Pembrolizumab plus Axitinib versus Sunitinib for Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma
Author(s) -
Brian I. Rini,
Elizabeth R. Plimack,
V.P. Stus,
Rustem Gafanov,
Robert D. Hawkins,
Dmitry Nosov,
Frédéric Pouliot,
B. Yа. Alekseev,
Denis Soulières,
Bohuslav Melichar,
Ihor Vynnychenko,
Anna Kryzhanivska,
Igor Bondarenko,
Sérgio Jobim Azevedo,
Delphine Borchiellini,
Cezary Szczylik,
Maurice Markus,
Ray McDermott,
Jens Bedke,
Sophie Tartas,
YenHwa Chang,
Satoshi Tamada,
Qiong Shou,
Rodolfo F. Perini,
Chen Mei,
Michael B. Atkins,
Thomas Powles
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1816714
Subject(s) - axitinib , sunitinib , pembrolizumab , renal cell carcinoma , medicine , oncology , urology , cancer , immunotherapy
The combination of pembrolizumab and axitinib showed antitumor activity in a phase 1b trial involving patients with previously untreated advanced renal-cell carcinoma. Whether pembrolizumab plus axitinib would result in better outcomes than sunitinib in such patients was unclear.
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