2022
Characterization of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Experiencing Complete Response to First-line Therapies: Results From the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium
Takemura K, Navani V, Ernst M, Wells J, Meza L, Pal S, Lee J, Li H, Agarwal N, Alva A, Hansen A, Basappa N, Szabados B, Powles T, Tran B, Hocking C, Beuselinck B, Yuasa T, Choueiri T, Heng D. Characterization of Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Experiencing Complete Response to First-line Therapies: Results From the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium. Journal Of Urology 2022, 209: 701-709. PMID: 36573926, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000003132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTKI cohortInternational Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database ConsortiumComplete responseFirst-line therapyOverall survivalCombination therapyTKI armsTyrosine kinase inhibitor therapyMetastatic renal cell carcinomaNon-clear cell histologyMultiple sites of metastasesTyrosine kinase inhibitor monotherapyBaseline characteristics of patientsResponse rateComplete response rateKinase inhibitor therapyOverall survival benefitSite of metastasisFavorable overall survivalRenal cell carcinomaAdverse clinicopathological featuresCharacterization of patientsReal-world patientsCharacteristics of patientsClinical trial populationsLive bacterial supplementation for improving treatment response in metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Meza L, Govindarajan A, Feng M, Pal S. Live bacterial supplementation for improving treatment response in metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Clinical And Translational Medicine 2022, 12: e948. PMID: 35899808, PMCID: PMC9332118, DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutcomes of patients with advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Graham J, Wells J, Dudani S, Gan C, Donskov F, Lee J, Kollmannsberger C, Meza L, Beuselinck B, Hansen A, North S, Bjarnason G, Sayegh N, Kanesvaran R, Wood L, Hotte S, McKay R, Choueiri T, Heng D. Outcomes of patients with advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with first-line immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. European Journal Of Cancer 2022, 171: 124-132. PMID: 35717820, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInternational Metastatic RCC Database ConsortiumImmune checkpoint inhibitor groupImmune checkpoint inhibitorsVascular endothelial growth factorICI-based therapyObjective response rateVascular endothelial growth factor groupMammalian target of rapamycinClear-cell renal cell carcinomaFirst-line therapyOutcomes of patientsRenal cell carcinomaTreatment failureOverall survivalInhibitor monotherapyCell carcinomaFirst-lineAdvanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinomaInternational Metastatic RCC Database Consortium risk groupMammalian target of rapamycin-targeted therapiesMetastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinomaNon-clear cell renal cell carcinomaNon-clear cell RCCAssociated with improved OSMedian TTF
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 profile