2021
Circulating cytokines associated with clinical response to systemic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Chehrazi-Raffle A, Meza L, Alcantara M, Dizman N, Bergerot P, Salgia N, Hsu J, Ruel N, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Karczewska E, Kortylewski M, Pal S. Circulating cytokines associated with clinical response to systemic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Journal For ImmunoTherapy Of Cancer 2021, 9: e002009. PMID: 33688021, PMCID: PMC7944971, DOI: 10.1136/jitc-2020-002009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitorMetastatic renal cell carcinomaRenal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsColony-stimulating factorClinical benefitPlasma cytokinesSystemic therapyCell carcinomaInterleukin-6Prospective correlative studyLines of therapyLow pretreatment levelsGranulocyte colony-stimulating factorGranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factorRCC histologic subtypesMacrophage colony-stimulating factorICI armsICI therapyStable diseaseCheckpoint inhibitorsClinical responsePartial responseComplete responseImmunologic profileDistinct cytokines predict response to immunotherapy and targeted therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Chehrazi-Raffle A, Meza L, Alcantara M, Salgia N, Dizman N, Bergerot P, Hsu J, Kortylewski M, Pal S. Distinct cytokines predict response to immunotherapy and targeted therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 352-352. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2021.39.6_suppl.352.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitorMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsPlasma cytokinesClinical benefitCommon immune checkpoint inhibitorsICI combination therapyLow pretreatment levelsRenal cell carcinomaEligible patientsICI armsStable diseaseCheckpoint inhibitorsImmunologic profilePartial responseSystemic therapyComplete responseProspective studyIL-1raCell carcinomaCombination therapyIL-6Pretreatment levelsDistinct cytokinesG-CSF
2019
Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy: Effect of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Diagnosed with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Bergerot P, Bergerot C, Philip E, Meza L, Dizman N, Hsu J, Pal S. Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy: Effect of Body Mass Index on Clinical Outcomes in Patients Diagnosed with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Kidney Cancer 2019, 3: 63-70. DOI: 10.3233/kca-180047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVascular endothelial growth factor tyrosine kinase inhibitorHigher body mass indexBody mass indexLower body mass indexMedian overall survivalOverall survivalMass indexMetastatic renal cell carcinoma patientsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaEffect of BMIRenal cell carcinoma patientsImproved overall survivalCell carcinoma patientsBetter overall survivalKaplan-Meier methodContext of immunotherapyRenal cell carcinomaPatients 66Median OSCarcinoma patientsClinical outcomesHigher BMIRetrospective studyCell carcinomaClinical variables