Table 4 Survival according to risk stratification in the development and validation cohorts

From: Development and validation of a prognostic model in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with sunitinib: a European collaboration

 

Development data set

Validation data set

Prognostic groups

Deaths/No. of patients

Median observed OS

Median predicted OS

Hazard ratios

Deaths/No. of patients

Median observed OS

Median predicted OS

Hazard ratios

Our model (after calibration in the validation cohort)

0 risk factors

15/48

NR

NR

1

31/67

38.1

50.2

1

1 risk factors

33/55

24.7

22.3

2.27

45/92

30

29

1.26

2 risk factors

33/45

12.8

11.5

4.32

54/82

20.4

19.2

1.88

3 risk factors

22/22

5.9

6.4

10.48

21/25

10.6

13.6

4.09

Good risk

15/48

NR

NR

1

31/67

38.1

50.2

1

Intermediate risk

46/78

22.4

21.7

2.41

70/135

29

26

1.36

Poor risk

42/44

7.7

8.6

8.18

50/64

13.5

17.2

2.78

Heng’s model (after calibration in both cohorts)

Favourable

6/16

37.4

37.4

1

24/53

40.2

43.2

1

Intermediate

28/57

28.8

24.8

1.62

77/126

21

21.4

1.73

Poor

26/32

11.2

11.2

3.64

37/48

13.6

13.1

2.79

  1. Abbreviations: NR = not reached; OS = overall survival.