Considerations for the Next Clinical Trial Evaluating the Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma

Hyung L. Kim, Eddie Mayerson, Primo N Lara, Edward Messing, Cathy Tangen, Brian M. Shuch, Ulka Vaishampayan

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Abstract

Trials SWOG 8949 and EORTC 30947 had the same eligibility criteria and established the role of cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. The more recently published CARMENA trial calls into question the need for cytoreductive nephrectomy. A systematic comparison of CARMENA and SWOG 8949 suggests that cytoreductive nephrectomy may be beneficial for patients receiving immunotherapy but not targeted therapy. The approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors for previously untreated metastatic renal cell carcinoma underlines the need for another randomized phase 3 trial of cytoreductive nephrectomy for patients receiving powerful modern immunotherapies.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalEuropean Urology Focus
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StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

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Nephrectomy
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Clinical Trials
Immunotherapy
Therapeutics

Keywords

  • cytoreductive nephrectomy
  • immunotherapy
  • metastatic renal cell carcinoma

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  • Urology

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Considerations for the Next Clinical Trial Evaluating the Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. / Kim, Hyung L.; Mayerson, Eddie; Lara, Primo N; Messing, Edward; Tangen, Cathy; Shuch, Brian M.; Vaishampayan, Ulka.

In: European Urology Focus, 01.01.2019.

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Kim, HL, Mayerson, E, Lara, PN, Messing, E, Tangen, C, Shuch, BM & Vaishampayan, U 2019, 'Considerations for the Next Clinical Trial Evaluating the Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma', European Urology Focus. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2019.05.006
Kim HL, Mayerson E, Lara PN, Messing E, Tangen C, Shuch BM et al. Considerations for the Next Clinical Trial Evaluating the Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. European Urology Focus. 2019 Jan 1. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2019.05.006
Kim, Hyung L. ; Mayerson, Eddie ; Lara, Primo N ; Messing, Edward ; Tangen, Cathy ; Shuch, Brian M. ; Vaishampayan, Ulka. / Considerations for the Next Clinical Trial Evaluating the Role of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. In: European Urology Focus. 2019.
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