2024
Cabozantinib and nivolumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial
Ebrahimi H, Dizman N, Meza L, Malhotra J, Li X, Dorff T, Frankel P, Llamas-Quitiquit M, Hsu J, Zengin Z, Alcantara M, Castro D, Mercier B, Chawla N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Barragan-Carrillo R, Jaime-Casas S, Govindarajan A, Gillece J, Trent J, Lee P, Parks T, Takahashi M, Hayashi A, Kortylewski M, Caporaso J, Lee K, Tripathi A, Pal S. Cabozantinib and nivolumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial. Nature Medicine 2024, 30: 2576-2585. PMID: 38942995, PMCID: PMC11405272, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03086-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaProgression-free survivalRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaToxicity profileAbundance of Bifidobacterium sppControl armTreatment-naive participantsFirst-line treatmentPhase 1 studyPhase 1 trialSarcomatoid componentOpen-labelHistological confirmationPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsNo significant differenceClear cellNivolumabInvestigator-initiatedClinical outcomesCabozantinibClinical activityStool samplesStudy arms
2022
Nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial
Dizman N, Meza L, Bergerot P, Alcantara M, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Frankel P, Cui Y, Mira V, Llamas M, Hsu J, Zengin Z, Salgia N, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Gillece J, Reining L, Trent J, Takahashi M, Oka K, Higashi S, Kortylewski M, Highlander SK, Pal SK. Nivolumab plus ipilimumab with or without live bacterial supplementation in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a randomized phase 1 trial. Nature Medicine 2022, 28: 704-712. PMID: 35228755, PMCID: PMC9018425, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-022-01694-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaProgression-free survivalRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaCheckpoint inhibitorsResponse rateGut microbiomePoor-risk diseaseTreatment-naive patientsSingle-center studyPhase 1 trialRandomized phase 1 trialSignificant differencesBifidobacterium sppMechanism of actionNivolumab-ipilimumabSarcomatoid histologyPrimary endpointSecondary endpointsImmune compartmentStudy armsClinical outcomesClear cellsClinical observationsPatients