2024
Sorafenib or anthracycline‐based chemotherapy for progressive desmoid tumors
Costa P, Arora A, Fernandez Y, Yi I, Bakkila B, Tan H, Coelho P, Campoverde L, Hardy N, Bialick S, Freire A, D’Amato G, Chang Y, Mesenger J, Subhawong T, Haims A, Hurwitz M, Olino K, Turaga K, Deshpande H, Trent J. Sorafenib or anthracycline‐based chemotherapy for progressive desmoid tumors. Cancer 2024 PMID: 39543805, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.35647.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalAnthracycline-containing regimensAnthracycline-based therapyDesmoid tumorsAdverse eventsOne-year progression-free survivalMulti-institutional retrospective analysisAnthracycline-containing regimenCommon grade 1Desmoid tumor patientsGrade 3 eventsAnthracycline-based chemotherapyHand-foot syndromeSecondary end pointsActivity of sorafenibProgressive desmoid tumorsYear of treatmentMedian TTRBaseline characteristicsTumor patientsLocal invasionTreatment responseSorafenibAnthracyclinesEnd points
2023
Treatment-free survival (TFS) outcomes from the phase II study of nivolumab and salvage nivolumab + ipilimumab in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (aRCC) (HCRN GU16-260-Cohort A).
Atkins M, Jegede O, McDermott D, Haas N, Bilen M, Stein M, Sosman J, Plimack E, Alter R, Ornstein M, Hurwitz M, Peace D, Einstein D, Catalano P, Hammers H, Regan M. Treatment-free survival (TFS) outcomes from the phase II study of nivolumab and salvage nivolumab + ipilimumab in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (aRCC) (HCRN GU16-260-Cohort A). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2023, 41: 604-604. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdvanced clear cell renal cell carcinomaTreatment-related adverse eventsGrade 3Clear cell renal cell carcinomaActive treatment approachCheckMate 067 trialCheckMate 214 trialFurther anticancer therapyNivolumab/ipilimumabProlonged disease controlPhase II studyCell renal cell carcinomaKaplan-Meier curvesRenal cell carcinomaNivolumab monotherapyStable diseaseEligible patientsProtocol therapyTherapy initiationII studyTherapy cessationAdverse eventsSurvival outcomesCell carcinomaMetastatic melanomaOutcomes With Combination Pembrolizumab and Axitinib in Second and Further Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Dizman N, Austin M, Considine B, Jessel S, Schoenfeld D, Merl M, Hurwitz M, Sznol M, Kluger H. Outcomes With Combination Pembrolizumab and Axitinib in Second and Further Line Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2023, 21: 221-229. PMID: 36681606, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2023.01.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPembrolizumab/axitinibObjective response rateProgression-free survivalImmune checkpoint inhibitorsMedian progression-free survivalAdverse eventsRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaClear cell metastatic renal cell carcinomaVascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGrowth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsCombination immune checkpoint inhibitorsGrade 5 adverse eventsPrior immune checkpoint inhibitorsSuperior progression-free survivalReceptor tyrosine kinase inhibitorsYale-New Haven HospitalFurther-line treatmentNivolumab/ipilimumabRECIST 1.1 criteriaResponse-evaluable patientsDisease control rateSecond-line therapyFirst-line treatment
2017
A phase 1/2 study of a novel IL-2 cytokine, NKTR-214, and nivolumab in patients with select locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors.
Diab A, Tannir N, Bernatchez C, Haymaker C, Bentebibel S, Curti B, Wong M, Gergel I, Tagliaferri M, Zalevsky J, Hoch U, Aung S, Imperiale M, Cho D, Tykodi S, Puzanov I, Kluger H, Hurwitz M, Hwu P, Sznol M. A phase 1/2 study of a novel IL-2 cytokine, NKTR-214, and nivolumab in patients with select locally advanced or metastatic solid tumors. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: e14040-e14040. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e14040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNKTR-214Phase 1/2 studyT cellsIL-2 receptor pathwayTumor immune cell infiltratesTumor microenvironmentNivolumab combination therapyDose limiting toxicitiesImmune cell infiltratesUnconfirmed complete responseMetastatic solid tumorsWeeks of treatmentFavorable safety profileIL-2 pathwayIL-2 cytokineT-cell clonalityBiomarker dataTumor response dataImmunotherapy-naïveMonotherapy trialsQ3w scheduleRECIST 1.1Checkpoint inhibitorsEffector CD8Adverse events