Prof. Laurence Albiges joined us at ESMO 2023 to share her views on the latest renal cell carcinoma (RCC) data presented at the congress. She reviewed data from the following studies:

  • LBA87 - Phase 2 LITESPARK-003 study of belzutifan in combination with cabozantinib for advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)
  • LBA88 - Belzutifan versus everolimus in participants (pts) with previously treated advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC): Randomised open-label phase 3 LITESPARK-005 study
  • 1881O - Safety and efficacy of two doses of belzutifan in patients (pts) with advanced RCC: Results of the randomised phase 2 LITESPARK-013 study
  • 1882O - RENOTORCH: Toripalimab combined with axitinib versus sunitinib in first-line treatment of advanced renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) - A randomised, open-label, phase 3 study
  • 1883MO - MEDI5752 (volrustomig), a novel PD-1/CTLA-4 bispecific antibody, in the first-line (1L) treatment of 65 patients (pts) with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (aRCC)
  • 1884MO - Phase 2 study of avelumab (Ave) plus intermittent axitinib (Axi) in previously untreated patients (pts) with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC): The TIDE-A study

 

Watch her video update and download the accompanying slides for a detailed summary.

 

Clinical Takeaways

  • LITESPARK-003/005/013: belzutifan plus cabozantinib appears to improve outcomes in first and subsequent-line settings. Belzutifan monotherapy improves outcomes after IO or VEGFR TKI therapies in previously treated mRCC
  • MEDI5752: Volrustomig monotherapy is active in treatment-naïve aRCC and has the potential to improve outcomes
  • TIDE-A: Shows that VEGFR-TKI discontinuation is safe for selected mRCC patients with evidence of response to VEGFR-TKI+IO combinations in 1st line
  • RENOTORCH: As a significant number of RCC patients live in China, the RENOTORCH trial is expected to be practice-changing for a large population of patients with advanced RCC worldwide

 

  • Help physicians translate the latest renal cell carcinoma data from ESMO 2023 into clinical practice

Professor Laurence Albiges is a medical oncologist and head of the Department of Oncology at Gustave Roussy.

Her main areas of interest are new therapies for metastatic kidney cancer and rare forms of renal cell carcinoma. She is currently developing translational research programs on these topics. Laurence Albiges is the author of numerous publications in recognized scientific journals. She is associate editor of the journal European Urology Oncology.

As a result of her research work, she has received several distinctions, awards and funding, including the Conquer Cancer Foundation Merit Award at the ASCO Genitourinary Symposium in 2015 and the Unicancer-Fondation de France grant. Her research on biomarkers of response to immunotherapy is funded by a K-RTP award.

Prof. Laurence Albiges is a member of the GETUG steering committee and of the EAU (European Association of Urology) guidelines panel for kidney cancer. She is involved in the ESMO (European Society for Medical Oncology) where she has been a member of the scientific committee of the congress since 2017. She belongs to the cancer committee of the French association of urology. She belongs to the scientific board of the EIKCS (European International Kidney Cancer Symposium) and EMUC (European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers). She is a member of the scientific board of the KCA (Kidney Cancer Association).

Prof. Laurence Albiges has received financial support/sponsorship for research support, consultation, or speaker fees from the following companies:

Astellas, BMS, Eisai, Ipsen, Janssen, Merck, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche

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