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Table 5 Changes in treatment pattern by patients

From: Impact on clinical practice of the implementation of guidelines for the toxicity management of targeted therapies in kidney cancer. The protect-2 study

 

Sunitinib

251

Sorafenib

62

Pazopanib

56

Everolimus

70

Temsirolimus

37

Bevacizumab

5

 

Pre

143

Post

108

Pre

43

Post

19

Pre

1

Post

55

Pre

34

Post

36

Pre

19

Post

18

Pre

4

Post

1

Number of cycles administered

Median (Q1–Q3)

4.0

(2.0–5.0)

4.0

(2.0–5.0)

3.0

(2.0–5.0)

3.0

(2.0–8.0)

1.0

(1.0–1.0)

3.0

(2.0–5.0)

3.0

(2.0–5.0)

4.0

(2.0–6.0)

2.0

(1.0–4.0)

2.5

(2.0–4.0)

3.5

(2.5–4.5)

10.0

(10.0–10.0)

*Treatment modification, n cycles (%)

Dose reduction

24 (16.8)

16 (14.8)

4 (9.3)

1 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

4 (7.3)

1 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Dose interruption

8 (5.6)

9 (8.3)

2 (4.7)

2 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

4 (7.3)

3 (8.8)

4 (11.1)

1 (5.3)

1 (5.6)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Treatment discontinuation

6 (4.2)

5 (4.6)

3 (7.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

5 (9.1)

0 (0.0)

3 (8.3)

2 (10.5)

2 (11.1)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Dose increased

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.3)

2 (10.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  1. *p between groups >0.05. Length of cycles according to routine clinical practice: sunitinib 6 weeks; other treatments 4 weeks