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. 2020 Jan 23;25(5):422–430. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0605

Table 3.

Select characteristics of first‐line sunitinib patients in the IMDC database and first‐line sunitinib patients in phase III clinical trials

Characteristics and outcomes IMDC real‐world databasea CheckMate 214 trialb Sunitinib vs. IFN‐α trialc Overall KEYNOTE‐426 triald Overall JAVELIN Renal 101 triale Overall
Overall Intermediate & poor Overall Intermediate & poor
First‐line sunitinib treatment period January 2010 to February 2018 October 2014 to February 2016 August 2004 to October 2005 October 2016 January 2018 March 2016 December 2017
Number of patients, n (%)
Overall 1,769 1,451 546 422 375 429 444
IMDC favorable 318 (18.0) 124 (22.7) 134 (35.7) 131 (30.5) 96 (21.6)
IMDC intermediate 1,031 (58.3) 1,031 (71.1) 333 (61.0) 333 (78.9) 205 (54.7) 246 (57.3) 276 (62.2)
IMDC poor 420 (23.7) 420 (28.9) 89 (16.3) 89 (21.1) 34 (9.1) 52 (12.1) 71 (16.0)
Prior nephrectomy, n (%)
Yes 1,501 (84.9) 1,186 (81.8) 437 (80.0) 319 (76.0) 340 (90.7) 358 (83.4) 355 (80.0)
No 267 (15.1) 264 (18.2) 109 (20.0) 103 (24.0) 35 (9.3) 71 (16.6) 89 (20.0)
Median OS, months
Overall 28.6 NR
IMDC favorable 52.1 32.9 NR
IMDC intermediate & poor 23.2 26.0 20.3
IMDC intermediate 25.8 23.0
IMDC poor 9.8 5.1
Median TTD or PFS,f months
Overall 8.1 12.3 11.1 8.4
IMDC favorable 15.0 25.1 16.0 12.7
IMDC intermediate & poor 7.1 8.4 9.7
IMDC intermediate 8.5 10.7 9.5
IMDC poor 4.2 2.5 2.9
ORR, %
Overall 32.4 32.0 35.7 25.7
IMDC favorable 38.5 52.0 58.2 37.5
IMDC intermediate & poor 27.0 38.9
IMDC intermediate 34.6 42.4 25.4
IMDC poor 21.7 17.6 11.3
a

IMDC data for first‐line sunitinib was received on September 1, 2018.

b

Motzer et al. 4.

c

Rini et al. 5.

d

Rini et al. 23.

e

Motzer et al. 19.

f

TTD served as a proxy for PFS in the IMDC database.

Abbreviations: —, not available; IFN, interferon; IMDC, International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium; NR, not reached; ORR, objective response rate; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression‐free survival; TTD, time to treatment discontinuation.