Connor Wells

Connor Wells
  • Medical Oncology Resident University of British Columbia; MD, Queen's University; BHSc (Hons), University of Calgary
  • MD at University of British Columbia

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Introduction
Connor Wells currently is a Medical Oncology Resident at the University of British Columbia. Connor does research in Medical Oncology, predominantly in the fields of renal cell carcinoma and clinical.
Current institution
Additional affiliations
September 2016 - present
Queen's University
Position
  • Research Associate
September 2013 - present
Tom Baker Cancer Centre
Position
  • Clinical Research Database Manager
December 2011 - August 2015
University of Calgary
Position
  • Clinical Research Assistant
Education
September 2014 - May 2018
Queen's University
Field of study
  • Medicine
September 2009 - May 2013
University of Calgary
Field of study
  • Biomedical Sciences

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Publications (130)
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Background: The benefit of cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) for overall survival (OS) is unclear in patients with synchronous metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) in the era of targeted therapy. Objective: To determine OS benefit of CN compared with no CN in mRCC patients treated with targeted therapies. Design, setting, and participants: Retr...
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Purpose: Glioblastoma is one of the most lethal cancers in humans, and with existing therapy, survival remains at 14.6 months. Current barriers to successful treatment include their infiltrative behavior, extensive tumor heterogeneity, and the presence of a stem-like population of cells, termed brain tumor-initiating cells (BTICs) that confer resi...
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Background: The use of third-line targeted therapy (TTT) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is not well characterized and varies due to the lack of robust data to guide treatment decisions. This study examined the use of third-line therapy in a large international population. Objective: To evaluate the use and efficacy of targeted therapy...
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Outcomes of metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) patients are poorly characterized in the era of targeted therapy. A total of 5474 patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) in the International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC) were retrospectively analyzed. Outcomes were compared between clear cell (ccRCC; n = 5008) and papill...
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Importance The burden of cancer falls disproportionally on low-middle–income countries (LMICs). It is not well known how novel therapies are tested in current clinical trials and the extent to which they match global disease burden. Objectives To describe the design, results, and publication of oncology randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and examin...
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477 Background: Multiple phase 3 trials have established either dual immunotherapy with ipilimumab and nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) or immunotherapy with a VEGFR inhibitor (IO-VE) as standard-of-care first-line therapy for metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We focused this analysis on patients with IMDC intermediate or poor risk where eithe...
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509 Background: Comorbidities pose a challenge in the treatment of patients with cancer and present a barrier to inclusion in clinical trials. While the effect of comorbidities on the efficacy of immunotherapy (IO) has been studied in various malignancies, it remains unclear in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with IO-ba...
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525 Background: HRQoL tools and adverse event criteria were designed around outdated therapies and require re-evaluation in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). Attempts have been made to create a novel HRQoL tool (Bergerot et al) but this has not been validated in prospective data sets. To our knowledge no attempts have been made to re-e...
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451 Background: Patient participation in clinical trials has led to numerous treatment advances in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and urothelial carcinoma (UC) over the past decade. The rate of patient participation in RCC and UC trials and factors influencing participation are unknown. This study evaluates patient participation rates in RCC and UC cli...
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505 Background: The IMDC model has been effectively used to predict patients’ (pts) outcomes with mRCC, significantly guiding treatment decisions in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) that have improved survival. In this study, we aim to characterize the clinical outcomes between patients classified as low (L, IMDC score of 0) vs. low-i...
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494 Background: Immuno-oncology (IO)-based combination therapy with or without anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VE) has become a standard of care for mnccRCC. However, real-world evidence on the effectiveness of contemporary therapies over traditional targeted therapies against mnccRCC is limited. Methods: Using the IMDC, patients with mncc...
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Background Lymphocytes are closely linked to mechanisms of action of immuno-oncology (IO) agents. We aimed to assess the prognostic significance of absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Patients and methods Using the International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC), patients receiving first-line IO-b...
