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What Clinicians Want to Know: Addressing Current Questions Related to the Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma (Symposium Video Proceedings)
Released March 2025

Featuring perspectives from Dr Thomas E Hutson, Dr Rana R McKay, Dr Sumanta Kumar Pal and Dr Tian Zhang, moderated by Dr Pal. Published March 2025.

CE Information and Faculty Disclosures

  • TARGET AUDIENCE
    This program is intended for medical and radiation oncologists, urologists and other healthcare providers involved in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVES

    • Evaluate recently presented data with adjuvant anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody therapy for patients with RCC at high risk for recurrence after nephrectomy, and consider the current role of this treatment strategy.
    • Appraise available clinical trial data evaluating anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody/multikinase inhibitor combinations for previously untreated metastatic RCC (mRCC), and counsel patients regarding the risks and benefits of these novel regimens.
    • Review the biological rationale underlying the investigation of anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4 combination therapy as first-line treatment for patients with mRCC, and appreciate long-term research findings documenting the effectiveness of this approach.
    • Assess recently presented clinical trial results with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibodies administered as a subcutaneous injection for patients with mRCC, and reflect on the potential benefits of this therapeutic strategy.
    • Understand the biological rationale for exploiting HIF-2α in patients with von Hippel-Lindau-associated and sporadic RCC, and consider the current role of available inhibitors.
    • Develop a rational therapeutic approach to the sequencing of systemic therapies for patients with advanced RCC that progresses on first-line treatment, incorporating multikinase inhibitors, HIF-2α inhibitors, immunotherapeutic agents and other strategies.
    • Appreciate published research findings evaluating the use of available and investigational agents for patients with non-clear cell RCC, and consider the applicability of these strategies in clinical care.
    • Recall available and emerging data with other novel and investigational agents and strategies in testing for RCC, and as applicable, refer eligible patients for clinical trial participation.

    ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
    Research To Practice is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
    Audio Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    Video Program: Research To Practice designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) — MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION (MOC)
    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation component and a short post-test, enables the participant to earn up to 2.75 (audio) and 2.25 (video) Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for each activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABIM specialty: medical oncology.

    AMERICAN BOARD OF SURGERY (ABS) — CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION (CC)
    Successful completion of these CME activities, which includes participation in the evaluation component and a short post-test, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

    Please note, these programs have been specifically designed for the following ABS practice area: complex general surgical oncology.

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    HOW TO USE THIS CME ACTIVITY
    Audio Program: This CME activity consists of an audio component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, listen to the MP3s, review the downloadable slide set, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCOGU2025/RCC/CME. The corresponding video program is available as an alternative at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCOGU2025/RCC/Video.

    Video Program: This CME activity consists of a video component. To receive credit, the participant should review the CME information, watch the video, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or better and fill out the evaluation located at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCOGU2025/RCC/Video/CME. The corresponding audio program is available as an alternative at ResearchToPractice.com/ASCOGU2025/RCC.

    CONTENT VALIDATION AND DISCLOSURES
    Research To Practice (RTP) is committed to providing its participants with high-quality, unbiased and state-of-the-art education and adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of an accredited continuing education activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers and others, are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of this activity. In addition, all activity content is reviewed by RTP scientific staff and an external, independent physician reviewer for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies referenced and patient care recommendations.

    FACULTY — The following faculty reported relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities:

    Thomas E Hutson, DO, PharmD, PhD
    Director
    UMC Cancer Center
    Division Chief, Hematology and Medical Oncology
    Professor of Medicine
    CH Endowed Chair
    Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Lubbock, Texas

    Advisory Committees, Consulting Agreements, Contracted Research and Speakers Bureaus: Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, EMD Serono Inc, Exelixis Inc, Merck, Pfizer Inc, Seagen Inc.

    Rana R McKay, MD
    Professor of Medicine and Urology
    Associate Director, Clinical Research
    Co-Lead, Genitourinary Program
    Moores Cancer Center
    University of California San Diego
    San Diego, California

    Advisor/Consultant: Ambrx, Arcus Biosciences, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Blue Earth Diagnostics, Bristol Myers Squibb, Calithera Biosciences, Caris Life Sciences, Daiichi Sankyo Inc, Dendreon Pharmaceuticals Inc, Exelixis Inc, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Lilly, Merck, Myovant Sciences, Neomorph, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, Sanofi, Seagen Inc, Sorrento Therapeutics, Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited, Tempus; Institutional Research Funding: ArteraAI, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, Exelixis Inc, Oncternal Therapeutics, Tempus.

    Tian Zhang, MD, MHS
    Associate Professor
    Director of Clinical Research
    Division of Hematology and Oncology
    Department of Internal Medicine
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    Associate Director for Clinical Research
    Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Dallas, Texas

    Advisory Committees: Amgen Inc, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Bristol Myers Squibb, Dendreon Pharmaceuticals Inc, Eisai Inc, EMD Serono Inc, Exelixis Inc, Gilead Sciences Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Lilly, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer Inc, Sanofi; Consulting Agreements: Aptitude Health, DAVA Oncology, Pfizer Inc, Vaniam Group; Contracted Research: ALX Oncology, Astellas, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Exelixis Inc, Janssen Biotech Inc, Janux Therapeutics, Lilly, Merck, OncoC4, Pfizer Inc, Tempus; Nonrelevant Financial Relationships: Mashup Media LLC, MJH Life Sciences, PeerView.

    MODERATOR
    Sumanta Kumar Pal, MD
    Professor and Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
    Department of Medical Oncology
    City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Duarte, California

    Travel Support: CRISPR Therapeutics, EverImmune, Exelixis Inc, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals Inc.

    RESEARCH TO PRACTICE CME PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, STAFF AND REVIEWERS — Planners, scientific staff and independent reviewers for Research To Practice have no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

    These educational activities contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration. Research To Practice does not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings. The opinions expressed are those of the presenters and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantors.

    These activities are supported by educational grants from Bristol Myers Squibb, Eisai Inc, and Exelixis Inc.

    Release date: March 2025
    Expiration date: March 2026

    After completing the post-test, learners may download and review the answers here in order to identify further areas of study.

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