Comparative effectiveness research in renal cell carcinoma: Lenvatinib with everolimus as a potential new treatment option.

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 27-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Tremblay ◽  
Corey Pelletier ◽  
Unnati Majethia ◽  
Anna Forsythe

27 Background: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer and represents about 90% of all kidney cancers. As comprehensive comparison of the efficacy associated with mRCC treatments is not available, the goal of this research was to provide a comparative effectiveness analysis including overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) for first and second line treatments. Methods: Systematic literature review yielded the following randomized active-controlled studies: lenvatinib + everolimus (LEN+EVE) versus everolimus (EVE), axinitib (AXI) versus sorafenib (SOR), cabozantinib (CAB) versus EVE, nivolumab (NIV) versus EVE, and pazopanib (PAZ) versus sunitinib (SUN). In addition, placebo-controlled studies were identified for EVE, PAZ, and SOR. An indirect treatment comparison (ITC) was performed on OS and PFS hazard ratios (HR). Results: Scenario A presents the HR and confidence intervals (95% CI) generated with ITC of all treatments against EVE. In scenario B, the HR of LEN + EVE are compared to all treatment options. Only LEN + EVE and CAB demonstrated significance against EVE for both OS and PFS. LEN + EVE proved to be significant against EVE, PAZ, SOR, SUN, AXI and NIV for PFS and against EVE, SOR and AXI for OS. The use of crossover trials in the network for the treatment compared to placebo remains a potential bias in the results. Conclusions: Even if limitations exist regarding the use of ITC, the option of LEN+EVE demonstrated a strong comparative effectiveness profile for both OS and PFS. [Table: see text]

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. CMO.S1590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumanta Kumar Pal ◽  
Robert A. Figlin

The agents currently approved for use in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) can be divided broadly into two categories: (1) vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR)-directed therapies or (2) inhibitors of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). The latter category includes everolimus and temsirolimus, both approved for distinct indications in mRCC. Everolimus gained its approval on the basis of phase III data showing a benefit in progression-free survival relative to placebo in patients previously treated with sunitinib and/or sorafenib. In contrast, temsirolimus was approved on the basis of a phase III trial in treatment-naïve patients with poor-risk mRCC, demonstrating an improvement in overall survival relative to interferon-alfa. While these pivotal trials have created unique positions for everolimus and temsirolimus in current clinical algorithms, the role of mTOR inhibitors in mRCC is being steadily revised and expanded through ongoing trials testing novel sequences and combinations. The clinical development of mTOR inhibitors is outlined herein.


ESMO Open ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. e000185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejo Rodriguez-Vida ◽  
Thomas E Hutson ◽  
Joaquim Bellmunt ◽  
Michiel H Strijbos

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastien J. Hotte ◽  
G.A. Bjarnason ◽  
D.Y.C. Heng ◽  
M.A.S. Jewett ◽  
A. Kapoor ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aska Drljevic-Nielsen ◽  
Finn Rasmussen ◽  
Patricia Switten Nielsen ◽  
Christina Stilling ◽  
Kennet Thorup ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Angiogenesis is prominent in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). We compared two angiogenesis assessment methods: dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DCE-CT)-derived blood volume (BV) and blood flow (BF) and core biopsy microvessel density (MVD). Methods As planned in DaRenCa Study-1 study, DCE-CT and core biopsy were performed from the same tumour/metastasis at baseline. MVD was assessed by CD34 immunostaining in tumour (CD34-indexT) or tumour including necrosis (CD34-indexTN). BV and BF were assessed using the DCE-CT software. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were assessed by Kaplan-Meier analysis. Spearman coefficient (rho) tested the correlation between MVD and BV, BF, or CT density (HU). Results At baseline, 25 patients had analysable scans and tissue. BVdeconv, BVPatlak, and BFdeconv > median were associated with favourable OS (43.2 versus 14.6 months, p = 0.002; 31.6 versus 20.2 months, p = 0.015; and 31.6 versus 24.5 months, p = 0.019). CD34-indexT and CD34-indexTN did not correlate with age (p = 0.543), sex (p = 0.225), treatment (p = 0.848), International mRCC Database Consortium category (p = 0.152), synchronous versus metachronous metastatic disease (p = 0.378), or tumour volume (p = 0.848). CD34-indexT or CD34-indexTN > median was not associated with PFS (p = 0.441 and p = 0.854, respectively) or OS (p = 0.987 and p =0.528, respectively). CD34-indexT or CD34-indexTN was not correlated with BV, BF, or HU (rho 0.20–0.26). Conclusions Differently from MVD, DCE-CT-derived BV and BF had prognostic impact and may better reflect angiogenesis in mRCC. Trial registration NCT01274273


2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 888-892
Author(s):  
Joseph I Clark ◽  
Brendan Curti ◽  
Elizabeth J Davis ◽  
Howard Kaufman ◽  
Asim Amin ◽  
...  

High-dose interleukin-2 (HD IL-2) was approved in the 1990s after demonstrating durable complete responses (CRs) in some patients with metastatic melanoma (mM) and metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Patients who achieve this level of disease control have also demonstrated improved survival compared with patients who progress, but limited data are available describing the long-term course. The aim of this study was to better characterize long-term survival following successful HD IL-2 treatment in patients with no subsequent systemic therapy. Eleven HD IL-2 treatment centers identified patients with survival ≥5 years after HD IL-2, with no subsequent systemic therapy. Survival was evaluated from the date of IL-2 treatment to June 2017. Treatment courses consisted of 2 1-week cycles of HD IL-2. Patients were treated with HD IL-2 alone, or HD IL-2 followed by local therapy to achieve maximal response. 100 patients are reported: 54 patients with mM and 46 patients with mRCC. Progression-free survival (PFS) after HD IL-2 ranges from 5+ years to 30+ years, with a median follow-up of 10+ years. 27 mRCC and 32 mM are alive ≥10 years after IL-2. Thus, a small subset of patients with mM and mRCC achieve long-term PFS (≥5 years) after treatment with HD IL-2 as their only systemic therapy. The ability of HD IL-2 therapy to induce prolonged PFS should be a major consideration in studies of new immunotherapy combinations for mM and mRCC.


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