Sumanta K Pal, Thomas Powles, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Javier Molina-Cerrillo, Darren R Feldman, Pedro Barata, Mohan Liu, Aarohi Bhatt, Zhong Wang, Prachi Nandoskar, Cristina Suarez
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Abstract
Management of advanced non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma (nccRCC) is challenging due to disease rarity and heterogeneity. The combination of multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) has emerged as an effective treatment strategy, but well-designed, phase III randomized clinical trials are needed to demonstrate superiority over current treatment options. Zanzalintinib is a novel, multi-targeted TKI that has demonstrated promising preclinical anti-tumor activity in combination with ICIs. STELLAR-304 is a phase III trial evaluating first-line zanzalintinib plus nivolumab versus sunitinib in advanced nccRCC. Primary endpoints are progression-free survival and objective response rate. Secondary endpoint is overall survival. To our knowledge, STELLAR-304 is the first phase III study assessing a TKI-ICI combination in nccRCC patients across multiple subtypes.Clinical Trial Registration: This trial is registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT05678673).
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Future Oncology (ISSN 1479-6694) provides a forum for a new era of cancer care. The journal focuses on the most important advances and highlights their relevance in the clinical setting. Furthermore, Future Oncology delivers essential information in concise, at-a-glance article formats - vital in delivering information to an increasingly time-constrained community.
The journal takes a forward-looking stance toward the scientific and clinical issues, together with the economic and policy issues that confront us in this new era of cancer care. The journal includes literature awareness such as the latest developments in radiotherapy and immunotherapy, concise commentary and analysis, and full review articles all of which provide key findings, translational to the clinical setting.