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ReviewExpert review of anticancer therapy2022

Lenvatinib dose, efficacy, and safety in the treatment of multiple malignancies.

Robert J Motzer, Matthew H Taylor, Thomas R Jeffry Evans, Takuji Okusaka, Hilary Glen, Gregory M Lubiniecki, Corina Dutcus, Alan D Smith, Chinyere E Okpara, Ziad Hussein and 3 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert review of anticancer therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. First-Line Lenvatinib Plus Pembrolizumab Versus Chemotherapy for Advanced Endometrial Cancer: A Randomized, Open-Label, Phase III Trial.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2025
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  13. Acute vascular and cardiac effects of lenvatinib in mice.Cardio-oncology (London, England) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.

Robert J MotzerDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Matthew H TaylorDivision of Hematology and Oncology, Earle A. Chiles Research Institute, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland, OR, USA.
Thomas R Jeffry EvansInstitute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Takuji OkusakaDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hilary GlenMedical Oncology, Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, UK.
Gregory M LubinieckiGlobal Clinical Development, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA.
Corina DutcusClinical Research, Eisai Inc., Nutley, NJ, USA.
Alan D SmithClinical Research, Eisai Inc., Nutley, NJ, USA.
Chinyere E OkparaClinical Research, Eisai Inc., Nutley, NJ, USA.
Ziad HusseinClinical Pharmacology Science, Eisai Europe Ltd, Hatfield, UK.
Seiichi HayatoClinical Pharmacology Science, Eisai Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshiyuki TamaiClinical Research, Eisai Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan.
Vicky MakkerDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Eisai (United States) · USCornell University · USEisai (Japan) · JPBeatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre · GBEisai (United Kingdom) · GBMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USProvidence Portland Medical Center · USUniversity of Glasgow · GB

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Cancer Research UK 11650Cancer Research UK 20409Cancer Research UK 29827NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionLenvatinib is an oral multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has shown efficacy and manageable safety across multiple cancer types. The recommended starting doses for lenvatinib differ across cancer types and indications based on whether it is used as monotherapy or as combination therapy. AREAS COVERED: This review covers clinical trials that established the dosing paradigm and efficacy of lenvatinib and defined its adverse-event profile as a monotherapy; or in combination with the mTOR inhibitor, everolimus; or the anti-PD-1 antibody, pembrolizumab; and/or chemotherapy. EXPERT OPINION: Lenvatinib has been established as standard-of-care either as a monotherapy or in combination with other anticancer agents for the treatment of radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and endometrial carcinoma, and is being investigated further across several other tumor types. The dosing and adverse-event management strategies for lenvatinib have been developed through extensive clinical trial experience. Collectively, the data provide the rationale to start lenvatinib at the recommended doses and then interrupt or dose reduce as necessary to achieve required dose intensity for maximized patient benefit. The adverse-event profile of lenvatinib is consistent with that of other tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and clinicians are encouraged to review and adopt relevant symptom-management strategies.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCarcinoma, Renal CellKidney NeoplasmsLiver NeoplasmsQuinolinesThyroid NeoplasmsHumansIodine RadioisotopesPhenylurea CompoundsProtein Kinase InhibitorsAntineoplastic AgentsIodine RadioisotopeslenvatinibPhenylurea CompoundsProtein Kinase InhibitorsQuinolinesDosingendometrial carcinomahepatocellular carcinomalenvatinibpembrolizumabrenal cell carcinomasafetythyroid carcinomaTKI

Identifiers

PMID35260027
PMCPMC9484451
OpenAlexW4221108892

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