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. 2012 Feb 3;14(10):1203–1214. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nor223

Table 2.

Incidence of thrombotic events and CNS hemorrhage from anti-VEGF therapies in patients with malignant gliomas

Study Agent(s) Number of patients Number with DVT/PE Number with CNS or Systemic Bleed Number with stroke
Vredenburgh, JCO 200724 Bev/CPT 35 4 (11%) 1 (0.03%) 0
Vredenburgh, Clin Cancer Res59 Bev/CPT 32 3 (9%) 0 1 (3%)
Friedman20 Bev & Bev/CPT 167 11 (7%) 5 (3%) 9 (5%)
Sathornsumetee73 Bev/Erlotinib 57 3 (5%) 1 (2%) 1 (2%)
Kreisl85 Bev & Bev/CPT 48 6 (8%) 0 0
Gilbert55 Bev/CPT, Bev/TMZ 117 14 (12%) 9 (8%) 8 grade 1 or 2 1 (1%)
Lai et al.17 Bev 70 13 (19%) 2 (3%)CNS, 2(3%) GI 6 (9%)
Batchelor58 Cediranib 31 1 (1%) 0 0
Wen57 XL184 153 15 (10%) 7 (5%) 0