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Temozolomide in the treatment of recurrent malignant glioma

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Chang, Susan M., Theodosopoulos, Philip, Lamborn, Kathleen, Malec, Mary, Rabbitt, Jane, Page, Margaretta, Prados, Michael D.·2004·Cancer

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BACKGROUND: Options for chemotherapy at the time of recurrence in patients with malignant glioma are limited. The authors describe the efficacy and safety results of their institution's open‐label, compassionate‐use protocol of temozolomide for patients with recurrent malignant glioma. METHODS: Patients with recurrent malignant glioma at any time during recurrence were treated with oral temozolomide at a dose pf 150 mg/m 2 per day on a 5‐day schedule every 28 days. If this dose was tolerated, then escalation to 200 mg/m 2 was allowed. Clinical evaluations and assessments of tumor response were performed every 2 months. All patients or their surrogates signed approved Institutional Review Board consent forms. RESULTS: Among 213 patients who were treated, 33% had Grade 3 tumors, and 67% had Grade 4 tumors. The overall objective response rate was 16% in both of these patient groups; and an additional 51% and 30% of patients with Grade 3 and Grade 4 tumors, respectively, had stable disease as their best response. The 6‐month progression‐free survival rates were 41% and 18% for patients with Grade 3 and Grade 4 tumors, respectively. The median survival was 49 weeks for patients with Grade 3 tumors and 32 weeks for patients with Grade 4 tumors. The major toxicity was hematologic toxicity. In multivariate analysis, the Karnofsky performance score was a significant predictor of survival for patients with Grade 4 tumors. CONCLUSIONS: Temozolomide was well tolerated in patients with recurrent malignant glioma and had modest efficacy, even at the time of multiple recurrences. Cancer 2004. © 2003 American Cancer Society.

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Authors
Chang, S. M., Theodosopoulos, P., Lamborn, K., Malec, M., Rabbitt, J., Page, M., & Prados, M. D.
Affiliations
University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Chang, Susan M.
Venue
Cancer
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2004-01-20
Volume
100
Issue
3
Pages
605-611
ISSN
  • 0008-543X (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0142
OpenAlex
W1974210709
Cited by
90
References
35
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FWCI
6.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
Keywords
temozolomide, recurrent malignant glioma, glioblastoma, chemotherapy, oral chemotherapy, progression-free survival, objective response rate, hematologic toxicity, Karnofsky performance status, survival predictors
MeSH terms
Temozolomide, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Biopsy, Needle, Brain Neoplasms, Dacarbazine, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Glioma, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasm Staging, Probability, Multivariate Analysis, Proportional Hazards Models, Survival Analysis, Treatment Outcome, Risk Assessment, Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating

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