2024
Combination nivolumab and ipilimumab with and without camu camu in first-line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Barragan-Carrillo R, Chawla N, Salgia N, Meza L, Zengin Z, Li X, Dizman N, Ebrahimi H, Hsu J, Castro D, Mercier B, Dorff T, Tripathi A, Bergerot C, Bergerot P, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Pal S. Combination nivolumab and ipilimumab with and without camu camu in first-line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2024, 42: tps491-tps491. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2024.42.4_suppl.tps491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitionBaseline to weekFirst-line treatmentClinical responsePoor-risk metastatic renal cell carcinomaFirst-line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinomaTreatment of metastatic renal cell carcinomaCombination of immune checkpoint inhibitionEfficacy of anti-PD1 therapyCombination immune checkpoint inhibitionDual immune checkpoint inhibitionCD8+ T cellsAnti-PD1 therapyImmune-related toxicitiesProgression-free survivalWeeks of therapyReduced tumor sizeTyrosine kinase inhibitorsSingle-center trialRenal cell carcinomaClear-cell RCCMouse tumor modelsOne-sided type I errorCombination nivolumab
2023
The Gut Microbiome and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Meza L, Feng M, Lee K, Sperandio R, Pal S. The Gut Microbiome and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2023, 12: 1502. PMID: 36836036, PMCID: PMC9960560, DOI: 10.3390/jcm12041502.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
A phase I trial to evaluate the biologic effect of CBM588 (Clostridium butyricum) in combination with cabozantinib plus nivolumab for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Meza L, Malhotra J, Zengin Z, Dizman N, Hsu J, Chawla N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Govindarajan A, Castro D, Dorff T, Lyou Y, Frankel P, Pal S. A phase I trial to evaluate the biologic effect of CBM588 (Clostridium butyricum) in combination with cabozantinib plus nivolumab for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: tps4606-tps4606. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.16_suppl.tps4606.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaClinical responseClear cell metastatic renal cell carcinomaTyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinibBiologic effectsGut microbiomeImmune checkpoint inhibitor nivolumabOne-sided type I errorPhase I clinical trialFirst-line treatmentProgression-free survivalStudy's primary endpointCheckpoint inhibitor nivolumabPhase I trialPhase 1 trialSubgroup of patientsWeeks of treatmentCytokines/chemokinesDose/scheduleOngoing phase IRenal cell carcinomaImproved clinical benefitBifidobacterium sppEligible patientsPo bidAssociation of intra-tumoral microbiome and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
Meza L, Choi Y, Govindarajan A, Dizman N, Zengin Z, Hsu J, Salgia N, Salgia S, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Castro D, Chan A, Zhang G, Byron S, Highlander S, Schork N, Pal S. Association of intra-tumoral microbiome and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2022, 40: 372-372. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2022.40.6_suppl.372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic renal cell carcinomaImmune checkpoint inhibitorsClear cell histologyFirst-line treatmentRoutine clinical careRenal cell carcinomaT-testPaucity of dataStudent's t-testParaffin-embedded samplesICI respondersICI therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsCell histologyClinical responseOverall cohortLine treatmentImmunotherapeutic agentsCell carcinomaPoor riskSpecific bacteriaLarge cohortClinical careICI activityPrimary site
2021
Cabozantinib plus immunotherapy combinations in metastatic renal cell and urothelial carcinoma
Meza L, Malhotra J, Favorito C, Pal S. Cabozantinib plus immunotherapy combinations in metastatic renal cell and urothelial carcinoma. Future Oncology 2021, 18: 21-33. PMID: 34766841, DOI: 10.2217/fon-2021-0570.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaMetastatic urothelial carcinomaTargeted therapyTreatment of metastatic RCCMetastatic renal cellNonresponders to monotherapyRenal cell carcinomaIncrease clinical responsesImmunotherapy combinationsMetastatic RCCUrothelial carcinomaClinical responseCell carcinomaProgressive diseaseIO agentsTreatment optionsRenal cellsImmunotherapyQuality of lifeCabozantinibMonotherapyCarcinomaNovel approachesNonrespondersTherapyCirculating 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