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OBSERVATIONAL STUDY EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF TARGETED TREATMENTS FOLLOWING TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS IN METASTATIC RENAL CELL CARCINOMA PATIENTS AND EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF LIFE: A NATIONAL, MULTICENTER STUDY
In Brief
An observational study for Renal Cell Carcinoma. Completed, enrolled 102 participants across 19 sites.
Detailed Summary
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is the most common malignant tumour of the kidneys. Targeted therapies, which were recently introduced in the treatment of mRCC, have become the standard treatment in these patients. With improved survival rate and a tolerable side effect profile, Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKIs) have largely replaced conventional immunotherapies worldwide. In Turkey, due to reimbursement conditions, cytokine (interferon alpha) treatment is the standard treatment as first-line therapy. Therefore, the data on quality of life (QoL) from the pivotal studies with standard TKI treatment does not reflect the QoL status of patients treated with TKIs as second or third line treatment in Turkey. In this study, the clinical outcomes and the impact on quality of life of targeted treatments following TKIs will be explored. To our knowledge, since there is no similar reimbursement condition in the world placing IFN as the first line standard treatment, this will be the first study evaluating the QoL status with targeted therapies used as 3rd line treatment in mRCC patients.