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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 May 21;119(16):2999–3006. doi: 10.1002/cncr.28151

Table 3.

Best response rates and overall survival (OS) between ccRCC and nccRCC

General Comparison nccRCC Subtypes Compared to ccRCC
ccRCC nccRCC pRCC chRCC unRCC Other/Unknown
BR 1-st line
CR/PR/SD/PD
(%)
17 / 428 / 803 / 350
(1.1 / 26.8 / 50.2 / 21.9)
2 / 30 / 101 / 69
(1.0 / 14.9 / 50.0 / 34.2)
0 / 17 / 63 /41
(0 / 14.0 / 52.1 / 33.9)
1 / 6 / 16 / 9
(3.1 / 18.8 / 50.0 / 28.1)
1 / 6 / 9 / 9
(4.0 / 24.0 / 36.0 / 36.0)
0 / 1 / 13 / 10
(0/4.2 / 54.2 / 41.7)
BR 2-nd line
CR/PR/SD/PD
(%)
3 / 76 / 334 / 261
(0.4 / 11.3 / 49.6 / 38.7)
0 / 7 / 37 / 38
(0 / 8.5 / 45.1 / 46.3)
0 / 2 / 22 / 20
(0 / 4.5 / 50.0 / 45.5)
0 / 2 / 5 / 7
(0 / 14.3 / 35.7 / 50.0)
0 / 1 / 4 / 5
(0 / 10 / 40 / 50)
0 / 2 / 6 / 6
(0 / 14.3 / 42.9 / 42.9)
OS analyses
N
1963 252 151 37 34 30
No. deaths 1240 177 105 21 24 27
Median
(95% CI)
22.3
(20.7,23.5)
12.8
(11.0,16.1)
14.0
(10.9,17.1)
27.1
(12.6,75.3)
10.1
(5.1,13.2)
11.3
(9.6,19.4)
Unadjusted
HR (95% CI)
reference 1.44
(1.23,1.69)
1.48
(1.21,1.81)
0.98
(0.64,1.51)
1.71
(1.14,2.56)
1.67
(1.14,2.45)
Unadjusted
p-value
<0.0001 0.0001 0.923 0.010 0.008
Adjusted HR*
(95% CI)
reference 1.41
(1.19, 1.67)
1.57
(1.27,1.94)
0.89
(0.55,1.45)
1.51
(0.98,2.31)
1.30
(0.84,2.00)
Adjusted
p-value *
<0.0001 <0.0001 0.646 0.060 0.243

Abbreviations: ccRCC= clear cell renal cell carcinoma, nccRCC= non clear cell renal cell carcinoma, HR= hazard ratio; BR=best response

*

adjusted for the IMDC risk group criteria (time from diagnosis to treatment, Karnofsky performance status <80, hemoglobin <upper limit of normal, neutrophilia, thrombocytosis, hypercalcemia)