Avelumab plus Axitinib versus Sunitinib for Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma

2019 New England Journal of Medicine 2,439 citations

Abstract

Progression-free survival was significantly longer with avelumab plus axitinib than with sunitinib among patients who received these agents as first-line treatment for advanced renal-cell carcinoma. (Funded by Pfizer and Merck [Darmstadt, Germany]; JAVELIN Renal 101 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02684006.).

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AxitinibAvelumabSunitinibRenal cell carcinomaMedicineInternal medicineOncologyCarcinomaUrologyImmunotherapyNivolumabCancer

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2019
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Volume
380
Issue
12
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1103-1115
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Robert J. Motzer, Konstantin Penkov, John B.A.G. Haanen et al. (2019). Avelumab plus Axitinib versus Sunitinib for Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma. New England Journal of Medicine , 380 (12) , 1103-1115. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1816047

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10.1056/nejmoa1816047