PMID- 38390328 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240226 LR - 20240320 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 15 DP - 2024 TI - Efficacy and toxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors combination therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. PG - 1255577 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1255577 [doi] LID - 1255577 AB - BACKGROUND: Although immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) show a significant overall survival advantage over standard advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC) therapies, tumor response to these agents remains poor. Some studies have shown that combination therapy including an ICI appears to be the best treatment; however, the overall benefit in terms of efficacy and toxicity still needs to be assessed. Thus, we performed a network meta-analysis to evaluate the differences in the efficacy of several combinations that include an ICI to provide a basis for clinical treatment selection. METHODS: We conducted a thorough search of PubMed, EMBASE, and the Cochrane Library for articles from January 2010 to June 2023. R 4.4.2 and STATA 16.0 were used to analyze data; hazard ratio (HR) and odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were used to assess the results. RESULTS: An indirect comparison showed that nivolumab plus cabozantinib and pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib were the most effective treatments for progression-free survival (PFS), with no significant differences between the two interventions (HR, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.96-1.78; P=0.08); rank probability showed that pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib had a 57.1% chance of being the preferred treatment. In the absence of indirect comparisons between pembrolizumab plus axitinib, nivolumab plus ipilimumab, avelumab plus axitinib, nivolumab plus cabozantinib, and pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib, pembrolizumab plus axitinib (40.2%) was the best treatment option for overall survival (OS). Compared to pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib, nivolumab plus ipilimumab (OR, 0.07; 95% CI, 0.01-0.65; P=0.02) and pembrolizumab plus axitinib (OR, 0.05; 95% CI, 0.00-0.78; P<0.001) had a lower incidence of overall adverse events (AEs). CONCLUSION: Pembrolizumab plus lenvatinib and pembrolizumab plus axitinib resulted in the highest PFS and OS rates, respectively. Pembrolizumab plus axitinib may be the best option when AEs are a concern. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: https://inplasy.com/, identifier INPLASY202410078. CI - Copyright (c) 2024 Chen, Xu, Wu, Xie, Wang and Liu. FAU - Chen, Xiangyu AU - Chen X AD - Department of Urology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. FAU - Xu, Zhunan AU - Xu Z AD - Department of Urology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. FAU - Wu, Changgui AU - Wu C AD - Department of Urology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. FAU - Xie, Lijun AU - Xie L AD - Department of Urology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. FAU - Wang, Pengyu AU - Wang P AD - Department of Urology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. FAU - Liu, Xiaoqiang AU - Liu X AD - Department of Urology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20240208 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - EE083865G2 (lenvatinib) RN - 1C39JW444G (cabozantinib) RN - C9LVQ0YUXG (Axitinib) RN - 31YO63LBSN (Nivolumab) RN - 0 (Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Ipilimumab) RN - 0 (Anilides) RN - 0 (Phenylurea Compounds) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Quinolines) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Carcinoma, Renal Cell/pathology MH - Axitinib/therapeutic use MH - Nivolumab/therapeutic use MH - Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/adverse effects MH - Ipilimumab/therapeutic use MH - Network Meta-Analysis MH - *Kidney Neoplasms/pathology MH - *Anilides MH - *Phenylurea Compounds MH - *Pyridines MH - *Quinolines PMC - PMC10881808 OTO - NOTNLM OT - advanced renal cell carcinoma OT - combination therapy OT - efficacy OT - immune checkpoint inhibitors OT - tyrosine kinase inhibitors COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2024/02/23 06:43 MHDA- 2024/02/26 06:43 PMCR- 2024/01/01 CRDT- 2024/02/23 03:55 PHST- 2023/07/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2024/01/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/02/26 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/02/23 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/02/23 03:55 [entrez] PHST- 2024/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1255577 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 8;15:1255577. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1255577. eCollection 2024.