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4514 Background: The role of immunotherapy combinations in mRCC with IMDC favorable risk is controversial. A very favorable subgroup of favorable risk patients (primary diagnosis to systemic therapy ≥3yr, Karnofsky Performance Status 90 or 100% and absence of brain, liver, or bone metastasis) has been described by Schmidt A. et al., which require c...
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Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is an aggressive and difficult malignancy to treat. Owing to its rarity and the lack of specific high-level data, management mirrors that of urothelial cancer of the bladder (UCB). Over the past decade, UTUC has shown minimal improvement in survival rates. Its location makes the diagnosis and staging of UTUC...
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Background: Some patients with metastatic bladder cancer (mBC) have durable responses to immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); others progress early while suffering from autoimmune toxicity. Currently there is no prognostic score or tumour marker to predict who will benefit from ICIs in bladder cancer. We designed a novel prognostic score to stratif...
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Background Current tobacco smoking is independently associated with decreased overall survival (OS) among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with targeted monotherapy (VEGF-TKI). Herein, we assess the influence of smoking status on the outcomes of patients with mRCC treated with the current first-line standard of care of i...
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702 Background: Maintenance avelumab following frontline platinum-based chemotherapy for metastatic urothelial cancer (mUC) is associated with survival benefit. Eligibility to receive avelumab maintenance requires receiving 4-6 cycles chemotherapy without disease progression. Not all patients complete 6 cycles of chemotherapy or meet eligibility to...
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534 Background: Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is being explored in the neoadjuvant setting in multiple prospective trials. Dynamic changes may be a surrogate marker of pathological complete response. ABACUS was a multi-centre, single-arm phase II trial investigating two cycles of atezolizumab before cystectomy in patients with muscle-invasive urot...
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400 Background: In Ph3 trials, assessment for primary endpoint of OS necessitates extended follow-up (f/u) periods, larger pool of events, and higher associated costs. We sought to determine if shorter IEs like Time to Treatment Failure (TTF) and Time to Next Therapy (TTNT) are associated with OS in patients (pts) receiving ICI-based trt. Methods:...
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395 Background: NIVO IPI is one of several 1L treatment options for mRCC and is limited to intermediate and poor risk disease in many jurisdictions. We report the outcomes of 1L NIVO IPI from the IMDC. Methods: All IMDC patients who received 1L NIVO IPI were retrospectively analyzed. Key outcomes were compared between IMDC risk groups and included...
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390 Background: Patients treated with immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) may experience disease control without need for ongoing systemic therapy, a period not well described by conventional time-to-event endpoints. Treatment-free survival (TFS) represents a novel endpoint to quantify this period. Methods: We identified patients with mRCC from the IM...
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Background: Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (ChRCC) represents 5% of all kidney cancers. In contrast to clear cell RCC (ccRCC), the immune landscape of ChRCC and its response to immunotherapy remain poorly characterized. We sought to evaluate the clinical outcomes of patients with ChRCC treated with immuno-oncology (IO)-based regimens, and assess...
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4519 Background: Patients with advanced RCC with S/R components exhibit poor clinical outcomes. IO-based combination therapies demonstrated substantial efficacy among patients with metastatic S/R ccRCC, compared to VEGF targeted therapy (VEGF-TT). Recent trials showed promising activity of IO-based regimens in patients with advanced nccRCC. We soug...
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4538 Background: Treatment patterns and number of lines of therapy for patients with mRCC are not well characterized in the era of immunoncology-based combinations. We aimed to quantify the attrition rates by line of therapy and to examine predictors of receiving second-line (2L) treatment. Methods: Using the IMDC, patients with mRCC who received f...
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4555 Background: Active smoking is associated with decreased overall survival (OS) in patients (pts) with mRCC treated with VEGF targeted therapy (VEGF-TT) (Kroeger N. et al. 2019, IMDC investigators). Conversely, smoking history has been linked to improved OS in pts with advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) receiving 1L pembrolizumab mon...
