Background
Cytoreductive nephrectomy (neph) remains controversial in the management of patients (pts) with mRCC; the role of prior neph in pts treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor remains unknown. In this extended follow-up analysis of the phase III JAVELIN Renal 101 trial (NCT02684006), we assessed the role of prior neph in pts with mRCC presenting with synchronous metastases at the time of diagnosis and treated with A + Ax or S.
Methods
Efficacy outcomes were assessed from the third interim analysis in pts with mRCC who presented with M1 disease at the time of diagnosis and had undergone prior neph or no neph in the A + Ax and S arms. Multivariate Cox regression analyses were used to assess hazard ratios for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS; investigator assessment per RECIST 1.1). Logistic regression method was used to obtain the odds ratio for objective response (investigator assessment per RECIST 1.1).
Results
412 of 886 pts in JAVELIN Renal 101 presented with M1 disease at diagnosis. Of these pts, 126 (A + Ax) and 147 (S) had undergone prior neph and 72 (A + Ax) and 67 (S) had no neph. Compared with the neph group, a higher proportion of pts in the no-neph group were older (42% vs 32% were ≥65 years), had impaired PS (ECOG PS 1, 54% vs 40%), and had poor prognosis (40% vs 16% by IMDC criteria); fewer pts had PD-L1+ tumors (40% vs 77%). To assess the impact of neph, these parameters were adjusted in the multivariate model. Post hoc analyses showed that in the A + Ax arm, OS and confirmed objective response were significantly improved in pts with neph vs no neph; however, no differences were observed in the S arm (Table). PFS was numerically longer in pts with neph vs no neph in the A + Ax arm but not in the S arm.
Conclusions
Pts who presented with M1 disease at the time of diagnosis and had undergone prior neph had superior efficacy outcomes vs no neph with A + Ax but not with S. Table: 665P
Clinical trial identification
NCT02684006.
Editorial acknowledgement
Medical writing support was provided by Kakoli Parai of ClinicalThinking and funded by Pfizer and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Legal entity responsible for the study
Pfizer and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Funding
Pfizer and Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Disclosure
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