BACKGROUND: This retrospective study evaluated the incidence of brain metastases in a subgroup of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who were randomly assigned to receive sorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor (400 mg b.i.d.), versus placebo in the phase III Treatment Approaches in Renal Cancer Global Evaluation Trial (TARGET). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients enrolled in TARGET at two centres (Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, n = 85; Central Clinical Hospital of Military Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland, n = 54) made up the current subgroup, who were retrospectively evaluated for the incidence of brain metastases during follow-up. The association between treatment (sorafenib versus placebo) and occurrence of brain metastases was evaluated by univariate analysis. RESULTS: The overall incidence of brain metastases in patients receiving sorafenib was 3% (2 of 70 patients) compared with 12% (8 of 69 patients) in patients receiving placebo (P < 0.05). The incidence of brain metastases was also significantly lower in the sorafenib group after 1 (P = 0.0447) and 2 years (P = 0.005) of treatment compared with the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS: In this subpopulation, sorafenib may reduce the occurrence of brain metastases. Antiangiogenic therapy, such as sorafenib, could be an effective preventive therapy for brain metastases in advanced RCC.
RCT Entities:
BACKGROUND: This retrospective study evaluated the incidence of brain metastases in a subgroup of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who were randomly assigned to receive sorafenib, an oral multikinase inhibitor (400 mg b.i.d.), versus placebo in the phase III Treatment Approaches in Renal Cancer Global Evaluation Trial (TARGET). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients enrolled in TARGET at two centres (Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France, n = 85; Central Clinical Hospital of Military Medical Academy, Warsaw, Poland, n = 54) made up the current subgroup, who were retrospectively evaluated for the incidence of brain metastases during follow-up. The association between treatment (sorafenib versus placebo) and occurrence of brain metastases was evaluated by univariate analysis. RESULTS: The overall incidence of brain metastases in patients receiving sorafenib was 3% (2 of 70 patients) compared with 12% (8 of 69 patients) in patients receiving placebo (P < 0.05). The incidence of brain metastases was also significantly lower in the sorafenib group after 1 (P = 0.0447) and 2 years (P = 0.005) of treatment compared with the placebo group. CONCLUSIONS: In this subpopulation, sorafenib may reduce the occurrence of brain metastases. Antiangiogenic therapy, such as sorafenib, could be an effective preventive therapy for brain metastases in advanced RCC.
Authors: AeRang Kim; Cindy McCully; Rafael Cruz; Diane E Cole; Elizabeth Fox; Frank M Balis; Brigitte C Widemann Journal: Invest New Drugs Date: 2010-11-12 Impact factor: 3.850
Authors: Aysegül Ilhan-Mutlu; Christian Siehs; Anna Sophie Berghoff; Gerda Ricken; Georg Widhalm; Ludwig Wagner; Matthias Preusser Journal: Tumour Biol Date: 2015-08-16
Authors: Arkadiusz Z Dudek; Ahmad Raza; Ming Chi; Meghali Singhal; Rajneet Oberoi; Rajendar K Mittapalli; Sagar Agarwal; William F Elmquist Journal: Clin Genitourin Cancer Date: 2012-12-21 Impact factor: 2.872
Authors: Jonathan Verma; Eric Jonasch; Pamela K Allen; Jeffrey S Weinberg; Nizar Tannir; Eric L Chang; Anita Mahajan Journal: Am J Clin Oncol Date: 2013-12 Impact factor: 2.339