It is this time of the year again: TOP 10 GU Oncology clinical papers/trials in 2023: Some negative, some positive, but we learned from all!
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1/#COSMIC-313 phase 3 trial shows ⬆️PFS with Cabozantinib plus Nivolumab and Ipilimumab in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic #RCC presented @myESMO #ESMO22
2/In HRR-def #mCRPC: adding talazoparib to enza as 1L improved rPFS(HR=0.45), #PSA-progression, time to chemo, RR, could ⬆️OS (HR=0.69, immature) from Ph 3 #TALAPRO-2 trial. Presented #GU23 @ASCO
3/ Addition of Nivolumab to Gem/Cis #chemotherapy as a 1L unresectable or #mUC significantly improves OS (HR=0.78) and PFS (HR=0.72). Presented #ESMO23 @myESMO
4/Encouraging data from phase3 #THOR trial: in patients with refractory post-PD1 #mUC with #FGFR3/2 alt resulted in ⬆️OS and PFS with ⬇️ TRAEs compared to chemotherapy.
5/More therapeutic option for #nccRCC! Results from phase 2 trial #KEYNOTEB61 support the use of Pembro+Lenvatinib as 1L therapy for patents with previously untreated advanced #nccRCC
6/For patients with high-risk biochemical recurrent #PC: phase 3 #EMBARK shows that enzalutamide plus leuprolide and enzalutamide monotherapy were superior to leuprolide alone in term of metastasis-free survival!
7/ Encouraging prelim findings from #AMG-509(xaluritamig): T cell engager targeting #STEAP1 immunotherapy in patients with #mCRPC improves clinical outcomes. Phase I safe and tolerable.
8/This phase 2 trial demonstrated that #NAC in high-grade #UTUC was tolerated, and lead to ⬆️PFS and OS of responders compared to non responders. Kudos to the exceptional team @MSKCancerCenter GU Center @DrRosenbergMSK
9/More on #RCC from#CONTACT-03 led by @montypal : 1st trial assessing #rechallenging with #ICI in #RCC with #anti-PDL1 didn’t show improvement of PFS and OS , w/ ⬆️toxicity.
10/Promising data from this phase1 trial evaluating☢️ radioligand therapy with #ICI in patients with #mCRPC:a single priming dose of #LuPSMA followed by pembro maintenance was safe with confirmed OR.
1/LBA| Chris Ryan @OHSUKnight=>The long awaited EVEREST study with adjuvant everolimus in RCC: stay tuned!
2/Interesting relationship between DepOR and clinical outcomes in CM-9ER! Greater proportions of pts receiving Nivo+Cabo had deeper responses vs SUN. This translated into better PFS/OS
3/Better HEQOL baseline scores were associated with significantly reduced death on Checkmate-214. Pts with improved/stable 6mo-HRQoL had a 52% reduction in risk of death compared to pts who had worsened. @CellaDavid@MSSatNU
2/ MRI with targeted & standard biopsy in men with MRI suggestive of prostate cancer (PC) was noninferior to standard biopsy for detecting clinically significant PC &resulted in less detection of clinically insignificant cancer @NEJM@TobiasNordstrom nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
1/ On the heels of @ASCO#ASCO21 plenary, we are happy to share the results of KEYNOTE-564 trial of adjuvant pembrolizumab in mRCC just published in @NEJM ! A step towards better outcomes for all our patients with kidney cancer! nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… @OncoAlert@tompowles1
2/ Following nephrectomy for kidney cancer, a significant percentage of patients will experience disease recurrence, most of them with distant metastases, highlighting the need for effective adjuvant therapies.
3/ Despite many decades of research and clinical investigations, there are currently no globally approved adjuvant regimens for the management of #kidneycancer
Just out @NatureMedicine: Inhibition of HIF-2 alpha in RCC with belzutfian (MK-6482) - phase 1 trial and biomarker analysis- 1st study to report on the 2nd gen. HIF-2 inhibitors in pts with metastatic ccRCC!! @OncoAlert
1/The HIF2 axis biology is fascinating culminating in a 2019 @nobel prize, including our own @DanaFarber@kaelin_lab
2/In this study: 95 patients were enrolled (dose-escalation cohort: n=43 and dose-expansion cohort: n=52). Among these, 55 had advanced ccRCC, with a median age of 62 years, a median of 3 previous systemic therapies, and 76% (n=42) with intermediate/poor @IMDConline risk groups.
1/ RCC kills 175,000 patients worldwide with no screening test available acsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.33….
A screening test that detects RCC while still localized (2/3 RCCs) will possibly reduce mortality. RCC and CNS tumors do not shed much cfDNA in the blood!
2/ Developed initially by @decarvalho_lab (co-senior author), we validated this ultra-sensitive cfMeDIP-seq using plasma cfDNA and, for the 1st time, cfDNA from urine samples collected in our #GelbCenter (Chair M. Pomerantz)