Brian I. Rini, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH; Joaquim Bellmunt, University Hospital del Mar-IMIM, Barcelona, Spain; Jill Clancy, Kongming Wang, Andreas G. Niethammer, Subramanian Hariharan, Pfizer, New York, NY; and Bernard Escudier, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
J Clin Oncol. 2014 Mar 10;32(8):752-9. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.50.5305. Epub 2013 Dec 2.
To prospectively determine the efficacy of combination therapy with temsirolimus plus bevacizumab versus interferon alfa (IFN) plus bevacizumab in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
In a randomized, open-label, multicenter, phase III study, patients with previously untreated predominantly clear-cell mRCC were randomly assigned, stratified by prior nephrectomy and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center prognostic group, to receive the combination of either temsirolimus (25 mg intravenously, weekly) or IFN (9 MIU subcutaneously thrice weekly) with bevacizumab (10 mg/kg intravenously, every 2 weeks). The primary end point was independently assessed progression-free survival (PFS).
Median PFS in patients treated with temsirolimus/bevacizumab (n = 400) versus IFN/bevacizumab (n = 391) was 9.1 and 9.3 months, respectively (hazard ratio [HR], 1.1; 95% CI, 0.9 to 1.3; P = .8). There were no significant differences in overall survival (25.8 ν 25.5 months; HR, 1.0; P = .6) or objective response rate (27.0% ν 27.4%) with temsirolimus/bevacizumab versus IFN/bevacizumab, respectively. Patients receiving temsirolimus/bevacizumab reported significantly higher overall mean scores in the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Kidney Symptom Index (FKSI) -15 and FKSI-Disease Related Symptoms subscale compared with IFN/bevacizumab (indicating improvement); however, no differences in global health outcome measures were observed. Treatment-emergent all-causality grade ≥ 3 adverse events more common (P < .001) with temsirolimus/bevacizumab were mucosal inflammation, stomatitis, hypophosphatemia, hyperglycemia, and hypercholesterolemia, whereas neutropenia was more common with IFN/bevacizumab. Incidence of pneumonitis with temsirolimus/bevacizumab was 4.8%, mostly grade 1 or 2.
Temsirolimus/bevacizumab combination therapy was not superior to IFN/bevacizumab for first-line treatment in clear-cell mRCC.
前瞻性评估替西罗莫司联合贝伐单抗对比干扰素α(IFN)联合贝伐单抗治疗转移性肾细胞癌(mRCC)的疗效。
在一项随机、开放标签、多中心、III 期研究中,按既往是否接受过肾切除术和 Memorial Sloan-Kettering 癌症中心预后分组进行分层,将未经治疗的主要为透明细胞 mRCC 患者随机分配接受替西罗莫司(静脉注射,每周 25mg)联合贝伐单抗(静脉注射,每 2 周 10mg/kg)或 IFN(皮下注射,每周 3 次,每次 9MIU)联合贝伐单抗治疗。主要终点是独立评估无进展生存期(PFS)。
接受替西罗莫司/贝伐单抗(n = 400)和 IFN/贝伐单抗(n = 391)治疗的患者中位 PFS 分别为 9.1 和 9.3 个月(风险比[HR],1.1;95%置信区间,0.9 至 1.3;P =.8)。替西罗莫司/贝伐单抗与 IFN/贝伐单抗相比,总生存(25.8 ν 25.5 个月;HR,1.0;P =.6)或客观缓解率(27.0% ν 27.4%)均无显著差异。与 IFN/贝伐单抗相比,接受替西罗莫司/贝伐单抗治疗的患者在癌症治疗功能评估-肾脏症状指数(FKSI)-15 和 FSKI-疾病相关症状子量表中的总平均评分显著更高(表明改善);然而,在全球健康结局测量方面没有观察到差异。替西罗莫司/贝伐单抗治疗相关的所有病因≥3 级不良事件更常见(P <.001),包括黏膜炎症、口腔炎、低磷血症、高血糖和高胆固醇血症,而 IFN/贝伐单抗更常见中性粒细胞减少症。替西罗莫司/贝伐单抗治疗的肺炎发生率为 4.8%,主要为 1 级或 2 级。
替西罗莫司/贝伐单抗联合治疗在透明细胞 mRCC 的一线治疗中并不优于 IFN/贝伐单抗。