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600 Background: The outcomes of patients with brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are not well characterized due to exclusion of these patients from clinical trials. Methods: Using the IMDC, patients with brain metastases from RCC at the initiation of first-line therapy were analyzed. Baseline patient characteristics, brain-directed lo...
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673 Background: Across the world, treatment of patients with mRCC is heterogeneous with different access to treatment sequences and number of lines of therapy (LOTs) employed. For instance, patients receiving first line (1L) nivolumab+ipilimumab (NIVO+IPI) may be offered second-line (2L) and third line (3L) vascular endothelial growth factor recept...
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654 Background: IO-based regimens have demonstrated substantial efficacy in the management of metastatic clear-cell RCC (mccRCC), where they currently represent the standard of care. ChRCC has a dismal prognosis in the metastatic setting. Recent clinical trials evaluating IO-based regimens across non-ccRCC subtypes identified a preliminary poor res...
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Background: The combination of immuno-oncology (IO) agents ipilimumab and nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) and vascular endothelial growth factor targeted therapies (VEGF-TT) combined with IO (IO-VEGF) are current standard of care first-line treatments for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Objective: To establish real-world clinical benchmarks for IO...
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Purpose: Clinical trials have demonstrated higher complete response (CR) rates in the immuno-oncology (IO)-based combination arms than in the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) arms in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We aimed to characterize real-world patients who experienced CR to the contemporary first-line therapies. Materi...
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Background The role of upfront cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitors is unclear. Objective To evaluate the relationship between upfront CN and clinical outcomes in the setting of mRCC treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors or targeted therapy. Design, setting, and p...
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Background There are limited data evaluating the activity of cabozantinib (CABO) as second line (2L) therapy post standard of care ipilimumab-nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) or immuno-oncology(IO)/vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (VEGFi) combinations (IOVE). Materials and Methods Using the IMDC database, we sought to identify the objective respon...
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Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have demonstrated impressive activity in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and have become standard treatment options for patients with advanced disease. Data supporting the effectiveness of ICI-based therapy in advanced non-clear cell RCC (nccRCC) is more limited. Methods: We perfo...
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Importance: The association between treatment with first-line immuno-oncology (IO) combination therapies and physician-assessed objective imaging response among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) remains uncharacterized. Objective: To compare the likelihood of objective imaging response (ie, complete or partial response) to fir...
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Background: In this study, we compared and contrasted design characteristics, results, and publications of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in gastrointestinal (GI), lung, and breast cancer. Methods: A PUBMED search identified phase III RCTs of anticancer therapy in GI, lung, and breast cancer published globally during the period 2014-2017. D...
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317 Background: Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) with pancreatic metastases (PM) is characterised by heightened angiogenesis, which is associated with improved outcomes with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors. We aimed to compare the efficacy of first-line (1L) ipilimumab/nivolumab (IOIO) vs. anti-PD(L)1/anti-VEGF (IOVE) vs....
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310 Background: Predictors of objective response to first-line (1L) immuno-oncology (IO) combination therapies remain elusive. We sought to characterise clinical variables and their association with investigator assessed best overall response. Methods: Using the IMDC, we retrospectively identified patients treated with 1L ipilimumab nivolumab (IPI-...
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318 Background: There are limited data to understand the activity of cabozantinib (CABO) as second line (2L) therapy post standard of care ipilimumab-nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) or immuno-oncology(IO)/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor combinations (IOVE). The activity of subsequent 3L approved therapies post CABO has not been established...
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308 Background: The combination of immuno-oncology agents (IO) ipilimumab and nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) and combinations of IO with vascular endothelial growth factor targeted therapies (IOVE) have demonstrated efficacy in clinical trials for the first-line treatment of mRCC. This study seeks to establish real-world clinical benchmarks based on the Inte...
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Background Complementary medicines (CM) are frequently used by patients with cancer. Controversy exists over the effectiveness and risk that CM may add to conventional cancer therapy. The incidence of CM use among patients enrolled in phase III clinical trials is unknown. Methods Medication lists from 6 international phase III clinical trials were...
