A Retrospective Medical Record Review of First-Line Sunitinib Administration Schedules and Outcomes Among Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in Latin America
A Retrospective Medical Record Review of First-Line Sunitinib Administration Schedules and Outcomes Among Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in Latin America
To describe real-world demographic and clinical characteristics, treatment characteristics, and clinical outcomes among patients in Latin America who were treated with first-line sunitinib for metastatic renal cell carcinoma and switched from the 4/2 to 2/1 administration schedule
Understanding characteristics of patients who switched from a 4/2 to a 2/1 sunitinib schedule or initiated the 2/1 schedule in Brazil, and the resulting clinical outcomes in the real-world setting
• Describing the occurrence of AEs on the 4/2 and 2/1 schedules
Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosed with metastatic RCC with clear cell histology
a. The patient may have been initially diagnosed with Stage IV or initially diagnosed at an earlier stage and progressed to having disease at distant sites (i.e., metastatic disease)
Initiated first-line treatment for metastatic RCC with sunitinib on the 4/2 schedule (all countries) or initiated first-line treatment for metastatic RCC with sunitinib on the 2/1 schedule (Brazil only)
Switched to the 2/1 schedule (all countries) or initiated the 2/1 schedule (Brazil only) during the first treatment line between January 1, 2014, and June 30, 2018 a. The final dates defining this selection period will be dependent on country-specific ethics and reporting requirements
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Evidence of other malignant neoplasms (except nonmelanoma skin cancer or carcinoma in situ) within 5 years before switching to the sunitinib 2/1 schedule (all countries) or initiation of the 2/1 schedule (Brazil only)