[Articles] Axitinib in combination with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced renal cell cancer: a non-randomised, open-label, dose-finding, and dose-expansion phase 1b trial

The treatment combination of axitinib plus pembrolizumab is tolerable and shows promising antitumour activity in patients with treatment-naive advanced renal cell carcinoma. Whether or not the combination works better than a sequence of VEGF pathway inhibition followed by an anti-PD-1 therapy awaits the completion of a phase 3 trial comparing axitinib plus pembrolizumab with sunitinib monotherapy (NCT02853331).

Source: The Lancet Oncology - February 10, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Michael B Atkins, Elizabeth R Plimack, Igor Puzanov, Mayer N Fishman, David F McDermott, Daniel C Cho, Ulka Vaishampayan, Saby George, Thomas E Olencki, Jamal C Tarazi, Brad Rosbrook, Kathrine C Fernandez, Mariajose Lechuga, Toni K Choueiri Tags: Articles Source Type: research