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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Oncol. 2021 May 1;33(3):212–220. doi: 10.1097/CCO.0000000000000721

Table 3:

Clinical trials reporting data on locally advanced or metastatic nccRCC

Treatment Clinical trial Mechanism of action Control Cohort (Line of therapy) Endpoint(s)
Sunitinib SUPAP [44]
NCT00541008
VEGFR & PDGFR inhibitor N/A pRCC (1st) Type I
Median PFS: 6.6 mo, 95% CI 2.8–14.8 mo
Median OS: 17.8 mo, 95% 5.7–26.1 mo
Type II
Median PFS: 5.5 mo, 95% CI 3.8–7.1 mo
Median OS: 12.4 mo, 95% 8.2–14.3 mo
Everolimus RAPTOR [68]
NCT00688753
mTOR inhibitor N/A pRCC (1st) Median PFS: 4.1 mo, 95% CI 3.6–5.5 mo
Median OS: 21.4 mo, 95% CI 15.4–28.4 mo
Sunitinib ESPN [45]
NCT01185366
VEGFR & PDGFR inhibitor Everolimus nccRCC
Sarcomatoid RCC
Median PFS: 6.1 vs 4.1 mo, p=0.6
Median OS: 16.2 vs 14.9 mo, p=0.18
Sunitinib ASPEN [46] VEGFR & PDGFR inhibitor Everolimus nccRCC PFS: HR1.41, 80% CI 1.03–1.92; p=0.16
Sunitinib (1st) Everolimus (2nd) RECORD-3 [69]
NCT00903175
VEGFR & PDGFR inhibitor
mTOR inhibitor
Everolimus (1st)
Sunitinib (2nd)
ccRCC (1st)
nccRCC (1st)
PFS: HR 1.2, 95% CI 0.9–1.6
Median OS: HR 1.1, 95% 0.9–1.4
Sunitinib NCT01219751 [70] VEGFR & PDGFR inhibitor N/A nccRCC Median PFS: 6.4 mo, 95% CI 4.2–8.6 mo
1-year PFS rate: 40%
Foretinib NCT00726323 [47] MET & VEGFR2 inhibitor N/A pRCC (1st/2nd) ORR: 13.5%
Median PFS: 9.3 mo
Crizotinib CREATE [48]
NCT01524926
MET, ALK, ROS1 inhibitor N/A Type I pRCC (1st) MET+
ORR: 50%, 95% CI 6.8–93.2%
1-yr PFS: 75%, 95% CI 12.8–96.1%
1-yr OS: 75%, 95% CI 12.8–96.1%
MET−
ORR: 6.3%, 95% CI 0.2–30.2%
1-yr PFS: 27.3%, 95% CI 8.5–50.4%
1-yr OS: 71.8%, 95% CI 41.1–88.4%
Erlotinib SWOG S0317 [71]
NCT00060307
EGFR inhibitor N/A pRCC ORR: 11%, 95% CI 3–24%
Median OS: 27 mo, 95% CI 13–36 mo
Tivantinib
Erlotinib
SWOG S1107 [72]
NCT01688973
MET inhibitor
EGFR inhibitor
Tivantinib pRCC (1st/2nd) RR 0% (Study closed early)
Median PFS 2 mo vs 3.9 mo
Savolitinib SAVOIR [49]
NCT03091192
MET inhibitor Sunitinib MET-driven, pRCC (1st/2nd) PFS: HR 0.71, 95% CI 0.37–1.36, p=0.31
OS: HR 0.51, 95% CI 0.21–1.17, p=0.11
Savolitinib
Durvalumab
CALYPSO [52,53]
NCT02819596
MET inhibitor
PD-L1 inhibitor
N/A pRCC (1st/2nd) ORR: 27%
Median PFS: 4.9 mo, 95% CI 2.5–12 mo
Atezolizumab
Bevacizumab
NCT02724878 [73] Anti-PD-L1 mAb
Anti-VEGF mAb
N/A nccRCC
Sarcomatoid RCC
ORR: 26% nccRCC and 50% sarcomatoid
Median PFS: 8.3 mo, 95% CI 5.7–10.9 mo
Ipilimumab
Nivolumab
CheckMate 214 [55]
Post hoc analysis
Anti-PD1 mAb
Anti-CTLA4 mAb
Sunitinib Sarcomatoid RCC Median OS: HR 0.45, 95% CI 0.3–0.7, p=0.0004
PFS: HR 0.54, 95% CI 0.33–0.86, p=0.0093
ORR: 60.8% vs 23.1%
CR: 18.9% vs 3.1%
Atezolizumab
Bevacizumab
IMmotion151 [54]
Subgroup analysis
Anti-PD-L1 mAb
Anti-VEGF mAb
Sunitinib Sarcomatoid RCC PFS: HR 0.52, 95% CI 0.34–0.79
ORR: 49% vs 14%
CR: 10% vs 3%

PD-L1: programmed death-ligand 1; VEGFR2: vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; PDGFR: platelet-derived growth factor receptor; mTOR: mammalian target of rapamycin; PD-1: programmed cell death protein 1; CTLA4: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4; mAb: monoclonal antibody; pRCC: papillary renal cell carcinoma; nccRCC: non-clear cell renal cell carcinoma; ccRCC: clear cell renal cell carcinoma; PFS: progression-free survival; OS: overall survival; ORR: overall response rate; CR: complete response; HR: hazard ratio