Immunomodulatory response to neoadjuvant nivolumab in non-metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma

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Novel perioperative strategies are needed to reduce recurrence rates in patients undergoing nephrectomy for high-risk, non-metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). We conducted a prospective, phase I trial of neoadjuvant nivolumab prior to nephrectomy in 15 evaluable patients with non-metastatic ccRCC. We leveraged tissue from that cohort to elucidate the effects of PD-1 inhibition on immune cell populations in ccRCC and correlate the evolving immune milieu with anti-PD-1 response. We found that nivolumab durably induces a pro-inflammatory state within the primary tumor, and baseline immune infiltration within the primary tumor correlates with nivolumab responsiveness. Nivolumab increases CTLA-4 expression in the primary tumor, and subsequent nephrectomy increases circulating concentrations of sPD-L1, sPD-L3 (sB7-H3), and s4-1BB. These findings form the basis to consider neoadjuvant immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) for high-risk ccRCC while the tumor remains in situ and provide the rationale for perioperative strategies of novel ICI combinations.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 17. Jan., Seite 1458

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Singla, Nirmish [VerfasserIn]
Nirschl, Thomas R [VerfasserIn]
Obradovic, Aleksandar Z [VerfasserIn]
Shenderov, Eugene [VerfasserIn]
Lombardo, Kara [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaopu [VerfasserIn]
Pons, Alice [VerfasserIn]
Zarif, Jelani C [VerfasserIn]
Rowe, Steven P [VerfasserIn]
Trock, Bruce J [VerfasserIn]
Hammers, Hans J [VerfasserIn]
Bivalacqua, Trinity J [VerfasserIn]
Pierorazio, Phillip M [VerfasserIn]
Deutsch, Julie S [VerfasserIn]
Lotan, Tamara L [VerfasserIn]
Taube, Janis M [VerfasserIn]
Ged, Yasser M A [VerfasserIn]
Gorin, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Allaf, Mohamad E [VerfasserIn]
Drake, Charles G [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Nivolumab

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Date Completed 18.01.2024

Date Revised 20.01.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-024-51889-9

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NLM367192810