Open-label, randomized multicentre phase II study to assess the efficacy and tolerability of sunitinib by dose administration regimen (dose modification or dose interruptions) in patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma: study protocol of the SURF trial

Open-label, randomized multicentre phase II study to assess the efficacy and tolerability of sunitinib by dose administration regimen (dose modification or dose interruptions) in patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma: study protocol of the SURF trial

Abstract Background Sunitinib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved in the first-line metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) setting at the dose of 50 mg daily for 4 weeks followed by a pause of 2 weeks. Due to toxicity, this standard schedule (50 mg daily 4/2) can induce up to 50% of sunitinib do...

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Main Authors: Guillaume Mouillet, Marie-Justine Paillard, Tristan Maurina, Dewi Vernerey, Thierry Nguyen Tan Hon, Hamadi Almotlak, Ulrich Stein, Fabien Calcagno, Diane Berthod, Elise Robert, Aurelia Meurisse, Antoine Thiery-Vuillemin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Renal cell carcinoma
Sunitinib
Metastatic
Schedule
Toxicity
Safety
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2613-8

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