Axitinib after Treatment Failure with Sunitinib or Cytokines in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma—Systematic Literature Review of Clinical and Real-World Evidence
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Literature Search and PRISMA
3.2. Study and Patient Characteristics
3.2.1. RCTs and Single-Arm Clinical Trials
3.2.2. Observational Studies
Author, Year | Country | Study Design | Study Population (N) | Tx (n) | Tx Line | Prior Tx | Outcomes |
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Randomised controlled trials | |||||||
Rini, 2011 [24]; Bracarda, 2019 [25]; Cella, 2013 [26]; Motzer, 2013 [28]; Ueda, 2013 [27] AXIS (NCT00678392) | International | Phase 3, open-label | Patients with aRCC who had disease progression after initial systemic therapy (N = 723) | I: Axitinib (n = 361) C: Sorafenib (n = 362) | 2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 389) Cytokines (n = 251) Bevacizumab (n = 59) Temsirolimus (n = 24) | Primary outcome: PFS Secondary outcomes: OS, ORR, duration of response, TTD, safety, patient-reported outcomes |
Kadono, 2023 [29] ESCAPE (UMIN000012522) | Japan | Phase 3, open-label | Patients with favourable and intermediate risk mRCC (N = 35) | I: Axitinib after cytokines (n = 35) C: Axitinib after sunitinib (n = 15) | 2L | 1L: Cytokines (n = 18) Sunitinib (n = 15) | Primary outcome: PFS Secondary outcomes: OS, ORR, DCR, safety |
Single-arm clinical trials | |||||||
Eto, 2014 [30] (NCT00569946) | Japan | Phase 2, single-arm | Patients with mRCC with a clear-cell component (N = 64) | Axitinib (n = 64) | ≥2L | 1L or 2L: Cytokines (n = 64) | Primary outcome: ORR Secondary outcomes: OS, PFS, duration of response, safety, pharmacokinetics |
Rini, 2009 [31] (NCT00282048) | US | Phase 2, single-arm | Patients with refractory mRCC (N = 62) | Axitinib (n = 62) | ≥2L | 1L or 2L: Sorafenib (n = 62) Sunitinib (n = 14) Cytokines (n = 38) Chemotherapy (n = 12) Bevacizumab (n = 5) Temsirolimus (n = 3) | Primary outcome: ORR Secondary outcomes: OS, PFS, duration of response, safety, patient-reported outcomes, pharmacokinetics |
Rixe, 2007 [32] (NCT00076011) | France, Germany, US | Phase 2, single-arm | Patients with mRCC who had failed previous cytokine-based treatment (N = 52) | Axitinib (n = 52) | 2L | 1L: Cytokines (n = 52) | Primary outcome: ORR Secondary outcomes: OS, PFS, duration of response, time to progression, safety, pharmacokinetics, HRQoL |
Observational studies | |||||||
Cesas, 2023 [33] | Lithuania | Retrospective and prospective study cohorts | Patients with mRCC who had received 1L VEGF-targeted therapy with either sunitinib or pazopanib (N = 143) | Axitinib (n = 59) Cabozantinib (n = 30) Everolimus (n = 8) Nivolumab (n = 46) | ≥2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 123) Pazopanib (n = 20) | Outcomes: PFS2 |
Facchini, 2019 [34]; D’Aniello, 2016 [39] | Italy | Retrospective | Patients with mRCC (N = 148) | Axitinib (n = 148) | 2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 148) | Primary outcomes: PFS, OS, ORR, DCR, safety Secondary outcomes: relationship between patients’ demographic and baseline characteristics, AEs, and response |
Géczi, 2020 [35] | Hungary | Retrospective | Patients with mRCC (N = 512) | Axitinib (n = 128) Everolimus (n = 384) | 2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 446) Pazopanib (n = 66) | Outcomes: OS, duration of 1L treatment |
Iacovelli, 2018 [36] | Italy | Retrospective | Patients with metastatic ccRCC (N = 182) | Axitinib (n = 103) Everolimus (n = 79) | 2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 182) | Outcomes: PFS, OS |
Kang, 2023 [37] | Korea | Retrospective | Patients with mRCC (N = 3247) | Axitinib (n = 773) Everolimus (n = 2198) Cabozantinib (n = 276) | 2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 1787) Pazopanib (n = 1460) | Outcome: OS |
Tamada, 2018 [38] | Japan | Retrospective | Patients with mRCC (N = 83) | Axitinib (n = 52) Everolimus or temsirolimus (n = 31) | 2L | 1L: Sunitinib (n = 83) | Outcomes: OS, PFS, time to treatment failure |
3.3. Summary of Evidence from Clinical and Observational Studies
3.3.1. Progression-Free Survival
3.3.2. Overall Survival
3.3.3. Response Rates
3.3.4. Safety—Treatment Discontinuation Due to Adverse Events
3.3.5. Dose Reductions and Dose Escalations
3.3.6. Health-Related Quality of Life
3.4. Study Quality Appraisal
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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PICOS | Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria |
