Evaluation of unfavourable outcome-related factors in patients affected by renal cell cancer in treatment with everolimus and previously treated with a Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor (i.e. sunitinib, sorafenib,pazopanib, or bevacizumab+interferon)
Predictive factors to be considered are: histology, Heng risk group, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-performance status (ECOG-PS), site of metastases, glycemia and cholesterolemia. The data collected in this "real life" population could contribute to identify clinical factors that predict favourable outcomes in patients treated with everolimus after failure or a a first-line treatment with a VEGF inhibitor.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
31
Patients will start study treatment on day 1 and will be treated with daily doses of everolimus (10 mg daily tablets).
Spedali Civili
Brescia, Italy
Ospedale A Perrino
Brindisi, Italy
Istituto Europeo di Oncologia
Milan, Italy
Istituto Nazionale Tumori - IRCCS Fondazione G. Pascale
Naples, Italy
predictive factors identification
To identify factors predictive of a favourable outcome, in terms of survival free from an unfavourable event, in patients treated with everolimus as second line treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). A favourable outcome is being alive and on treatment without both disease progression (according to RECIST 1.1) and HRQoL deterioration (7-point decrease from baseline evaluation on the EQ-5D VAS).
Time frame: 36 months
Progression free survival (PFS) of everolimus as second line treatment
PFS distributions will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using the log-rank test.
Time frame: 36 months
health related quality of life (HRQoL)
As measured by EQ-5D questionnaire. It will be described at each time by using summary statistical measures for continuous variables
Time frame: 36 months
drug-related toxicity
assessed by the National Cancer Institute-Common Terminology Criteria for adverse events (NCI-CTCAE), version 4.03. The frequency of maximum toxicity grade experienced by each patient for each specific toxicity will be presented as well as the frequency of patients experiencing grade 3 or 4 (grade 2 for neurotoxicity) events, and SADRs.
Time frame: 36 months
compliance
Treatment compliance will be assessed by evaluating the dose intensity (total dose divided by duration of exposure to treatment in weeks), and calculating the frequencies and proportion of patients who modified or interrupted the treatment.
Time frame: 36 months
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AOU Maggiore della Carità
Novara, Italy
Casa di Cura La Maddalena
Palermo, Italy
Unicampus Biomedico
Roma, Italy
AOU San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi D'Aragona
Salerno, Italy