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Purpose Randomized control trials (RCTs) are the cornerstone of delivering sustained improvements in cancer outcome. To inform radiotherapy research policy and prioritization, we analyze the radiotherapy RCT landscape including comparison with trials of systemic therapies over the same time period, with a specific focus on funding and disparities a...
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PURPOSE Patients and providers often lack clinical decision tools to enable effective shared decision making. This is especially true in the rapidly changing therapeutic landscape of metastatic kidney cancer. Using the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) criteria, a validated risk prediction tool for patients wi...
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4552 Background: Retrospective studies have shown an association between Ab exposure and inferior clinical outcomes in patients receiving ICI across various tumor types, including mRCC. However, it is unclear whether Ab exposure has a unique interaction with ICI or is an independent prognostic marker, regardless of treatment. We sought to examine A...
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4554 Background: IPI NIVO is approved for 1L treatment of IMDC intermediate/poor risk mRCC based on the CHECKMATE 214 trial. Herein, we report the clinical effectiveness of 1L IPI NIVO and second line (2L) therapy in the real-world setting. Methods: Using the IMDC dataset, patients (pts) treated with 1L IPI NIVO were identified. The outcomes of int...
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Background Immuno-oncology (IO)–based therapies have been approved based on randomised clinical trials, yet a significant proportion of real-world patients are not represented in these trials. We sought to compare the outcomes of trial-ineligible vs. -eligible patients with advanced solid tumours treated with first-line (1L) IO therapy. Patients a...
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Canada has a long tradition of leading practice-changing clinical trials in oncology. Here, we describe methodology, results, and interpretation of oncology RCTs with Canadian involvement compared to RCTs from other high-income countries (HICs). A literature search identified all RCTs evaluating anti-cancer therapies published 2014–2017. RCTs were...
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Objective: Older adults with metastatic renal cell carcinoma(mRCC) are underrepresented in immune-checkpoint inhibitor(ICI) registration trials. Here we compare the efficacy of ICI treatments in older vs. younger adults with mRCC. Methods: Using the International mRCC Database Consortium(IMDC), patients treated with a PD(L)-1 based ICI were iden...
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Background Limited data exists on the clinical effectiveness of second-line (2L) vascular endothelial growth factor (receptor) targeted inhibitor (VEGF(R)i) sunitinib after first-line (1L) immuno-oncology (IO) therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients in real-world settings. Methods A retrospective cohort study among adult mRCC p...
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316 Background: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) have demonstrated impressive activity in metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) and have become standard treatment options in this setting. Data supporting the effectiveness of ICI based therapy in non-clear cell RCC (nccRCC) is more limited. Methods: We performed a retrospective analys...
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276 Background: Ipilimumab and nivolumab (IPI-NIVO) and IO/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor combinations (IOVE) are now standard of care 1L treatment options for mRCC. However, there is limited head-to-head comparative evidence between these strategies. Methods: Using the IMDC dataset, patients treated with a 1L IOVE combination...
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Importance There exists considerable biological and clinical variability between histologic variants of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Data reporting on patterns of metastasis in histologic variants of mRCC are sparse. Objective To characterize sites of metastasis and their association with survival across the 3 most common histologic var...
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Background Cabozantinib is approved for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) based on the METEOR and CABOSUN trials. However, real‐world effectiveness and dosing patterns of cabozantinib are not well characterized. Methods Patients with mRCC treated with cabozantinib between 2011 and 2019 were identified and stratified using the International mR...
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2019 Background: Clinical cancer research is now a global effort. Most published overviews of oncology trials are restricted to a specific disease site or cohort of high-profile journals. Here we describe authorship, trial characteristics, design, and results of all oncology RCTs published globally during 2014-2017. Methods: A structured literature...
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5071 Background: There exists considerable biological and clinical variability between histologic variants of metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (mRCC). Data reporting on sites of metastatic involvement in less common histologies of mRCC are sparse. We sought to characterize the frequency of metastatic site involvement across the three most common his...
