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Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma

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BACKGROUND: Glioblastoma, the most common primary brain tumor in adults, is usually rapidly fatal. The current standard of care for newly diagnosed glioblastoma is surgical resection to the extent feasible, followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. In this trial we compared radiotherapy alone with radiotherapy plus temozolomide, given concomitantly with and after radiotherapy, in terms of efficacy and safety. METHODS: Patients with newly diagnosed, histologically confirmed glioblastoma were randomly assigned to receive radiotherapy alone (fractionated focal irradiation in daily fractions of 2 Gy given 5 days per week for 6 weeks, for a total of 60 Gy) or radiotherapy plus continuous daily temozolomide (75 mg per square meter of body-surface area per day, 7 days per week from the first to the last day of radiotherapy), followed by six cycles of adjuvant temozolomide (150 to 200 mg per square meter for 5 days during each 28-day cycle). The primary end point was overall survival. RESULTS: A total of 573 patients from 85 centers underwent randomization. The median age was 56 years, and 84 percent of patients had undergone debulking surgery. At a median follow-up of 28 months, the median survival was 14.6 months with radiotherapy plus temozolomide and 12.1 months with radiotherapy alone. The unadjusted hazard ratio for death in the radiotherapy-plus-temozolomide group was 0.63 (95 percent confidence interval, 0.52 to 0.75; P<0.001 by the log-rank test). The two-year survival rate was 26.5 percent with radiotherapy plus temozolomide and 10.4 percent with radiotherapy alone. Concomitant treatment with radiotherapy plus temozolomide resulted in grade 3 or 4 hematologic toxic effects in 7 percent of patients. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of temozolomide to radiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma resulted in a clinically meaningful and statistically significant survival benefit with minimal additional toxicity.

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Authors
Stupp, R., Mason, W. P., van den Bent, M. J., Weller, M., Fisher, B., Taphoorn, M. J. B., Belanger, K., Brandes, A. A., Marosi, C., Bogdahn, U., Curschmann, J., Janzer, R. C., Ludwin, S. K., Gorlia, T., Allgeier, A., Lacombe, D., Cairncross, J. G., Eisenhauer, E., & Mirimanoff, R. O.
Affiliations
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
  • Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
  • University of Tübingen (DE)
  • Western University (CA)
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
  • Azienda Ospedale - Università Padova (IT)
  • Medical University of Vienna (AT)
  • University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
  • University Hospital of Bern (CH)
  • Queen's University (CA)
  • European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (NL)
  • University of Calgary (CA)
  • Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CA)
Venue
New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2005-03-10
Volume
352
Issue
10
Pages
987-996
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
OpenAlex
W2096287682
Cited by
21,807
References
35
Citations by year
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FWCI
171.00
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • New England Journal of Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • CRC Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg) (submittedVersion)
  • Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca - Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (submittedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (5U10-CA11488-30, 5U10-CA11488-32, 5U10-CA11488-33, 5U10-CA11488-31, U10CA011488, 5U10 CA11488-34)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Brain Metastases and Treatment
Keywords
glioblastoma, temozolomide, radiotherapy, concurrent chemoradiotherapy, adjuvant chemotherapy, overall survival, hematologic toxicity, newly diagnosed brain tumors
MeSH terms
Temozolomide, Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Adult, Aged, Brain Neoplasms, Dacarbazine, Female, Glioblastoma, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted, Proportional Hazards Models, Survival Analysis, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Disease Progression, Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating

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