety data from the phase 3 CONTACT-03 study in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

The investigational T-cell therapy IVS-3001 is currently under evaluation as part of a phase 1/2 trial in patients with advanced or metastatic solid tumors that are HLA-G positive.

Dr Moshe Ornstein details the adverse events seen with IO/TKI combination regimens in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and the best strategies for management.

Experts discuss the optimal treatment of patients with renal cell carcinoma and brain, bone, or lung metastases.

Lenvatinib in combination with pembrolizumab appears to raise no new safety signals in patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma after 4 years of follow-up in the phase 3 CLEAR study.

According to Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD, FACP, 4-year follow-up data from the phase 3 CLEAR study confirm the maintained benefits of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Rana R. McKay, MD discusses presentations of interest that were presented at the 2023 Kidney Cancer Research Summit, including a discussion on how PET imaging may identify which patients with renal cell carcinoma may respond to immunotherapy.

Moshe Ornstein, MD, explains how he selects a frontline IO/TKI combination regimen for a patient with advanced renal cell carcinoma.