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Abstract
Sunitinib is one of the first targeted treatments for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) and is currently considered as the standard of care for most of the mRCC patients in the first-line setting. The introduction of targeted treatments has, in the past few years, led to improvements in disease management and survival of these patients, however, with increasing cost. Cost–effectiveness of sunitinib has been assessed on several occasions and a systematic literature search was conducted to find all published research articles as well as all research abstracts presented in various congresses. This article presents an overview of the currently existing cost–effectiveness studies of sunitinib in mRCC, along with the main results and the utilized methodology. In most of the economic evaluations sunitinib has been deemed to be a cost-effective treatment option compared with other treatments.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
Timo Purmonen has previously received expert fees from Pfizer Oy, Finland. No funding was received for the writing of the manuscript. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.