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Table 1 Characteristics of 14 included studies

From: Pazopanib has equivalent anti-tumor effectiveness and lower Total costs than Sunitinib for treating metastatic or advanced renal cell carcinoma: a meta-analysis

Study

Publication year

Country

Study period

Research subjects

Study design

Data resource

Pazopanib No.

Sunitinib No.

Median age (y)

Pre-treatment

Median FU(m)

SQ

Motzerb [7]

2013

USA

2008.8–2011.9

mRCC

RCT, phase III

14 countries in USA, Europe, Australia and Asia

557

553

61/62

NPT; RDT

20/20

4

Powles [8]

2012

UK

2008–2011

clear cell mRCC

RCT, phase II

Multi-institution in UK

34

43

67/73

No treatment

NA

3

Lalani [9]

2017

Canada

2011.1–2015.11

clear cell mRCC

RS

Canadian Kidney Cancer Information System database

93

577

65/64

NPT

NA

7

Kim [13]

2016

Korea

NA

mRCC with poor risk features

RS

Asan Medical Center

72

100

60/57

IMT; NPT

14.2/14.2

8

Byfield [14]

2015

USA

2009.10–2012.7

aRCC

RS

Optum Research Database and IMPACT National Benchmarking Database

84

84

63/61.5

RDT; NPT

6.0/6.0

7

Pal [15]

2017

USA

1993.1–2012.12.

aRCC

RS

The Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results

89

545

68.9/68.1a

NPT

NA

8

Santoni [16]

2015

Italy

2005.1–2013.7

late-relapse clear-cell mRCC

RS

21 Italian centers

21

190

NA

RN

58.8/58.8

8

Vogelzang [17]

2017

USA

2006.1–2014.12

aRCC

RS

The 100% Medicare database and Part D

522

522

74/74.5

NA

15.7/15.7

9

Hansenb [18]

2015

USA

2008.8–2011.9

mRCC

RCT, phase III

14 countries in USA, Europe, Australia and Asia

450

448

NA

NPT; RDT

20.0/20.0

4

Racsa [19]

2015

USA

2009.11–2012.1

aRCC

RS

claims data

90

193

67.9/68.2a

NA

12.0/12.0

7

Bianconi [20]

2016

Italy

NA

mRCC

RS

NA

19

78

68/64

renal surgery

NA

7

Escudier [21]

2014

France

NA

mRCC

RCT, phase IIIb

NA

86

82

64/62

NPT; RDT

NA

4

Ruiz-Morales [22]

2016

Canada

2005.1–2015.5

clear cell mRCC

RS

29 cancer centers in Canada, USA, Australia and so on

919

6519

65/62

NPT; IMT

NA

8

Kucharczyk [23]

2017

USA

2006.11.-2013.11

late-relapse clear cell mRCC

RS

A Single Institution in USA

11

4

NA

NPT

38.3/38.3

6

  1. Abbreviations: mRCC: metastatic renal cell carcinoma, aRCC: advanced renal cell carcinoma, NPT: nephrectomy, RDT: radiotherapy, IMT: immunotherapy, RN: radical nephrectomy, RS: retrospective study, RCT: randomized controlled trial, NA: not available, SQ: score (RCT quality according to the Jadad scale and retrospective study quality according to the Newcastle-Ottawa scale)
  2. a Mean;
  3. b Two studies stemmed from one RCT with different aspects of results: one reported anti-tumor efficacy and toxicity; the other reported economic data