PMID- 37055875 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230522 LR - 20230522 IS - 1744-764X (Electronic) IS - 1474-0338 (Linking) VI - 22 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Apr TI - An update on safety evaluation of immune-based combinations in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. PG - 279-291 LID - 10.1080/14740338.2023.2203486 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Significant advances have been made in the first-line therapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) since the approval of immune-based combinations, including nivolumab plus ipilimumab or cabozantinib, and pembrolizumab plus axitinib or lenvatinib. AREAS COVERED: The aim of this review is to compare the different safety profiles of first-line immune-based combinations versus sunitinib across the four respective pivotal trials (CheckMate 214, CheckMate 9ER, KEYNOTE-426, and CLEAR), with a particular attention to patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) assessment. EXPERT OPINION: The concurrent use of an immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) as a first-line treatment strategy for mRCC has highlighted the unmet clinical need for prompt detection and consequently proper management of adverse events (AEs), both immune-related and TKI-induced. Overlapping AEs, such as hypertransaminasemia, are most challenging to manage, and evidence is still outlined from clinical practice. The specific patterns of toxicities of the approved first-line immune-based combinations, along with the impact of these interventions on patients' HRQoL, demand a deeper consideration by physicians while choosing the appropriate treatment for each individual mRCC patient. Both safety profile and HRQoL evaluation could be exploited to guide the first-line treatment selection in this setting. FAU - Rosellini, Matteo AU - Rosellini M AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Tassinari, Elisa AU - Tassinari E AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Marchetti, Andrea AU - Marchetti A AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Tateo, Valentina AU - Tateo V AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Nuvola, Giacomo AU - Nuvola G AD - Medical Oncology, SCIAS Hospital de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Rizzo, Alessandro AU - Rizzo A AD - Struttura Semplice Dipartimentale di Oncologia Medica per la Presa in Carico Globale del Paziente Oncologico "Don Tonino Bello," I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, Italy. FAU - Massari, Francesco AU - Massari F AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Bologna, Italy. FAU - Mollica, Veronica AU - Mollica V AD - Medical Oncology, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. AD - Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Bologna, Bologna, Italy. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230416 PL - England TA - Expert Opin Drug Saf JT - Expert opinion on drug safety JID - 101163027 RN - V99T50803M (Sunitinib) RN - 31YO63LBSN (Nivolumab) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology MH - *Kidney Neoplasms/pathology MH - Quality of Life MH - Sunitinib/adverse effects MH - Nivolumab MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adverse events OT - immune checkpoint inhibitors OT - immune-based combinations OT - immune-related adverse events OT - metastatic renal cell carcinoma OT - patient-reported outcomes OT - quality of life OT - safety EDAT- 2023/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2023/05/22 06:42 CRDT- 2023/04/13 23:52 PHST- 2023/05/22 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/13 23:52 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/14740338.2023.2203486 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2023 Apr;22(4):279-291. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2023.2203486. Epub 2023 Apr 16.