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Population | Adult patients (≥18 years of age) with aRCC who have failed prior treatment with cytokines, TKI monotherapy, TKI-ICI combination, ICI monotherapy, or ICI combination therapy. Patients receiving second-line, third-line, or later lines of therapy. | Adult patients with aRCC receiving first-line treatment |
Interventions/ Comparators | Axitinib Cabozantinib Everolimus Lenvatinib + everolimus Nivolumab Pazopanib Sunitinib Tivozanib Belzutifan | Interventions not listed in the inclusion criteria |
Outcomes | Efficacy: OS (median, landmark time-point analysis) PFS, PFS2 (median, landmark time-point analysis) Response: OR, CR, PR, duration of response Duration of treatment Time to next therapy Safety: Incidence of any grade AE Incidence of grade 3–4 AE Incidence of specific AE Incidence of discontinuation due to AE Dose intensity Incidence of dose reduction HRQoL: Disease-specific and general | Outcomes not listed in the inclusion criteria |
Study design | Randomised controlled trials Non-randomised interventional trials Pragmatic clinical trials (randomised or non-randomised) Observational or any RWE study design | Narrative reviews Prognostic studies Case reports Commentaries and letters Consensus reports Pooled analyses, SLRs, and meta-analyses 1 |
Other criteria | English language only Sample size > 20 participants for non-randomised interventional trials and observational studies |
Author, Year | Median Follow-Up | Prior Treatment | Study Treatment | N | Median PFS (95% CI) |
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Randomised controlled trials | |||||
Motzer, 2013 [28] AXIS (NCT00678392) | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 194 | 6.5 months (5.7–7.9) |
2L sorafenib | 195 | 4.4 months (2.9–4.7) | |||
1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 126 | 12.2 months (10.2–15.5) | ||
2L sorafenib | 125 | 8.2 months (6.6–9.5) | |||
Kadono, 2023 [29] ESCAPE (UMIN000012522) | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 5 | 3.7 months (0.0–8.2) | |
3 years | 1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 13 | 14.7 months (2.5–26.9) | |
Single-arm clinical trials | |||||
Eto, 2014 [30] (NCT00569946) | NR | 1L or 2L cytokines | ≥2L axitinib | 64 | 11 months (9.2–12.0) |
Rini, 2009 [31] (NCT00282048) | 22.7 months | Sunitinib + sorafenib | 3L axitinib | 14 | 7.1 months (3.9–7.6) |
Cytokines + sorafenib | 3L axitinib | 29 | 9.1 months (7.1–21.4) | ||
Rixe, 2007 [32] | 31 months | 1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 52 | 15.7 months (8.4–23.4) |
Observational studies | |||||
Cesas, 2023 [33] | 29.26 months | 1L sunitinib | IMCD risk favourable: | PFS2 | |
2L cabozantinib | 4 | 27.15 months | |||
2L nivolumab | 5 | 24.5 months | |||
2L axitinib | 17 | 33.18 months | |||
IMCD risk intermediate: | |||||
2L cabozantinib | 20 | 21.55 months | |||
2L nivolumab | 25 | 27.76 months | |||
2L axitinib | 30 | 23.19 months | |||
IMDC risk poor: | |||||
2L cabozantinib | 1 | Not reached | |||
2L nivolumab | 7 | 11.26 months | |||
2L axitinib | 5 | 12.05 months | |||
Facchini, 2019 [34] | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 148 | 7.14 months (5.78–8.5) |
2L axitinib—patients with dose titration to 7 mg or 10 mg twice daily | 35 | 9.9 months (6.2–13.5) | |||
2L axitinib—patients without dose titration | 113 | 6.4 months (5.2–7.6) | |||
Iacovelli, 2018 [36] | 50.2 months | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 103 | 5.5 months (4.3–6.7) |
2L everolimus | 79 | 4.6 months (2.6–6.5), p = 0.7 | |||
Tamada, 2018 [38] | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 51 | 8.7 months |
2L everolimus or temsirolimus | 31 | 3.4 months, p = 0.001 |
Author, Year | Median Follow-Up | Prior Treatment | Study Treatment | N | Median OS (95% CI) | Landmark OS |
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Randomised controlled trials | ||||||
Motzer 2013 [28] AXIS (NCT00678392) | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 194 | 15.2 months (12.8–18.3) | NR |
2L sorafenib | 195 | 16.5 months (13.7–19.2) | NR | |||
1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 126 | 29.4 months (24.5-NR) | NR | ||
2L sorafenib | 125 | 27.8 months (23.1–34.5) | NR | |||
Single-arm clinical trials | ||||||
Eto, 2014 [30] (NCT00569946) | NR | 1L or 2L cytokines | ≥2L axitinib | 64 | 11 months (9.2–12.0) | NR |
Rini, 2009 [31] (NCT00282048) | 22.7 months | Sunitinib + sorafenib | ≥2L axitinib | 14 | 11.5 months (7.1–15.9) | NR |
Cytokines + sorafenib | ≥2L axitinib | 29 | 18.5 months (8.4-NR) | NR | ||
