TREATMENT OF RENAL CANCER USING A COMBINATION OF AN ANTI-PD-1 ANTIBODY AND ANOTHER ANTI-CANCER AGENT
First Claim
1. A method for treating a subject afflicted with a renal cancer comprising administering to the subject a combination of therapeutically effective amounts of:
- (a) an anti-cancer agent which is an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that binds specifically to a Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptor and inhibits PD-1 activity; and
(b) another anti-cancer agent.
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a renal cancer, which method comprises administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of: (a) an anti-cancer agent which is an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that specifically binds to a Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptor and inhibits PD-1 activity; and (b) another anti-cancer agent. The other anti-cancer agent may be an anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor or an anti-Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Antigen-4 (CTLA-4) antibody. The disclosure also provides a kit for treating a subject afflicted with a renal cancer, the kit comprising a dosage of an anti-PD-1 antibody, a dosage of another anti-cancer agent which is an anti-angiogenic tyrosine kinase inhibitor or an anti-CTLA-4 antibody, and instructions for using the anti-PD-1 antibody and the other anti-cancer agent in any of the disclosed methods for treating a renal cancer.
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1. A method for treating a subject afflicted with a renal cancer comprising administering to the subject a combination of therapeutically effective amounts of:
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(a) an anti-cancer agent which is an antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof that binds specifically to a Programmed Death-1 (PD-1) receptor and inhibits PD-1 activity; and (b) another anti-cancer agent. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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