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Efortumab Vedotin and pembrolizumab showing response rates of 71% (n=45) in front line urothelial cancer
#esmo19
. Amazing data. Patients will want this. Tom
Paper of the month:
@JoshMeeks
develops 5 subgroups based on RNA signatures to predict response a PD(L)1 in urothelial cancer (figure bellow). Multiple mechanisms of response/resistant creates a complex picture which Josh simplifies .
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#UromigosLive
#ProstateCancer
: Most successful strategies for developing anticancer combination Rx commonly adhere to the following👉1⃣ Distinct MOA 2⃣ Significant single agent activity3⃣ Non-overlapping toxicities ➡️Ex. BEP for germ cell tumors. mHSPC following the example‼️
1st line bladder cancer, what just happened?
#nashvillelive
Was nivo/cis data expected? Who shouldn’t get EV pembro? How much does maintenance avelumab help? What next now EV/pembro is standard treatment?
@DrRosenbergMSK
@MattGalsky
@shilpaonc
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ASCO23 GU highlights. What’s changed in prostate (PARPi, PEACE1, ICECAP, AI pathology) - bladder (THOR and VESPER) - renal (CONTACT3) please give us feedback - many thanks
@brian_rini
Pembrolizumab is approved in BCG refractory NMIBC. A new chapter begins for these patients. These drugs seem to work best in earlier disease. Randomised trials will be needed to confirm the benifit. We also need biomarkers as <50% benifit.
Uromigos go to Hollywood starting today . Papillary renal cancer, management of upper tract disease, FDA accelerated FDA approval of EV & pembro, adjuvant vs neoadjuvant ADT in prostate cancer.
@montypal
& Alexandra Drakaki and more.
Are you ready for
@myESMO
?
‼️ 3 ph 3 trials in mUC ‼️
1. CM901 Nivo+GemCis met OS&DFS endpoints (vs GemCis)
2. EV302 EV-pembro met OS&DFS endpoints (vs GemCis/Carbo)
3. THOR Cohort 2 Post chemo, IO naïve-Erda vs pembro
Poll to follow (1/4)
APCCC debate with Thomas Zilli and Pierre Blanchard covering radiation therapy for metastatic disease from Lugano. Thanks to
@neerajaiims
for help with the tweet.
#APCCC2024
@OncoAlert
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Last golden ticket
#UromigosLive
is up for grabs.The best new photo with the Uromigos name in a selfie wins-a scribbled bit of paper is ok. It’s for developing doctors but anyone can enter & pick a person of their choice,so even
@ChrisSweens1
@DrChoueiri
@Silke_Gillessen
can win
50,000 uromigos listens in our first year. Thanks to all those who have taken part and a huge thanks to the audience who have persisted with us despite all the shortcomings.....
1/6 The NIAGRA perioperative durvalumab trial in muscle invasive bladder cancer was positive for EFS and OS
#UromigosLive24
. Shortcomings and future data also discussed. 84% thought this was the new standard of care. There are two other similar trials with PD-1 inhibitors
Uromigos Rising Star series kicks off with Renee Saliby discussing her work on RNA signatures predicting response to therapy in advanced renal cancer
@ReneeSaliby
@DrChoueiri
Imvigor130 (front line bladder chemo+atezo) is positive for PFS, with OS trending positive. PFS has not been easy to achieve previously in bladder. I have been more confident about OS, which will get there in time. A new standard of care I suspect. Tom
Summary of OS HR data across time points for the 1st line combinations in RCC.
@Merregan
Cross trial comparisons and wide confidence intervals complicate data interpretation, including IMDC subgroups. Pick one, use it well. Listen more with our podcast 👉
Rechallange with pembrolizumab in UC in those patients who complete 2 yrs of therapy or stop due to CR is associated with responses. A highly selected population. What does this mean in the adjuvant therapy setting?
#nashvillelive
@koshkin85
#ESMO2023
We love our Rising Stars! Terrific study designs all around. Save this tweet - you are probably sure to see some of these trials advance to P3 in the future, wouldn't you say
@PGrivasMDPhD
@morr316
@TDorffOnc
?
