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Continuous First-Line Sunitinib Active in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Continuous First-Line Sunitinib Active in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
P Wendling
20090916
2009 Oct 16
Elsevier Global Medical News
Continuous First-Line Sunitinib Active in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 16, P Wendling
BERLIN (EGMN) - Continuous once-daily dosing of sunitinib 37.5 mg resulted in a median progression-free survival of 9 months in an open-label, phase II trial of 119 treatment-naive patients.This compares with a progression-free survival (PFS) of 11 months in the pivotal, phase III, first-line trial in which sunitinib 50 mg was administered on an intermittent 4-weeks-on, 2-weeks-off dosing schedule (J. Clin. Oncol. 2009;27:3584-90). The shorter median in the current study was likely the result of...