Sunitinib for the first-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma

Sunitinib is recommended as a first-line treatment option for people with advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma who are suitable for immunotherapy and have an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 or 1.

When using ECOG performance status score, clinicians should be mindful of the need to secure equality of access to treatments for people with disabilities. Clinicians should bear in mind that people with disabilities may have difficulties with activities of daily living that are unrelated to the prognosis of renal cell carcinoma. In such cases clinicians should make appropriate judgements of performance status taking these considerations into account.

People who are currently being treated with sunitinib for advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma but who do not meet the criteria in section 1.1 should have the option to continue their therapy until they and their clinicians consider it appropriate to stop.