Opinion|Videos|July 15, 2024
Dr Xu Provides Clinical Perspective on the CONTACT-03 Trial Outcomes
Wenxin (Vincent) Xu, MD, presents the findings from the phase 3 CONTACT-03 trial, which compared the efficacy of atezolizumab in combination with cabozantinib versus cabozantinib alone in patients with inoperable advanced renal cell carcinoma who had previously received immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment.
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- Discuss results from the phase 3 CONTACT-03 trial (NCT04338269), evaluating atezolizumab + cabozantinib vs cabozantinib in inoperable aRCC after ICI treatment. (Pal, SK et al. Lancet. 2023; Choueiri T, et al. ASCO 2023. Abstract LBA4500)
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