New trial results on pazopanib have important implications for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma

Three urgently awaited and highly ranked randomized phase III trials in the area of advanced renal cell carcinoma are being presented at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna. All three studies are important, although only one of is positive. The COMPARZ trial allows defining a standard option in the front line treatment of renal cell carcinoma, because the study data prove that pazopanib is non-inferior to sunitinib. In addition, being treated with pazopanib, patients experienced fewer side-effects and an increased quality of life. Read more here.