Table 4 Final combined AE multivariate models of associations between adverse events and survival end points for mRCC patients receiving sunitinib on (A) Schedule 4/2 or (B) any dose/schedule

From: Sunitinib-associated hypertension and neutropenia as efficacy biomarkers in metastatic renal cell carcinoma patients

  

Adverse event at any time point

Adverse event by the 12-week landmark

Adverse event

End point

HR

95% CI

P-valuea

HR

95% CI

P-valuea

(A) Schedule 4/2

Neutropenia

PFS

0.77

0.61–0.97

0.0276

0.72

0.56–0.93

0.0130

 

OS

0.65

0.50–0.85

0.0014

0.71

0.55–0.93

0.0122

Hypertension

PFS

0.37

0.27–0.52

<0.0001

0.81

0.61–1.07

0.1305

 

OS

0.36

0.27–0.50

<0.0001

0.68

0.53–0.88

0.0036

Hand–foot syndrome

PFS

0.90

0.70–1.15

0.3986

0.83

0.59–1.16

0.2651

 

OS

0.70

0.52–0.93

0.0152

0.64

0.44–0.94

0.0218

Asthenia/fatigue

PFS

0.56

0.42–0.74

<0.0001

1.01

0.78–1.30

0.9555

 

OS

0.82

0.61–1.10

0.1882

0.99

0.78–1.27

0.9586

Thrombocytopenia

PFS

0.83

0.63–1.10

0.1971

1.05

0.73–1.51

0.7905

 

OS

0.96

0.70–1.33

0.8271

1.07

0.74–1.53

0.7233

(B) Any dose/schedule

Neutropenia

PFS

0.69

0.56–0.85

0.0004

0.72

0.57–0.91

0.0062

 

OS

0.58

0.45–0.73

<0.0001

0.68

0.53–0.87

0.0019

Hypertension

PFS

0.44

0.33–0.58

<0.0001

0.98

0.76–1.26

0.8730

 

OS

0.48

0.37–0.63

<0.0001

0.73

0.58–0.91

0.0063

Hand–foot syndrome

PFS

0.88

0.70–1.10

0.2495

0.88

0.64–1.19

0.3963

 

OS

0.69

0.52–0.90

0.0062

0.60

0.42–0.86

0.0049

Asthenia/fatigue

PFS

0.69

0.54–0.88

0.0026

0.98

0.79–1.23

0.8786

 

OS

0.94

0.73–1.22

0.6576

0.96

0.77–1.19

0.7056

Thrombocytopenia

PFS

0.96

0.75–1.24

0.7557

1.09

0.79–1.51

0.5920

 

OS

1.00

0.76–1.32

0.9863

1.11

0.81–1.52

0.5096

  1. Abbreviations: AE=adverse event; CI=confidence interval; HR=hazard ratio; mRCC=metastatic renal cell carcinoma; OS=overall survival; PFS=progression-free survival.
  2. Statistically significant results are in bold font.
  3. aTwo-sided Wald chi-squared test.