Can vaccination or tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy play a role in the adjuvant treatment of renal cell carcinoma?

Brookman-May, Sabine and May, Matthias and Gilfrich, Christian and Wieland, Wolf Ferdinand and Burger, Maximilian (2010) Can vaccination or tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy play a role in the adjuvant treatment of renal cell carcinoma? EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTICANCER THERAPY, 10 (6). pp. 813-823. ISSN 1473-7140

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Abstract

Recurrence rates of approximately 35-65% after nephrectomy in patients with localized or locally advanced renal cell carcinoma clearly underline the need for adjuvant treatment modalities. Adjuvant treatment with cytokines, hormonal treatment and radiotherapy has not shown survival benefit. The only Phase Ill trial revealing significant prolongation of progression-free survival was published in 2004. In this trial, targeting the immune system using an autologous tumor-cell vaccine provided clinical efficacy, but as yet, no standard adjuvant therapeutic approach is available. Recent advances in understanding the molecular biology of renal cell carcinoma led to the development of several targeted agents showing antitumor efficacy and prolongation of progression-free survival in patients with metastatic kidney cancer, but to date, no data are available regarding their applicability and efficacy in the adjuvant setting. However, controlled trials applying these drugs in the adjuvant setting have already started and, hence, the question is raised as to whether there is still a role for vaccination immunotherapy in the era of targeted therapies. In this paper, results from current Phase Ill trials and other relevant studies regarding adjuvant treatment in renal cell carcinoma are reviewed with special interest on adjuvant vaccination therapies, particularly regarding future options of this therapeutic approach.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: PHASE-III TRIAL; CHEMOIMMUNOTHERAPY-GROUP DGCIN; CARBONIC-ANHYDRASE-IX; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; REGULATORY T-CELLS; RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; RANDOMIZED-TRIAL; INTERFERON-ALPHA; PROGNOSTIC MODEL; DENDRITIC CELLS; adjuvant therapy; cytokine immunotherapy; renal cell carcinoma; risk stratification; surgical resection; targeted drug; vaccination immunotherapy
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Urologie
Depositing User: Petra Gürster
Date Deposited: 16 Apr 2020 06:28
Last Modified: 16 Apr 2020 06:28
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/24609

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