Clinical factors for tumor response, progression, and survival in nivolumab for advanced renal cell carcinoma in the SNiP‐RCC study
Leandro Blas, Masaki Shiota, Hideaki Miyake, Masayuki Takahashi, Mototsugu Oya, Norihiko Tsuchiya, Naoya Masumori, Hideyasu Matsuyama, Wataru Obara, Nobuo Shinohara, Kiyohide Fujimoto, Masahiro Nozawa, Kojiro Ohba, Chikara Ohyama, Katsuyoshi Hashine, Shusuke Akamatsu, Tomomi Kamba, Koji Mita, Momokazu Gotoh, Shuichi Tatarano, Masato Fujisawa, Yoshihiko Tomita, Shoichiro Mukai, Keiichi Ito, Tokiyoshi Tanegashima, Shoji Tokunaga, Masatoshi Eto,- Urology
Background
This study is part of the
Methods
We included patients from 23 institutions in Japan. We evaluated the objective response, radiographic progression‐free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and treatment‐related grade ≥ 3 (serious adverse events [SAEs]).
Results
We included 222 patients. The median age was 69 years (interquartile range 62–74 years), and 71% of the patients were male. Pancreas metastasis, lung metastases, prior cytokine therapy, and SAEs, were associated with objective response. The median PFS was 18 months. Liver metastases (hazard ratio [HR], 1.61), age ≥ 75 (HR, 0.48), previous resection of primary sites (HR, 0.47), and SAEs (HR, 0.47) were independent prognostic factors for PFS. Karnofsky Performance Status <70 (HR, 2.90), high platelets (HR, 4.48), previous resection of primary sites (HR, 0.23), and pathological grade (HR, 0.19 for grade 2 and HR, 0.12 for grade 3) were independent prognostic factors for OS. SAEs were reported in 45 (20.3%) cases. In the group of patients with prior nephrectomy, SAEs were associated with objective response, PFS, and OS.
Conclusion
The SNiP‐RCC study identified clinical parameters correlated with treatment outcomes in Japanese patients with priorly treated advanced clear cell RCC undergoing nivolumab monotherapy.