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7021 Background: Cancer clinical trials have become increasingly international in scope. There are limited data regarding trial variation based on the economic status of the country in which they are conducted. Here we describe trial characteristics, design, and results of all RCTs published globally during 2014-2017. Methods: A structured literatu...
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5070 Background: IO combination therapies [including IOIO and IO/vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor (IOVE) combinations] in mRCC have been approved based on registration clinical trials that have strict eligibility criteria. The clinical outcomes of trial ineligible patients who are treated with first-line IOIO or IOVE combinations are un...
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5063 Background: In patients with mRCC, the International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC) criteria have been validated as a prognostic tool in patients treated with targeted therapy in the 1-4L settings and with 2L Nivolumab (Nivo). However, it is unknown whether the IMDC criteria can be used to risk stratify in recently approved 1L IO combination...
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5068 Background: Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are now a standard of care in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Older adults were underrepresented in registration trials and given that immunological senescence may affect the anti-tumor activity of ICIs, there is uncertainty about the efficacy of ICIs in this population. He...
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Background The use of cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) selectively for patients who show a favorable response to upfront systemic therapy may be an approach to select optimal candidates with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who are most likely to benefit. Objective We sought to characterize outcomes of deferred CN (dCN) after upfront sunitinib...
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684 Background: Immuno-Oncology (IO) combinations are standard of care first-line treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Data on therapy with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) post-progression on IO-combination therapy are limited. Methods: Using the IMDC, a retrospective analysis was done on...
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608 Background: The role of CN for mRCC treated with ICI is not well defined. Our aim was to evaluate the role of CN for mRCC treated by ICI or TT using a propensity score-based analysis. Methods: We retrospectively assessed patients who were diagnosed with de novo mRCC and who had started first line systemic therapy (ICI or TT) between 2009 and 20...
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642 Background: Across a variety of malignancies, sites of metastatic involvement are known to be associated with differences in survival. We sought to characterize the frequency and survival of patients with different sites of metastases in mRCC. Methods: Patients with mRCC starting treatment between 2002-2019 were identified and sites of metastat...
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639 Background: Cabozantinib (Cabo) is approved for mRCC patients based on the METEOR and CABOSUN trials. The real-world effectiveness of Cabo in mRCC patients in the first- (1L), second- (2L), third- (3L) and fourth-line (4L) settings requires characterization. Methods: This retrospective analysis included mRCC patients who were treated with Cabo...
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Background: Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) may present with primary metastases (synchronous disease) or develop metastases during follow-up (metachronous disease). The impact of time to metastasis on patient outcome is poorly characterised. Objective: To characterise overall survival (OS) and time to treatment failure (TTF)...
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PURPOSE To investigate whether black race is an independent predictor of overall survival (OS) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). METHODS We performed a retrospective 2-cohort (International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium [IMDC] and trial-database) study of patients with mRCC treated with first-line tyrosine kinase inh...
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Background: International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC) Database Consortium (IMDC) risk groups are important when considering therapeutic options for first-line treatment. Materials and methods: Adult patients with clear cell mRCC initiating first-line sunitinib between 2010 and 2018 were included in this retrospective database study. M...
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Background: The present retrospective, longitudinal cohort study assessed the association between the first-line sunitinib treatment duration and clinical outcomes with second-line immuno-oncology (IO) therapy among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Patients and methods: A total of 161 patients with mRCC who had been treated...
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Background: Immuno-oncology (IO) therapies have changed the treatment standards of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). However, the effectiveness of targeted therapy following discontinuation of IO therapy in real-world settings has not been well studied. Objective: To describe treatment sequence and assess clinical effectiveness of targeted...
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Background An elevated BMI is associated with improved prognosis in certain solid tumors treated with ICI; however, real-world data and genomic analysis has been lacking. We investigated the effect of BMI on RCC patients treated with PD-1/PD-L1 based ICI and explored potential genomic alterations (GA). Methods Using the International Metastatic RC...
