Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Is the New Backbone in First-line Treatment of Metastatic Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Laurence Albiges, Tom Powles, Michael Staehler, Karim Bensalah, Rachel H. Giles, Milan Hora, Markus A. Kuczyk, Thomas B. Lam, Börje Ljungberg, Lorenzo Marconi, Axel S. Merseburger, Alessandro Volpe, Yasmin Abu-Ghanem, Saeed Dabestani, Sergio Fernández-Pello, Fabian Hofmann, Teele Kuusk, Rana Tahbaz, Axel Bex

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Abstract

Recent randomised trials have demonstrated a survival benefit for a front-line ipilimumab and nivolumab combination therapy, and pembrolizumab and axitinib combination therapy in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma. The European Association of Urology Guidelines Panel has updated its recommendations based on these studies. Patient summary: Pembrolizumab plus axitinib is a new standard of care for patients diagnosed with kidney cancer spread outside the kidney and who did not receive any prior treatment for their cancer (treatment naïve). This applies to all risk groups as determined by the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium criteria.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-156
Number of pages6
JournalEuropean Urology
Volume76
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cabozantinib
  • Guidelines
  • Immune checkpoint inhibitors
  • Ipilimumab
  • Metastatic
  • Nivolumab
  • Pazopanib
  • Renal cell carcinoma
  • Sunitinib

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