Accepted for Publication: November 3, 2020.
Published Online: January 14, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7600
Corresponding Authors: Toni K. Choueiri, MD, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA, 02215 (toni_choueiri@dfci.harvard.edu); Quoc-Dien Trinh, MD, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA (qtrinh@bwh.harvard.edu).
Author Contributions: Drs Bakouny and Paciotti had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs Bakouny, Paciotti and Schmidt are co–first authors. Drs Choueiri and Trinh are co–senior authors.
Concept and design: Bakouny, Schmidt, Lipsitz, Choueiri, Trinh.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.
Drafting of the manuscript: Bakouny, Paciotti, Schmidt, Lipsitz.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Bakouny, Schmidt, Lipsitz, Choueiri, Trinh.
Statistical analysis: Bakouny, Paciotti, Schmidt, Lipsitz.
Obtained funding: Choueiri.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Schmidt, Choueiri.
Supervision: Choueiri, Trinh.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Bakouny reported receiving grants from Genentech/IMCore and nonfinancial support from Bristol Myers Squibb outside the submitted work. Dr Schmidt reported receiving nonfinancial support from Astellas and Pfizer outside the submitted work. Dr Choueiri reported receiving nonfinancial support from the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium during the conduct of the study and personal fees from Pfizer, Exelixis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck, Roche/Genentech, and Novartis related to kidney cancer for clinical trials, to being on advisory boards, to consultancy, and to manuscript support outside the submitted work. Dr Trinh reported receiving personal fees from Astellas, Bayer, and Janssen and grants from Intuitive Surgical outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: Dr Trinh is supported by a Health Services Research pilot test grant from the Defense Health Agency and an unrestricted educational grant from the Vattikutti Urology Institute.
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.