Clinical Outcomes of Tivozanib Monotherapy as First-Line Treatment for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Multicentric UK Real-World Analysis

Tivozanib is a licensed as first-line treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).

To evaluate the outcomes from tivozanib in a real-world mRCC population.

Patients with mRCC commencing first-line tivozanib between March 2017 and May 2019 were identified across four specialist cancer centres in the UK. Data relating to response, overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and adverse events (AEs) were collected retrospectively with censoring on 31 December 2020.

A total of 113 patients were identified: median age was 69 years; 78% had ECOG PS 0-1; 82% had clear cell histology; 66% had previous nephrectomy; International Metastatic RCC Database Consortium (IMDC) score was 22% favourable (F), 52% intermediate (I) and 26% poor (P). Twenty-six per cent were switched from another tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) to tivozanib due to toxicity. Median follow-up was 26.6 months with 18% remaining on treatment at data censoring. Median PFS was 8.75 months. Median PFS by IMDC risk group was: F = 23.0 months; I = 10.0 months; P = 3.0 months, p value < 0.0001. Median OS was 25.0 months (F = not reached (NR) with 72% alive at data cut-off; I = 26.0 months; P = 7.0 months, p value < 0.0001). Seventy-seven per cent had an AE of any grade, and 13% had a grade ≥ 3 AE. Eighteen per cent of patients discontinued treatment due to toxicity. No patients who discontinued a prior TKI due to AEs stopped tivozanib due to AEs.

These data suggest comparable activity of tivozanib with the pivotal trial data and other TKIs in a real-world population. Its tolerability positions tivozanib as an attractive first-line option for those unsuitable for combination therapies or unable to tolerate other TKIs.