The positive CHMP decision for axitinib and pembrolizumab in front line renal cancer is great news for EU patients. High response rates (60%), long PFS (>15 months) and a 47% reduction in the risk of death, irrespective of risk group, makes it really attractive. Tom
Arnab Basu and ctDNA positivity in renal cancer in renal cancer . 70% +ve in M1 disease is higher than we expected. Tracking patients is feasible
#GU23
It is great to see years of kidney cancer development has resulted in overall survival being used as the primary endpoint and improvements achieved - unequivocal clinical benefit! Well done to all who have contributed over the many years
Our prostate cancer debate with Rana McKay and Kim Chi covers 1st line doublet vs triplet therapy. This video is a quick summary - the podcast has the detail...
@tompowles1
and
@brian_rini
are looking forward to the
@Uromigos
session at the World Conference on GU Cancers next weekend for a special session on the impact of recent data in GU cancers on community practice.
We’re doing it again. Uromigos Live 2023 in Nashville November 3-4. Live sessions, videos and podcasts . A
#uromigoscup
. Highlights from ESMO. New perspectives. Golden tickets for rising stars. Happy to hear your ideas
A fantastic meeting in Madrid. Imvigor130 was debated by the Spanish group who made such a huge contribution. Consensus on the significance of the results was elusive. Most seem keen to wait for significant OS before making changes. I’m inclined to agree.
#sogug1
#simposioSOGUG
#ESMO23
PSMAFore Ph3 trial results👉 Pluvicto (Lu177) shows ⬆️rPFS vs ARPI change in taxane-naïve mCRPC
#prostatecancer
(Pts with any PSMA neg lesions on PSMA PET were excluded)👉57% reduction in risk of progression 👇
@Uromigos
#UromigosLive
Find 5 Polls below 👇 (1/6)
Press release states this first line maintenance study achieves OS in the ITT population (cisplatin eligable and inelgable) and is therefore distinct from front line atezo/pembro which are currently limited to biomarker positive cisplatin ineligable.
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#UromigosLive
#BladderCancer
Poll 1:
Adjuvant high-risk muscle-invasive UC
IMVigor010- atezo NEG for DFS & OS
CM274 nivo met DFS endpoint in ITT & PD-L1 >/=1% NO OS data--Poll to follow (1/3)
With this coming ASCO and emergence of many active therapies for GU cancers, I personally will be less inclined to be comfortable with phase 3 trials calling success with only a PFS benefit without a QoL benefit or proven surrogacy for OS. (Chris)
@ChrisSweens1
Bladder cancer Asco 2019: maintenance pembrolizumab after front line chemo delaying PFS. The first PFS positive immune therapy study. OS awaited. Big success. Also bevacizumab with chemo hitting PFS but not OS. Huge effort. Great investigator led studies from Gasky/Rosenberg.
There are not too many ways of getting tickets to
#UromigosLive2024
in September in Nashville, but winning the
@uromigos
darts 🎯 🎯 🎯 competition at the annual party is one. Dr Ovidio Calvo 🇪🇸 threw magic darts (only 1 actually) & cleaned up. Welcome to Nashville.
#worlddarts
#UromigosLive24
will discuss IO after IO in RCC. Despite negative trials this practice persists. Do we need a post adjuvant trial of IO? How long after adjuvant pembro would you rechallenge? Do patients get only one good shot at IO?
Golden tickets 🎟️ for the Uromigos Nashville 23 meeting available. It’s for junior faculty and includes accommodation🏨 , ✈️ social events 🎺 etc. Send us ideas for a podcast + presenter. Reply to this tweet or site.
A late entry for the final UROMIGOS golden ticket
#nashvillelive
from RCC legend
@DrDanielHeng
It’s from a Canadian rain forest apparently. He’s not surfing, and I’m not sure about the predictive nature of his classification, but surely he is in with a chance
@montypal
In the 2nd podcast in the Rising Star series. Scott Haake described his work on ctDNA and methylation signatures in renal cancer. Please send us your nomination for the rising star series. We’re looking for 5 more in 2022.