Rixe, 2007 [32] (NCT00076011) | 31 months | 1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 52 | 29.9 months (20.3-NR) | 1-year: 78.8% |
Observational studies | ||||||
Facchini, 2019 [34,39] | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 148 | 15.5 months (11–20) | NR |
2L axitinib with titrated dose | 35 | 19 months (15.3–22.7), p = 0.115 | NR | |||
2L axitinib with standard dose | 113 | 14.1 months (9.8–18.3) | NR | |||
Géczi, 2020 [35] | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 128 | 41 months | NR |
2L everolimus | 318 | 21.7 months, p < 0.0001 | NR | |||
Iacovelli, 2018 [36] | 50.2 months | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 103 | 12 months (7.9–16.2) | NR |
2L everolimus | 79 | 13.9 months (10.4–17.4), p = 0.3 | NR | |||
Kang, 2023 [37] | 25 months | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 300 | HR: 0.795 (0.569–1.110), p = 0.1773 | 5-year: 51.44% |
2L cabozantinib | 124 | Reference | 5-year: 43.59% | |||
Tamada, 2018 [38] | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 51 | 69.5 months, p = 0.034 | NR |
2L everolimus or temsirolimus | 31 | 33.5 months | NR |
Author, Year | Median Follow-Up | Prior Treatment | Study Treatment | N | Definition of Response | Response Outcome |
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Randomised controlled trials | ||||||
Ueda 2013 [27] AXIS (NCT00678392) | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 194 | ORR | 11.3% |
2L sorafenib | 195 | ORR | 7.7%, p = 0.1085 | |||
2L axitinib | 194 | CR | 0% | |||
2L sorafenib | 195 | CR | 0% | |||
2L axitinib | 194 | PR | 11.3% | |||
2L sorafenib | 195 | PR | 7.7% | |||
1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 126 | ORR | 32.5%, p = 0.0002 | ||
2L sorafenib | 125 | ORR | 13.6% | |||
2L axitinib | 126 | CR | 0% | |||
2L sorafenib | 125 | CR | 0% | |||
2L axitinib | 126 | PR | 32.5% | |||
2L sorafenib | 125 | PR | 13.6% | |||
Kadono, 2023 [29] ESCAPE (UMIN000012522) | 3 years | 1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 13 | ORR | 62% |
CR | 8% | |||||
PR | 54% | |||||
1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 5 | ORR | 0% | ||
CR | 0% | |||||
PR | 0% | |||||
Single-arm clinical trials | ||||||
Eto, 2014 [30] (NCT00569946) | NR | 1L or 2L cytokines | ≥2L axitinib | 64 | ORR | 51.6% |
CR | 0% | |||||
PR | 51.6% | |||||
SD | 43.8% | |||||
Rini, 2009 [31] (NCT00282048) | 22.7 months | Sunitinib + sorafenib | ≥2L axitinib | 14 | ORR | 7.1% |
Cytokines + sorafenib | ≥2L axitinib | 29 | ORR | 27.6 | ||
Rixe, 2007 [32] (NCT00076011) | 31 months | 1L cytokines | 2L axitinib | 52 | ORR | 52.6% |
CR | 4% | |||||
PR | 28% | |||||
SD | 42% | |||||
Observational studies | ||||||
Facchini, 2019 [34,39] | NR | 1L sunitinib | 2L axitinib | 148 | ORR | 16.6% |
CR | 0.6% | |||||
PR | 16% |
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Sharma, A.; Bahl, A.; Frazer, R.; Godhania, E.; Halfpenny, N.; Hartl, K.; Heldt, D.; McGrane, J.; Şahbaz Gülser, S.; Venugopal, B.; et al. Axitinib after Treatment Failure with Sunitinib or Cytokines in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma—Systematic Literature Review of Clinical and Real-World Evidence. Cancers 2024, 16, 2706. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152706
Sharma A, Bahl A, Frazer R, Godhania E, Halfpenny N, Hartl K, Heldt D, McGrane J, Şahbaz Gülser S, Venugopal B, et al. Axitinib after Treatment Failure with Sunitinib or Cytokines in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma—Systematic Literature Review of Clinical and Real-World Evidence. Cancers. 2024; 16(15):2706. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152706
Chicago/Turabian StyleSharma, Anand, Amit Bahl, Ricky Frazer, Esha Godhania, Nicholas Halfpenny, Kristina Hartl, Dorothea Heldt, John McGrane, Sera Şahbaz Gülser, Balaji Venugopal, and et al. 2024. "Axitinib after Treatment Failure with Sunitinib or Cytokines in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma—Systematic Literature Review of Clinical and Real-World Evidence" Cancers 16, no. 15: 2706. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152706
APA StyleSharma, A., Bahl, A., Frazer, R., Godhania, E., Halfpenny, N., Hartl, K., Heldt, D., McGrane, J., Şahbaz Gülser, S., Venugopal, B., Ritchie, A., & Crichton, K. (2024). Axitinib after Treatment Failure with Sunitinib or Cytokines in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma—Systematic Literature Review of Clinical and Real-World Evidence. Cancers, 16(15), 2706. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16152706