The aim of the study was to assess the possibility of using plasma levels of tumor M2-pyruvate kinase (Tu M2-PK), matrix carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9), and matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in patients with renal cell cancer as predictors of the disease course and the response to treatment. Materials and Methods. Samples of blood plasma or serum of 46 patients with clear cell renal cancer T 1-4 N 0-1 M 0-1 obtained before surgery and 8-9 days after surgery were tested. The control group consisted of 20 practically healthy individuals, comparable in age with the examined patients. Quantitative determination of Tu M2-PK in EDTA-added blood plasma was performed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a ScheBo Tumor M2-PK test (Germany). Determination of CA9 by ELISA was performed using a Human Carbonic Anhydrase IX Quantikine ELISA Kit (USA) and MMP9-using a Quantikine ELISA Kit (USA). Results. In patients with renal cell carcinoma, a statistically significant increase in the level of Tu M2-PK, CA9 and a statistically significant decrease in MMP9 in comparison with the control group were found. The level of Tu M2-PK in patients with localized kidney cancer was significantly lower than in patients with disseminated cancer. An increase in size of the primary tumor and a decrease in the degree of its differentiation correlated with an increase in Tu M2-PK, and decrease in CA9 and MMP9 in the blood serum. Performing surgery equivalent to nephrectomy did not change the Tu M2-PK levels in the early postoperative period, but caused a decrease in the levels of CA9 and MMP9. Conclusion. The results indicate a potential significance of Tu M2-PK, CA9, and MMP9 as biological markers for predicting the disease course in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

(26.9 %) and infectious (25.8 %). Sixteen (8.8 %) patients developed grade I complications; grades II, III, IV, and V complications were seen in 53 (29.1 %), 21 (11.5 %), 5 (2.7 %)

644 Background: an assessment of efficacy and safety of lenvatinib in combination with everolimus in unselected patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) progressed during or following ≥1 line of antiangiogenic targeted therapy. Methods: Russian multicenter observational study included 73 consecutive patients with morphologically verified mRCC progressed during or following ≥1 line of antiangiogenic targeted therapy, treated with lenvatinib (18 mg/d) and everolimus (5 mg/d) in 20 Russian centers. Median age of the patients was 59 (23-73) years, a male-to-female ratio - 3:1. Most common histological type of kidney cancer was clear-cell RCC (71 (95.8%)). More than 2 lines of previous treatment were administered in 45 (61.6%) cases. Most patients were diagnosed with multiple metastases (71 (97.3%)) in >1 site (61 (83.6%)). Nephrectomy was performed in 87.7% (64/73) of cases. At the combined therapy start ECOG PS 2-4 was registered in 16 (20.5%), poor prognosis according to IMDC score – in 33 (45.2%) patients. Median follow-up was 9.7 (1-26) months. Results: objective response rate was 11% (8/73); tumor control was reached in 93.2% (68/73) of cases. Median objective response duration was 10.5 (4.3-16.8) months, tumor control duration – 10.0 (2.5-17.5) months. Median progression-free survival (PFS) achieved 16.9 (95% confidence intervals (CI): 12.1-20.6), overall survival (OS) – 20.8 (95% CI: 15.7-25.9) months. Any adverse events (AE) developed in 83.6% (61/73), AE grade 3-5 - in 23.3% (17/73) of cases. Most frequent AE grade 3-4 were diarrhea (10 (13.6%)) and arterial hypertension (6 (8.2%)). Unacceptable toxicity demanded treatment cancellation in 4.2% (3/73), therapy interruption – in 30.1% (22/73) and dose reduction – in 32.9% (24/73) of patients. Conclusions: unselected mRCC patients administered with combined targeted therapy in the real world practice were registered with lower objective response rate, similar survival and better tolerability comparing with population assigned for lenvatinib plus everolimus in the randomized phase II trial.

4-6 баллов, в 21 (30 %) -7-9, в 32 (45 %) -10-12. Средний диаметр опухолей -4,4 (1,5-10,0)