@DrScottHaake
@KimrynRathmell
Team 🇺🇸 USA 🇺🇸 winning the Uromigos cup 🏆🏆🏆👍👍👍against Japan. Thanks to all the teams Mexico 🇲🇽 France 🇫🇷 Germany 🇩🇪 Netherlands 🇳🇱 and Canada 🇨🇦
#uromigosLive
Sequential tissue analysis after neoadjuvant atezolizumab shows dynamic changes with therapy. Baseline activated T cells predict response. Up regulation of fibroblast (FAP) and cell cycle genes predict resistance. TMB and PD-L1 seem less relevant
Nick Vogelzang gives an overview of developments in kidney cancer from the start and key moments in his career as part of the uromigos Legend weekly series.
Great, very well done study, now the discussions will begin which AR targeted substance and which combinations should be added to ADT. It will be interesting to see the biological data of this study!
Dr Grivas
@PGrivasMDPhD
wiped the floor with me in a debate of PD-L1 vs 2nd generation biomarkers in Bladder Ca (TMB CD8 etc). TMB got a particularly rough ride. It appears PD-L1 will stand the test of time, probably in combination with other biomarkers (CD8) to enrich response.
9/21 (43%) pathological complete response rates for durvalumab and tremelimumab in operable urothelial bladder cancer at ASCO2019
#4551
. Single agent PD-(L)1 inhibitor response rates are 30-40% (~same as chemo). Immune combos could be even better. IO looks most active here.
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Amazing really - nothing for 40 years - then immune checkpoint inhibitors, FGFR and EV (ADCs) all in 5 years. I think, for the first time, most patients won’t be having chemotherapy as standard of care in the near future.
The new EAU guidelines recommending axitinib/pembrolizumab as front line therapy for metastatic RCC irrespective of IMDC risk group. Ipilimumab/nivolumab continues to be recommended in intermediate and poor risk pateints. So it’s PD-1 + VEGF or CTLA-4.
We have a 2nd golden ticket award winner
@AmandaNizamMD
for Nashville’22 . Amanda highlights ongoing uncertainty around the agenda and faculty.
@brian_rini
assures us the social events are maturing well.
I think the best data from KCA2018 was the incredibly impressive ipilimumab and nivolumab data in sarcomatoid RCC from 214. High complete responses of 18%. Long-term remissions and great PFS/OS. Must be considered the right choice for patients.
Sitravatinib plus nivo in refractory RCC. Solid responses and durability which I think is expected given VEGF+IO known activity. Hard to tell if this is anything more than that. Brian
POLL TO FOLLOW: You've seen the data for axitinib/toripalimab at
#ESMO23
. The trial bears some likeness to
#KN426
with some notable differences (e.g., intermediate/poor risk only). (1/2)
NCCN has made axi/pembro a category 2A recommendation for favorable risk. This is a misinterpretation of a subset analysis. The HR for OS was 0.64 in this subset. The 95% CI overlapped 1 because there were 17 total events. We need as a field to stop overinterpreting forest plots!
🇯🇵 🇯🇵 Japan 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 are on their way to Nashville for the Uromigos Cup!! 🏆Congratulations to them and team 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 for their brilliant answers . Bring on team LA
The FDA approved this quickly. Great for US patients. Hopefully it will be approved in Europe and ROW soon too. This first line maintenance approach has the lowest hazard ratios to date in metastatic UC.
FDA approves maintenance avelumab sequenced directly after 1st line chemo in advanced UC. A huge global effort with >200 sites. It’s great news for patients. Earlier treatment as part of 1st line therapy is more effective and more patients can benifit.
Team Japan 🇯🇵 🇯🇵 enters the Uromigos 🏆🏆🏆 to beat team LA in Nashville. Nobuaki Matsubara, Hiroshi Kitamura and Yuji Miura battle through sometimes ridiculous questions ranging from Sumo wrestling to axitinib PK data. Can they beat Canada 🇨🇦 🇨🇦
#UromigosLive
#BladderCancer
1L Poll 2: You've seen EV-103 Cohort K EV +pembro(P) vs EV mono for 1L cis-ineligibl mUC
@ESMO
EV+P showed ORR 64.5%, median DOR NR. Ph 3 EV-302 of EV+P vs platinum chemo ongoing (OS primary)‼️ POLL TO FOLLOW‼️(1/4)