TY - JOUR
T1 - Integrating surgery with targeted therapies for renal cell carcinoma
T2 - Current evidence and ongoing trials
AU - Bex, Axel
AU - Jonasch, Eric
AU - Kirkali, Ziya
AU - Mejean, Arnaud
AU - Mulders, Peter
AU - Oudard, Stephane
AU - Patard, Jean Jacques
AU - Powles, Thomas
AU - Van Poppel, Hendrik
AU - Wood, Christopher G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Tom Powles has received educational grants from Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, and Astra Zeneca.
Funding Information:
Funding/Support and role of the sponsor: This article was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline to Philip Li of Medicus International who provided editorial support in terms of correcting the English language, punctuation, and grammar; and the preparation of necessary tables and references. The company had no role in the preparation, content, and approval of the manuscript.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Context: Surgical intervention is the primary treatment for early-stage renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but alone it has limited benefit in patients with metastatic disease. The advent of targeted agents for RCC has improved the outcome in these patients, and there is increasing interest in exploring the efficacy and safety of these agents in combination with surgery in both early and advanced disease. Objective: This article reviews approved and emerging targeted therapies for RCC and outlines the rationale and implications for combining these therapies with surgery. Evidence acquisition: A search of the literature, trial registries, and meeting proceedings was performed, and reports on surgery, receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, vascular endothelial growth factor antibodies, mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors, and cytokine adjuvant therapy relating to RCC were critically reviewed. Evidence synthesis: Nephrectomy has been shown to improve overall survival in patients with metastatic RCC (mRCC) treated with interferon alpha. Combining targeted therapy with surgery has the potential to improve efficacy and tolerability relative to cytokine therapy and prospective studies are underway. In the localized setting, there is some evidence of tumor downsizing with neoadjuvant targeted therapy. The tolerability and safety of targeted agents used perioperatively must be considered, particularly in the adjuvant setting where chronic therapy is required to prevent recurrence or metastasis. Novel agents with greater specificity and improved safety profiles are under development and have the potential to enhance efficacy and minimize the risk of complications. Conclusions: For patients with mRCC, randomized controlled trials are ongoing to define the role and sequence of nephrectomy in combination with targeted therapy. Until data are available, nephrectomy remains part of the mRCC treatment algorithm for patients with good performance status and a resectable tumor. Targeted therapy to downsize large primary tumors in nonmetastatic disease is investigational, but the rate of surgically relevant down-staging and tumor shrinkage seen with the current generation of agents is limited. In patients with high-risk nonmetastatic disease, adjuvant therapy must be administered only in the context of the ongoing clinical trials since there are no data showing efficacy in this setting.
AB - Context: Surgical intervention is the primary treatment for early-stage renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but alone it has limited benefit in patients with metastatic disease. The advent of targeted agents for RCC has improved the outcome in these patients, and there is increasing interest in exploring the efficacy and safety of these agents in combination with surgery in both early and advanced disease. Objective: This article reviews approved and emerging targeted therapies for RCC and outlines the rationale and implications for combining these therapies with surgery. Evidence acquisition: A search of the literature, trial registries, and meeting proceedings was performed, and reports on surgery, receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors, vascular endothelial growth factor antibodies, mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors, and cytokine adjuvant therapy relating to RCC were critically reviewed. Evidence synthesis: Nephrectomy has been shown to improve overall survival in patients with metastatic RCC (mRCC) treated with interferon alpha. Combining targeted therapy with surgery has the potential to improve efficacy and tolerability relative to cytokine therapy and prospective studies are underway. In the localized setting, there is some evidence of tumor downsizing with neoadjuvant targeted therapy. The tolerability and safety of targeted agents used perioperatively must be considered, particularly in the adjuvant setting where chronic therapy is required to prevent recurrence or metastasis. Novel agents with greater specificity and improved safety profiles are under development and have the potential to enhance efficacy and minimize the risk of complications. Conclusions: For patients with mRCC, randomized controlled trials are ongoing to define the role and sequence of nephrectomy in combination with targeted therapy. Until data are available, nephrectomy remains part of the mRCC treatment algorithm for patients with good performance status and a resectable tumor. Targeted therapy to downsize large primary tumors in nonmetastatic disease is investigational, but the rate of surgically relevant down-staging and tumor shrinkage seen with the current generation of agents is limited. In patients with high-risk nonmetastatic disease, adjuvant therapy must be administered only in the context of the ongoing clinical trials since there are no data showing efficacy in this setting.
KW - Neoadjuvant therapy
KW - Renal cell carcinoma
KW - Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
KW - Vascular endothelial growth factor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.08.029
DO - 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.08.029
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20828919
AN - SCOPUS:78049484272
SN - 0302-2838
VL - 58
SP - 819
EP - 828
JO - European urology
JF - European urology
IS - 6
ER -