Sequential Study to Treat Renal Cell Carcinoma

Summary

Primary: To evaluate if progression-free survival from first treatment to progression or death during second-line therapy (total PFS) of sorafenib followed by sunitinib is superior compared to sunitinib followed by sorafenib. Secondary: 1. Time from first treatment to progression during second-line therapy (total TTP) 2. Time to first-line treatment failure (progression, death, discontinuation due to toxicity) descriptively in each arm 3. PFS in first-line and second-line treatment, descriptively 4. Overall survival, descriptively (data cut-off same as for primary endpoint) 5. Disease Control Rate (DCR); Response rates in first-line and in second-line (CR, PR, SD according to RECIST criteria) 6. Cardiotoxicity analysis by means of echocardiography and NT-pro BNP with an interim analysis after 100 patients of each arm have completed the study 7. Safety and tolerability

Timeline

Start

2009-01

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• Aldin A, Besiroglu B, Adams A, Monsef I, Piechotta V, Tomlinson E, Hornbach C, Dressen N, Goldkuhle M, Maisch P, Dahm P, Heidenreich A, Skoetz N. First-line therapy for adults with advanced renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 May 4;5(5):CD013798. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013798.pub2.
• Eichelberg C, Vervenne WL, De Santis M, Fischer von Weikersthal L, Goebell PJ, Lerchenmuller C, Zimmermann U, Bos MM, Freier W, Schirrmacher-Memmel S, Staehler M, Pahernik S, Los M, Schenck M, Florcken A, van Arkel C, Hauswald K, Indorf M, Gottstein D, Michel MS. SWITCH: A Randomised, Sequential, Open-label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Sorafenib-sunitinib Versus Sunitinib-sorafenib in the Treatment of Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer. Eur Urol. 2015 Nov;68(5):837-47. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.04.017. Epub 2015 May 4.
• Calvani N, Morelli F, Leo S, Orlando L, Lombardi L, Gnoni A, Cinefra M, Maiello E, Lorusso V, Cinieri S. Sequential use of sorafenib and sunitinib in advanced renal cell carcinoma: does the order of sequencing matter? Med Oncol. 2012 Sep;29(3):1908-13. doi: 10.1007/s12032-011-0048-0. Epub 2011 Aug 20.

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