Avelumab and axitinib combination therapy for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (36) ◽  
pp. 3021-3034
Author(s):  
Maryam Soleimani ◽  
Lucia Nappi ◽  
Christian Kollmannsberger

Owing to an improved understanding of the immunobiological profile of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the past few years have ushered in significant changes in systemic therapies for advanced stage RCC. First-line treatment with single-agent tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) has been virtually replaced for most patients by immunotherapy combinations. The first of such treatments was the dual immune checkpoint inhibitor combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab. More recently, the combination of an immune checkpoint inhibitor and a TKI has also moved into the first-line setting. This review summarizes the pharmacologic properties, evidence for use and safety of avelumab, a PD-L1 inhibitor and axitinib a small-molecule TKI, each as monotherapy, and in combination for the management of metastatic RCC.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS685-TPS685 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Verzoni ◽  
Alessandra Bearz ◽  
Ugo De Giorgi ◽  
Franco Nole ◽  
Camillo Porta ◽  
...  

TPS685 Background: First-line treatment landscape of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is evolving with strong evidence in favour of PD-1/PD-L1 combinations over tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). No prospective data about efficacy of TKIs post immune-checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) combinations are available. Among TKIs, cabozantinib has demonstrated progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) benefit over everolimus in pre-treated mRCC patients (pts). Methods: Overall 49 mRCC pts who received a previous CPI (anti PD-1/PD-L1) will be treated with cabozantinib. Pts will be stratified according to Heng prognostic group, duration of first-line and type of previous therapy received (CPI+CPI or CPI+TKI or CPI+anti-VEGF or CPI monotherapy). Key inclusion criteria include: one previous treatment with a PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitor in first-line and histological diagnosis of clear-cell RCC. The primary endpoint is to assess the efficacy of cabozantinib based on PFS. Secondary endpoints include evaluation of OS, objective response rate and safety profile of the drug. Exploratory endpoints include evaluation of PD-L1 levels by immunohistochemistry in tumor samples; the analysis of the immunological signature/profile of tumor cells; the state of circulating immune cells, as well as the modulating activity of cabozantinib on systemic tumor immunity; the evaluation of bone formation and reabsorption markers in pts with or without bone involvement. Cabozantinib will be administered orally at a dose of 60 mg/day continuously until evidence of disease progression or onset of unacceptable toxicity. Statistical design: By the methodology of Brookmeyer and Crowley, assuming an accrual period of 18 months and a minimum follow-up of 10 months (mos), 49 pts are necessary to detect an increment of the median PFS time from 3.8 mos to 7.4 mos with a power of 90% and one-sided alpha of 5%. The large sample critical value detecting the increment of the PFS median survival time will be 5.54 mos. To date, 2 pts have been enrolled. Clinical trial information: NCT03463681.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Tung ◽  
Arvind Sahu

The incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rising and metastatic RCC carries a very poor prognosis. The treatment paradigm for metastatic RCC has shifted dramatically in the last decade with multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) previously used as first-line treatment but its utility is limited by short-lived efficacy and rapid disease progression. The dysregulation of immune cells in the tumour microenvironment contributes to unregulated growth of RCC. Thus, the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors has become first-line treatment for metastatic RCC and has offered dramatic improvement in clinical benefit and survival. Treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitor in combination with TKI appears to be promising in offering even greater response rates. The treatment for metastatic RCC continues to evolve and ongoing advances with new targeted agents and biomarkers are needed to continue to improve prognosis in the future.


JAMA Oncology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 1631 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Braun ◽  
Yuko Ishii ◽  
Alice M. Walsh ◽  
Eliezer M. Van Allen ◽  
Catherine J. Wu ◽  
...  

Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 2875
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Matsui

In patients with renal cell carcinoma, brain metastasis is generally one of the poor prognostic factors. However, the recent introduction of molecular target therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor has remarkably advanced the systemic treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma and prolonged the patients’ survival. The pivotal clinical trials of those agents usually excluded patients with brain metastasis. The incidence of brain metastasis has been increasing in the actual clinical setting because of longer control of extra-cranial disease. Brain metastasis subgroup data from the prospective and retrospective series have been gradually accumulated about the risk classification of brain metastasis and the efficacy and safety of those new agents for brain metastasis. While the local treatment against brain metastasis includes neurosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and conventional whole brain radiation therapy, the technology of stereotactic radiosurgery has been especially advanced, and the combination with systemic therapy such as molecular target therapy and immune checkpoint inhibitor is considered promising. This review summarizes recent progression of multimodality treatment of brain metastasis of renal cell carcinoma from literature data and explores the future direction of the treatment.


