Ultrasensitive Circulating Tumor DNA Pilot Study Distinguishes Complete Response and Partial Response With Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Chehrazi-Raffle A, Muddasani R, Dizman N, Hsu J, Meza L, Zengin Z, Malhotra J, Chawla N, Dorff T, Contente-Cuomo T, Dinwiddie D, McDonald B, McDaniel T, Trent J, Baehner F, Murtaza M, Pal S. Ultrasensitive Circulating Tumor DNA Pilot Study Distinguishes Complete Response and Partial Response With Immunotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. JCO Precision Oncology 2023, 7: e2200543. PMID: 37027813, PMCID: PMC10309555, DOI: 10.1200/po.22.00543.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic renal cell carcinomaPartial responseComplete responseVariant allele fractionRenal cell carcinomaCell carcinomaCtDNA analysisImmune checkpoint inhibitor therapyCheckpoint inhibitor therapyDiscontinuation of immunotherapyDepth of responseICI therapyNivolumab monotherapyEligible patientsRadiographic progressionInhibitor therapyPeripheral bloodDisease progressionCtDNA assessmentSubsequent progressionPatientsMultiple indicationsSingle time pointPatient-specific mutationsSecondary objective