Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: Our cohort comprised a weighted estimate of all patients undergoing HD IL-2 treatment for mRCC from 2004 to 2012 using the Premier Hospital Database. We assessed temporal trends in HD IL-2 use including patient, disease, and hospital characteristics stratified by era (pre-TT uptake: 2004-2006, uptake: 2007-2009, and post-TT uptake: 2010-2012) and fitted multivariable regression models to identify predictors of treatment toxicity and tolerability. RESULTS: An estimated 2,351 patients received HD IL-2 therapy for mRCC in the United States from 2004 to 2012. The use decreased from 2004 to 2008. HD IL-2 therapy became increasingly centralized in teaching hospitals (24% of treatments in 2004 and 89.5% in 2012). Most patients who received HD IL-2 therapy were men, white, younger than 60 years, had lung metastases, and were otherwise healthy. Vasopressors, intensive care unit admission, and hemodialysis were necessary in 53.4%, 33.0%, and 7.1%, respectively. Factors associated with toxicities in multivariable analyses included being unmarried, male sex, and multiple metastatic sites. African Americans and patients with single-site metastases were less likely to receive multiple treatment cycles. CONCLUSIONS: HD IL-2 therapy is used infrequently for mRCC in the United States, and its application has diminished with the uptake of TT. Patients are being increasingly treated in teaching hospitals, suggesting a centralization of care and possible barriers to access. A recent slight increase in HD IL-2 therapy use likely reflects recognition of the inability of TT to effect a complete response.
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Authors | Christopher B Allard, Francisco Gelpi-Hammerschmidt, Lauren C Harshman, Toni K Choueiri, Izak Faiena, Parth Modi, Benjamin I Chung, Ilker Tinay, Eric A Singer, Steven L Chang |
Journal | Urologic oncology
(Urol Oncol)
Vol. 33
Issue 11
Pg. 496.e11-6
(Nov 2015)
ISSN: 1873-2496 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 26210683
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Interleukin-2
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Topics |
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
(drug therapy, mortality, secondary)
- Cohort Studies
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Interleukin-2
(therapeutic use)
- Kidney Neoplasms
(drug therapy, mortality, pathology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Neoplasm Staging
- Prognosis
- United States
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