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Background CMs are products used concurrently with conventional medicine, including natural products and homeopathy. CM use is prevalent amongst cancer patients, but the use in patients enrolled on P3T had yet to be studied. This study examined patient characteristics and outcomes of CM users enrolled in P3T conducted by the CCTG. Methods Data wer...
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Background: In metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (mRCC), recent data have shown efficacy of first-line ipilimumab and nivolumab (ipi-nivo) as well as immuno-oncology (IO)/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor combinations. Comparative data between these strategies are limited. Objective: To compare the efficacy of ipi-nivo versus IO-...
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4578 Background: While the CARMENA trial prompts more caution with upfront cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), 17% of patients in the sunitinib alone arm underwent deferred CN (dCN). Upfront systemic therapy has been proposed as a potential litmus test to identify patients suitable for CN, but dat...
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4577 Background: In mRCC, ipilimumab and nivolumab (ipi-nivo) is a 1L treatment option. Recent data have also shown efficacy of 1L IO-VEGF (IOVE) inhibitor combinations. Comparative data between these two strategies are limited and the efficacy of subsequent therapies remains unknown. Methods: Using the IMDC dataset, patients (pts) treated with any...
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Objectives: In the present study, we explored the real-world efficacy of the immuno-oncology checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib in the second-line setting. Methods: Using the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (imdc) dataset, a retrospective analysis of patients with metas...
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Background: There is evidence that cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) may be beneficial in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). This has been studied predominantly in clear-cell RCC, with more limited data on the role of CN in patients with papillary histology. Objective: To determine the benefit of CN in synchronous metastatic papillary RCC. De...
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610 Background: Prognostic factors such as the IMDC criteria have included all types of targeted therapy. This study assesses clinical outcomes and provide benchmarks for mRCC pts treated specifically with 1L SUN in the real world to provide contemporary benchmarks for outcomes and survival. Methods: Clear cell mRCC pts initiating SUN as 1L therapy...
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584 Background: In mRCC, ipilimumab and nivolumab (ipi-nivo) is a 1L treatment option. Recent data have also shown efficacy of 1L PD(L)1-VEGF (PV) inhibitor combinations. The efficacy of these two strategies has not been compared. Methods: Using the IMDC dataset, patients (pts) treated with any 1L PV combination were compared to those treated with...
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Background The safety and efficacy of targeted therapy in older patients (≥ 70 years) with metastatic colorectal cancer is not well evaluated. Patients and Methods Outcomes of older patients (including overall survival [OS], progression-free survival [PFS], toxicity, and quality of life [QoL]) were compared to young patients using data from 2 larg...
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BACKGROUND To the authors' knowledge, outcomes and prognostic tools have yet to be clearly defined in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who are treated with immuno‐oncology (IO) checkpoint inhibitors (programmed death‐ligand 1 [PD‐L1] inhibitors). In the current study, the authors aimed to establish IO efficacy benchmarks in pati...
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Programmed death 1 (PD-1) and PD ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors have shown activity in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Data on the activity of these agents in patients with non-clear cell RCC (nccRCC) or patients with sarcomatoid/rhabdoid differentiation is limited. In this multicenter analysis, we explored the efficacy of PD-1/PD-...
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615 Background: The immuno-oncology (IO) checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab and the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) cabozantinib have both been shown in phase III clinical trials to be effective in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) after progression on first-line therapy. We sought to explore the real-world efficacy of these therapies in second-li...
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581 Background: There is evidence that cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) may be beneficial in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), but the role of CN in patients with papillary histology is unclear. Methods: Using the IMDC database, a retrospective analysis was performed on patients with papillary mRCC treated with or without CN. Baseline character...
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Background Fourth-line therapy (4LT) in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) varies significantly due to the lack of data and recommendations to guide treatment decisions. Objective To evaluate the use and efficacy of 4LT in mRCC patients. Methods The International mRCC Database Consortium (IMDC) dataset was used to identify pa...

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