Axitinib (AG-013736) With Or Without Dose Titration (Increase) In Patients With Kidney Cancer

Summary

Axitinib dose titration (giving a higher dose of the drug above its standard starting dose) among certain patients may improve the response to treatment.

Timeline

Start

2009-08

Primary completion

2012-10

Completion

2016-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry Active Titration Arm vs Placebo Titration Arm; p = 0.0189; Risk Ratio (RR) 1.578 (95% CI 1.017 to 2.448) NCT00835978 ↗

Publications

• Tomita Y, Uemura H, Oya M, Shinohara N, Habuchi T, Fujii Y, Kamei Y, Umeyama Y, Bair AH, Rini BI. Patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who benefit from axitinib dose titration: analysis from a randomised, double-blind phase II study. BMC Cancer. 2019 Jan 7;19(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-5224-6.
• de Velasco G, McKay RR, Lin X, Moreira RB, Simantov R, Choueiri TK. Comprehensive Analysis of Survival Outcomes in Non-Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated in Clinical Trials. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2017 Dec;15(6):652-660.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2017.03.004. Epub 2017 Mar 21.
• Grunwald V, Lin X, Kalanovic D, Simantov R. Early Tumour Shrinkage: A Tool for the Detection of Early Clinical Activity in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Eur Urol. 2016 Dec;70(6):1006-1015. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.05.010. Epub 2016 May 26.
• Rini BI, Melichar B, Ueda T, Grunwald V, Fishman MN, Arranz JA, Bair AH, Pithavala YK, Andrews GI, Pavlov D, Kim S, Jonasch E. Axitinib with or without dose titration for first-line metastatic renal-cell carcinoma: a randomised double-blind phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2013 Nov;14(12):1233-42. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70464-9. Epub 2013 Oct 18.

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