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. 2016 Jul-Aug;42(4):694–703. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2015.0226

Table 4. Comparison among studies evaluating sunitinib treatment in metastatic renal cell cancer.

Site N Prognostic factors G3-4 Toxicities Response Rate PFS (m) OS (m)
Coelho et al. 58 28.9% MSKCC high risk, 36% PS≥2, 27% ≥ 65 years old, 29 % without nephrectomy 12% fatigue, 12% hypertension, 7% thrombocytopenia, 5% neutropenia, 5% hand-foot syndrome. Assessed in 45 patients: 40% partial response, 35.6% stable disease 7.6 14.1
Motzer et al. (11, 12) 375 10% without nephrectomy, 6% MSKCC high risk, PS 0-1, median age of 62 years 12% hypertension, 11% fatigue, 9% hand-foot syndrome and 9% diarrhea. 47% 11 26.4
Gore et al. (16) 4564 11% without nephrectomy, 9% MSKCC high risk, 14% PS≥ 2, 32% age ≥ 65 years 8% fatigue, 8% thrombocytopenia, 6% neutropenia, 6% asthenia, 6 % HFS, 5 % diarrhea 1% complete response, 16% partial response, 59% stable disease 10.9 18.4
Ansari et al. (17) 56 14 % without nephrectomy, 18% PS≥2, median age of 61 years, 50% received interferon alpha as previous treatment 21 % mucositis, 14% leucopenia, 13% neutropenia, 9% thrombocytopenia, 7% increased creatinine, 5% diarrhea, 5% hypertension, 5% HFS Assessed in 49 patients: 41% partial response, 37% stable disease 12.2 no difference between patients receiving and not receiving immunotherapy 18.2 no difference between patients receiving and not receiving immunotherapy
Hong et al. (18) 76 Median age of 57.5 years, 10.5% PS =2, 10% MSKCC high risk, 4.3% without nephrectomy 38.2% thrombocytopenia, 10.5 % fatigue, 10.5% mucositis, 9.2 % HFS 27.6% objective response and 84.2% with controlled disease 7.2 22.8