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Radiation Therapy With or Without Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme

NCT00006353 ↗

Treatment

Summary

RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to damage tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known if radiation therapy is more effective with or without temozolomide for glioblastoma multiforme. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of radiation therapy with or without temozolomide in treating patients who have newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.

Timeline

Start
2000-07
Primary completion
2002-03
Completion
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Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper 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). PMID 15758009 ↗

paper The addition of temozolomide to radiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma resulted in a clinically meaningful and statistically significant survival benefit with minimal additional toxicity. PMID 15758009 ↗

Publications

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Temozolomide Small molecule 150 mg/m2 Oral
Subject Temozolomide Small molecule 200 mg/m2 Oral