Bone metastasis is associated with poor prognosis in metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma patients treated with first agent angiogenesis inhibitors

Lorenz Haaker, Loesia Tryssesoone, Inne Renders, Annelies Verbiest, Evelyne Lerut, Marcella Baldewijns, Claire Bourgain, Eduard Roussel, Heidi Van den Bulck, Wim Wynendaele, Brigitte Laguerre, Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq, Stéphane Oudard, Annouschka Laenen, Philip R. Debruyne, Maarten Albersen, Benoit Beuselinck*

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Abstract

Objective: Papillary renal cell carcinoma (papRCC) is a rare (10%–15%) subtype of renal cancer. Few prognostic biomarkers have been described in metastatic papRCC (m-papRCC) patients treated with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (VEGFR-TKIs). We aimed to study the prognostic impact of bone metastases (BM) on response rate, progression-free and overall survival (PFS and OS) in patients with m-papRCC treated with first agent VEGFR-TKIs. Patients and methods: A multicentric, retrospective analysis of patient records was conducted. BM were detected by computed tomography and/or bone scintigraphy. The International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) score was calculated at start of first agent VEGFR-TKI treatment. Results: Forty-nine patients were included. Best objective response was partial response in 20%, stable disease in 60% and early progressive disease in 20% of patients. Median PFS (mPFS) was 6.0 months and median OS (mOS) 14.0 months after start of first agent VEGFR-TKI. The IMDC score correlated with mOS: 77.5 months in good, 17.0 months in intermediate and 8.0 months in poor risk patients (P = 0.002). Patients with BM had a poorer outcome compared to patients without BM: mPFS was 4.0 vs. 7.0 months (P = 0.006) and mOS 7.5 vs. 19.0 months (P = 0.002). On bivariate analysis, the presence of BM was independently associated with PFS (P = 0.02) and OS (P = 0.049), independent of the IMDC risk groups. Conclusion: In m-papRCC patients treated with first agent VEGFR-TKIs, the presence of BM is an unfavorable prognostic factor, associated with shorter PFS and OS.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)686.e1-686.e9
JournalUrologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume38
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2020

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Urology

Keywords

  • Angiogenesis inhibitors
  • Bone metastases
  • Papillary renal cell carcinoma
  • Prognostic factors

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