2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Warren ◽  
Peter M. Venner ◽  
Scott North ◽  
Tina Cheng ◽  
Chris Venner ◽  
...  

Background: We performed a retrospective population-based studyto assess the impact of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) on overallsurvival (OS) in patients treated for metastatic renal cell carcinoma(mRCC) in Alberta, Canada and to assess the impact of nephrectomyon OS in patients treated with TKIs.Methods: We identified 134 patients who began taking a TKIbetween December 2003 and June 2007 for mRCC in Alberta. Wecompared survival in this group to that in an earlier cohort of141 pa tients treated with interferon-α (IFN-α) between May 1995and March 2003. We used the Kaplan–Meier method to determineOS, and we used a Cox proportional hazards model to determinehazard ratios (HRs) and confidence intervals (CIs). We performedmultivariate analysis to assess the impact of neprhectomy on OS.Results: Of the 134 patients treated with TKIs, 81 received treatmentin the first-line setting, whereas 53 received treatment after priorIFN-α therapy. All 141 patients from the IFN-α cohort receivedtreatment in the first-line setting. Patients treated with TKIs had animproved OS compared with the IFN-α cohort (HR 0.61, 95% CI0.45–0.83, p = 0.001). The median OS was 18 months in the TKIgroup and 10 months in the IFN-α group. The benefit of TKIs wasconfined to favourable and intermediate risk groups according tothe Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center prognostic model.Prior nephrectomy was associated with improved OS in the TKIcohort, independent of other prognostic factors.Conclusion: Tyrosine kinase inhibitors improve OS compared withIFN-α in mRCC. In patients treated with TKIs, prior nephrectomyis associated with improved survival independent of other prognosticvariables.Contexte : Une étude rétrospective de population a été menée afind’évaluer l’effet des inhibiteurs de la tyrosine-kinase (ITK) sur lasurvie globale (SG) des patients atteints d’un néphrocarcinomemétastatique et d’évaluer l’impact d’une néphrectomie sur la SGdes patients traités par ITK.Méthodes : Cent trente-quatre patients en Alberta ont entrepris untraitement par ITK entre decembre 2003 et juin 2007 en raisond’un néphrocarcinome. On a comparé les taux de survie dans cegroupe avec ceux d’un groupe de 141 patients ayant entrepris untraitement de première intention par IFN-α entre mai 1995 et mars2003. La survie globale a été calculée à l’aide de la méthode deKaplan Meier, et le risque relatif (RR) et les intervalles de confiance(IC) ont été calculés à l’aide du modèle des risques proportionnelsde Cox. Une analyse multivariée a permis d’évaluer l’impact dela néphrectomie sur la SG dans la population globale de l’étuded’une part et chez les patients traités par ITK d’autre part.Résultats : Les 134 patients ayant entrepris un traitement par ITK ontété répartis ainsi : traitement de première intention, 81 patients, ettraitement de seconde intention après un traitement par IFN-α,53 patients. Les patients traités par ITK ont montré une SG supérieurepar rapport aux patients traités par IFN-α (RR 0,61, IC à 95 % 0,45–0,83, p = 0,001). La SG médiane était de 18 mois chez les patientstraités par ITK et de 10 mois chez les patients traités par IFN-α. Letraitement par ITK n’a eu un avantage que chez les patients atteintsde néphrocarcinome métastatique présentant un risque faible ouintermédiaire selon le modèle du Memorial Sloan-Kettering CancerCener. Une néphrectomie antérieure a été associée à une meilleureSG dans la cohorte traitée par ITK, indépendamment des autres facteurspronostics.Conclusion : Le traitement par ITK a amélioré la SG par rapport autraitement par IFN-α dans une population « réelle ». Une néphrectomieantérieure a été associée à une SG supérieure chez lespatients traités par ITK.


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