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. 2018 May 28;18(2):163. doi: 10.1007/s40268-018-0234-z

Correction to: Feasibility, Safety, and Efficacy of an Alternative Schedule of Sunitinib for the Treatment of Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective Study

Sebastiano Buti 1, Maddalena Donini 2, Melissa Bersanelli 1,, Alessia Gattara 1, Francesco Leonardi 1, Rodolfo Passalacqua 2
PMCID: PMC5995793  PMID: 29808389

Correction to: Drugs R D 10.1007/s40268-017-0209-5

In the Original Publication of the article, In Introduction part, 7th line, the value “5–100 nM” has been published incorrectly. The correct value should read as “Plasma concentration of 50–100 ng/ml”. In the Original Publication of the article, page 591, Table 2 has been published incorrectly. The corrected table is shown below:

Table 2.

Delivered treatment, dose reductions and interruptions

Sunitinib 4/2 schedule Sunitinib modified schedule
Median time from start to switch, months (range) 2.9 (1.4–16.5)
Median duration of treatment after switch, months (range) 9.2 (0.5–32.4)
Mean actual daily dose intensity, mg (range) 46.1 (20.8–50.0) 44.3 (17.9–71.8)
Mean relative dose intensity, % (range) 92.3 (42–100) 88.7 (36–144)
Total cycles, number 88 164
Median cycles, number (range) 2 (1–11) 5 (1–20)
Patients with a dose reduction, number (%) 3 (12) 3 (12)
Patients with a dose interruption, number (%) 7 (28) 12 (48)
Number of dose interruptions corrected for number of cycles (%) 0.10 (10) 0.11 (11)
Patients still on treatment, number (%) 2 (16)

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