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Nivolumab versus Everolimus in Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma

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Motzer, Robert J., Escudier, Bernard, McDermott, David F., George, Saby, Hammers, Hans J., Srinivas, Sandhya, Tykodi, Scott S., Sosman, Jeffrey A. +19 more·2015·New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nivolumab, a programmed death 1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibitor, was associated with encouraging overall survival in uncontrolled studies involving previously treated patients with advanced renal-cell carcinoma. This randomized, open-label, phase 3 study compared nivolumab with everolimus in patients with renal-cell carcinoma who had received previous treatment. METHODS: A total of 821 patients with advanced clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma for which they had received previous treatment with one or two regimens of antiangiogenic therapy were randomly assigned (in a 1:1 ratio) to receive 3 mg of nivolumab per kilogram of body weight intravenously every 2 weeks or a 10-mg everolimus tablet orally once daily. The primary end point was overall survival. The secondary end points included the objective response rate and safety. RESULTS: The median overall survival was 25.0 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 21.8 to not estimable) with nivolumab and 19.6 months (95% CI, 17.6 to 23.1) with everolimus. The hazard ratio for death with nivolumab versus everolimus was 0.73 (98.5% CI, 0.57 to 0.93; P=0.002), which met the prespecified criterion for superiority (P≤0.0148). The objective response rate was greater with nivolumab than with everolimus (25% vs. 5%; odds ratio, 5.98 [95% CI, 3.68 to 9.72]; P<0.001). The median progression-free survival was 4.6 months (95% CI, 3.7 to 5.4) with nivolumab and 4.4 months (95% CI, 3.7 to 5.5) with everolimus (hazard ratio, 0.88; 95% CI, 0.75 to 1.03; P=0.11). Grade 3 or 4 treatment-related adverse events occurred in 19% of the patients receiving nivolumab and in 37% of the patients receiving everolimus; the most common event with nivolumab was fatigue (in 2% of the patients), and the most common event with everolimus was anemia (in 8%). CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with previously treated advanced renal-cell carcinoma, overall survival was longer and fewer grade 3 or 4 adverse events occurred with nivolumab than with everolimus. (Funded by Bristol-Myers Squibb; CheckMate 025 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01668784.).

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Motzer, R. J., Escudier, B., McDermott, D. F., George, S., Hammers, H. J., Srinivas, S., Tykodi, S. S., Sosman, J. A., Procopio, G., Plimack, E. R., Castellano, D., Choueiri, T. K., Gurney, H., Donskov, F., Bono, P., Wagstaff, J., Gauler, T. C., Ueda, T., Tomita, Y., Schutz, F. A., Kollmannsberger, C., Larkin, J., Ravaud, A., Simon, J. S., Xu, L.-A., Waxman, I. M., & Sharma, P.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
  • Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
  • Stanford Cancer Institute (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori (IT)
  • Fox Chase Cancer Center (US)
  • Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES)
  • Westmead Hospital (AU)
  • Aarhus University Hospital (DK)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • Swansea University (GB)
  • Essen University Hospital (DE)
  • Chiba Cancer Center (JP)
  • Niigata University (JP)
  • Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo (BR)
  • BC Cancer Agency (CA)
  • Royal Marsden Hospital (GB)
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux (FR)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (United States) (US)
  • The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2015-11-05
Volume
373
Issue
19
Pages
1803-1813
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2222086386
Cited by
5,807
References
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515.99
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journal article
Language
en
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  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essen (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (P30CA008748)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
Keywords
nivolumab, everolimus, PD-1 inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, overall survival, objective response rate, progression-free survival, treatment-related adverse events, anti-angiogenic therapy, immune checkpoint inhibitors, mTOR inhibition, fatigue, anemia, previously treated patients
MeSH terms
Everolimus, Nivolumab, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antineoplastic Agents, Carcinoma, Renal Cell, Female, Humans, Kidney Neoplasms, Male, Middle Aged, Quality of Life, Survival Analysis, Sirolimus, Young Adult

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