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A Syngeneic Mouse Model of Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma for Quantitative and Longitudinal Assessment of Preclinical Therapies
Published on: April 12, 2017
Quantifying absolute benefit for adjuvant treatment options in renal cell carcinoma: A living interactive systematic
Irbaz Bin Riaz1, Qurat Ul Ain Riaz Sipra2, Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi3
1Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, USA; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Mass General Brigham, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Objective:
To assess comparative effectiveness of adjuvant therapies for renal cell carcinoma and quantify the absolute benefit of adjuvant treatments by clinicopathological risk groups.
Methods:
This 'living' review was conducted using Living Interactive Evidence (LIvE) synthesis framework.
Results:
The 'living' results are available on an interactive website. This network meta-analysis, including six RCTs with 7525 participants, showed that pembrolizumab (rank 1) significantly improved disease-free survival and overall survival compared with sunitinib but not when compared to pazopanib, and axitinib. The risk of treatment-related grade 3 or higher adverse events was increased with pembrolizumab as compared to placebo and axitinib but not when compared to sunitinib. The absolute benefit of adjuvant pembrolizumab increases substantially with larger tumor size, nodal positivity and higher Leibovich scores.
Conclusion:
Current evidence suggests that pembrolizumab delays disease progression compared to sunitinib. A risk-adapted strategy should be used in patients undergoing consideration for treatment with adjuvant pembrolizumab.
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