Lenvatinib/pembrolizumab demonstrated efficacy irrespective of tumor burden in advanced renal cell carcinoma in the overall patient population of the phase 3 CLEAR study.
Benjamin Garmezy, MD, discusses challenges associated with navigating the current frontline armamentarium in both clear cell and variant RCC, the impact of frontline IO doublets and IO/TKI regimens on patient outcomes, and the importance of ongoing combination studies for patients with variant RCC.
Nephrectomy was associated with a progression-free survival (PFS) benefit compared with immunotherapy alone in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who received immunotherapy.
Tian Zhang, MD, MHS, details how updated data presented at the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting from trials such as KEYNOTE-426 and CLEAR have showed the sustained efficacy of VEGF plus immunotherapy combinations vs sunitinib in the first-line setting; discusses where the immunotherapy-only combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab fits in the frontline setting; and highlights how data from CONTACT-03 provided key insights on the use of immunotherapy in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma after progression on a prior immune checkpoint inhibitor.
Treatment with the combination of enfortumab Vedotin and pembrolizumab led to an improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy in previously untreated patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer who were eligible for cisplatin- or carboplatin-containing chemotherapy.