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Training Academy

Panelists discuss first-line treatment strategies and best practices for managing non–clear cell renal cell carcinoma, highlighting clinical trial data on efficacy and adverse events, and exploring multidisciplinary approaches to mitigate toxicities and enhance patient outcomes.

Brian Rini, MD; Arpita Desai, MD; Sundhar Ramalingam, MD; and Scott Tykodi, MD, PhD, discuss how to select among the 4 major FDA-approved immunotherapy-based doublet regimens (ipilimumab-nivolumab, pembrolizumab-axitinib, nivolumab-cabozantinib, and pembrolizumab-lenvatinib) for first-line treatment of clear cell renal cell carcinoma, considering factors such as disease burden, patient comorbidities, toxicity profiles, and individual patient preferences while reviewing long-term efficacy data and discussing future therapeutic directions, including novel immunotherapies and biomarker development.

Panelists discuss the evolving treatment landscape for renal cell carcinoma beyond the first line, highlighting the importance of personalized sequencing strategies that balance efficacy, safety, and patient quality of life through the use of targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and emerging clinical data.

Douglas Sborov, MD; Mary Steinbach, NP; and Kelley Julian, PharmD, BCOP, discuss 3 complex cases of patients with myeloma with late-line, heavily pretreated disease and why they opted to treat these patients with BCMA- and GPRC5D-directed bispecifics. They also focus on expected toxicities and supportive care strategies to maximize patient tolerability of R/R MM treatment drugs and drug sequencing in patients who are difficult to treat.

Cesar Rodriguez Valdes, MD; Binod Dhakal, MD; Appalanaidu Sasapu MD, FACP, and Leo Shunyakov, MD, discuss how optimizing care transitions for multiple myeloma patients receiving bispecific therapy requires a multifaceted approach involving standardized protocols, enhanced communication between academic and community oncologists, patient-centered care models, and innovative technologies to address current challenges and future needs in ensuring seamless, high-quality care across all treatment settings.

A panel of 4 experts on multiple myeloma

A panel of experts on multiple myeloma review patient cases and discuss the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory disease, highlighting sequencing strategies and clinical trials that are informing treatment decisions.

Binod Dhakal, MD, MS, and a panel of experts in multiple myeloma provide a look at an upcoming Cancer Network Training Academy program discussing how to incorporate bispecific antibodies in the treatment of multiple myeloma, and how healthcare systems implement step-up dosing, treatment doses and transition of care. The panel also offers insights into the recommended strategies for monitoring patients receiving treatment with bispecifics.