Dovitinib versus sorafenib for third-line targeted treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: an open-label, randomised phase 3 trial

Robert John Motzer, Camillo Porta, Nicholas J Vogelzang, Cora N Sternberg, Cezary Szczylik, Jakub Zolnierek, Christian Kollmannsberger, Sun Young Rha, Georg A Bjarnason, Bohuslav Melichar, Ugo De Giorgi, Viktor Grunwald, Ian Davis, Jae-Lyun Lee, Emilio Esteban, Gladys Urbanowitz, Can Cai, Matthew Squires, Mahtab T Marker, Michael M ShiBernard Escudier

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Abstract

An unmet medical need exists for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma who have progressed on VEGF-targeted and mTOR-inhibitor therapies. Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) pathway activation has been proposed as a mechanism of escape from VEGF-targeted therapies. Dovitinib is an oral tyrosine-kinase inhibitor that inhibits VEGF and FGF receptors. We therefore compared dovitinib with sorafenib as third-line targeted therapies in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)286 - 296
Number of pages11
JournalThe Lancet Oncology
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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