New combo therapy shows promise against advanced kidney cancer

NCT ID NCT02853331

Summary

This study tested whether a new two-drug combination works better than the standard single-drug treatment for advanced kidney cancer that has spread. It involved 861 people who had not yet received treatment for their advanced cancer. Researchers compared the combination of pembrolizumab (an immunotherapy) and axitinib (a targeted therapy) against sunitinib, the standard treatment, to see which helped patients live longer without their cancer getting worse.

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