Avastin Plus Radiotherapy in Elderly Patients With Glioblastoma

Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the efficacy of bevacizumab combined with radiotherapy compared with radiotherapy alone in the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma in the elderly. * Trial with medicinal product

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2015-08

Completion

2016-08

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper OS was similar (12.1 and 12.2 months, P = 0.77). PMID 29648580 ↗

Publications

• Wirsching HG, Roelcke U, Weller J, Hundsberger T, Hottinger AF, von Moos R, Caparrotti F, Conen K, Remonda L, Roth P, Ochsenbein A, Tabatabai G, Weller M. MRI and 18FET-PET Predict Survival Benefit from Bevacizumab Plus Radiotherapy in Patients with Isocitrate Dehydrogenase Wild-type Glioblastoma: Results from the Randomized ARTE Trial. Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Jan 1;27(1):179-188. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-2096. Epub 2020 Sep 23.
• Wirsching HG, Tabatabai G, Roelcke U, Hottinger AF, Jorger F, Schmid A, Plasswilm L, Schrimpf D, Mancao C, Capper D, Conen K, Hundsberger T, Caparrotti F, von Moos R, Riklin C, Felsberg J, Roth P, Jones DTW, Pfister S, Rushing EJ, Abrey L, Reifenberger G, Held L, von Deimling A, Ochsenbein A, Weller M. Bevacizumab plus hypofractionated radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in elderly patients with glioblastoma: the randomized, open-label, phase II ARTE trial. Ann Oncol. 2018 Jun 1;29(6):1423-1430. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy120.

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