Belzutifan for Renal Cell Carcinoma in von Hippel–Lindau Disease

The cause of von Hippel–Lindau disease is excess activity of the HIF-2α pathway. A total of 61 patients with renal cell carcinoma and other proliferative manifestations of the hypoxia-induced signaling pathway received belzutifan, which inhibits the HIF-2α pathway. Nearly half the patients with rena...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2021-11, Vol.385 (22), p.2036-2046
Hauptverfasser: Jonasch, Eric, Donskov, Frede, Iliopoulos, Othon, Rathmell, W. Kimryn, Narayan, Vivek K, Maughan, Benjamin L, Oudard, Stephane, Else, Tobias, Maranchie, Jodi K, Welsh, Sarah J, Thamake, Sanjay , Park, Eric K, Perini, Rodolfo F, Linehan, W. Marston, Srinivasan, Ramaprasad
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Zusammenfassung:The cause of von Hippel–Lindau disease is excess activity of the HIF-2α pathway. A total of 61 patients with renal cell carcinoma and other proliferative manifestations of the hypoxia-induced signaling pathway received belzutifan, which inhibits the HIF-2α pathway. Nearly half the patients with renal cell carcinoma had a response to treatment, and 98% had disease control.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2103425