ASCO GU 2018: Association of Age and Sex with Mortality Following Adjuvant Therapy for Renal Cell Cancer: Subgroup Analysis of the ASSURE (E2805) Trial
Methods:
ASSURE included 1,943 patients with ≥ pT1b resected RCC. There was no overall survival (OS) or disease free survival (DFS) benefit with adjuvant sunitinib or sorafenib relative to placebo. In this post-hoc subgroup analysis of age and sex based on the median age of 56 years, Cox regression computed hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for OS and DFS with sunitinib or sorafenib compared to placebo across age- and sex-specific strata (males ≤ 56 years [n = 689], males > 56 years [n = 620], females ≤ 56 years [n = 317], and females > 56 years [n = 317]). Models were adjusted for race, histology, and UISS risk group. A 3-way interaction term was calculated for sex, age, and treatment.
Results:
Treatment with sunitinib was associated with increased mortality among women > 56 years (sunitinib vs placebo [HR OS 2.38; 95% CI, 1.39-4.07]), but not in women ≤ 56 years or in men of any age. Similarly, among women > 56 years, the risk of disease recurrence was increased with sunitinib relative to placebo (HR DFS 1.53; 95% CI, 1.03-2.28). There were no statistically significant differences in OS or DFS associated with sorafenib (women > 56 years: HR OS 1.50, 95% CI, 0.83-2.71; HR DFS 1.23, 95% CI, 0.81-1.89). The 3-way interaction between age, sex, and sunitinib treatment on mortality was statistically significant (p = 0.0166).
Conclusions:
Adjuvant Sunitinib after nephrectomy was associated with increased mortality among older women, which may be explained by increased risk of RCC recurrence. These findings, if validated, highlight the importance of considering sex and age on VEGF-TKI treatment outcomes, future study designs, and RCC tumor biology. Clinical trial information: NCT00326898
Presented by: Ronac Mamtani, MD, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Written by: Hanan Goldberg, MD, Urologic Oncology Fellow (SUO), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre @GoldbergHanan at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary (ASCO GU) Cancers Symposium, February 8-10, 2018 - San Francisco, CA
References:
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