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ReviewClinical drug investigation2019

Novel Therapeutic Approaches and Targets Currently Under Evaluation for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Waiting for the Revolution.

Veronica Mollica, Vincenzo Di Nunno, Lidia Gatto, Matteo Santoni, Alessia Cimadamore, Liang Cheng, Antonio Lopez-Beltran, Rodolfo Montironi, Salvatore Pisconti, Nicola Battelli and 1 more

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Review in Clinical drug investigation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Veronica MollicaDivision of Oncology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Vincenzo Di NunnoDivision of Oncology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. dinunnovincenzo88@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4441-9834
Lidia GattoOncology Unit, SG Moscati Hospital of Taranto, Taranto, Italy.
Matteo SantoniMacerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Alessia CimadamoreSection of Pathological Anatomy, United Hospital, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy.
Liang ChengDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.
Antonio Lopez-BeltranDepartment of Pathology and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cordoba University, Cordoba, Spain.
Rodolfo MontironiSection of Pathological Anatomy, United Hospital, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, Ancona, Italy.
Salvatore PiscontiOncology Unit, SG Moscati Hospital of Taranto, Taranto, Italy.
Nicola BattelliMacerata Hospital, Macerata, Italy.
Francesco MassariDivision of Oncology, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITAzienda Ospedaliera S.Giuseppe Moscati · ITMarche Polytechnic University · ITOspedale di MacerataIndiana University School of MedicineUniversity of Córdoba · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma has drastically changed in the last few years, witnessing the advent of more and more target therapies and, recently, of immune-checkpoint inhibitors. On the other hand, the adjuvant setting still lacks a clear beneficial treatment. Medical treatment still remains a compelling challenge. A large number of clinical trials is ongoing with the aim to identify new therapeutic approaches to expand the options in our repertoire. Several strategies are under investigation in renal cell carcinoma (RCC). These include new targeted agents and combinations of target therapy and immunotherapy. Programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1), programmed death receptor ligand 1 (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA4) are just part of the intricate network that regulates our immune response to cancer cells. Co-stimulators, such as glucocorticoid-induced TNFR-related protein (GITR) and tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 4 (OX40), and co-repressors, example.g. T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3 (TIM-3) and lymphocyte-activation gene 3 (LAG-3), also take part. As knowledge of the functioning of the immune system grows, so do these pathways to target with new drugs. This review is an overview of the current state of the clinical research, providing a report of ongoing Phase I, II and III clinical trials for localized and metastatic RCC, including novel target therapies, novel immunotherapy agents and new combinations strategies.

Indexed as

Molecular Targeted TherapyAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenCarcinoma, Renal CellCTLA-4 AntigenHumansImmunotherapyKidney NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalB7-H1 AntigenCD274 protein, humanCTLA-4 AntigenCTLA4 protein, human

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PMID30937824
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