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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jun 20;25(18):2601–2606. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.1661

Table 1.

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics by New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy CNS Consortium (NABTT) trial.

NABTT Trial
9-AC Suramin Phenyl Aprino CPT-11 Procarb Gliadel® Gliasite O6-BG Onyx
Gender, % male 60 100 67 71 59 76 72 71 67 71
Race, % non-white 7 0 19 0 9 8 2 29 14 0
Age, median years 47 55 51 46 48 56 48 48 52 52
KPS, median 90 80 80 80 90 80 80 80 90 90
KPS, % 60-80 49 64 61 67 45 65 57 62 45 33
KPS, % 60-70 37 27 33 38 28 29 24 33 29 25
Initial histology, % GBM 56 73 58 67 72 56 70 71 81 73
On-study histology, % GBM 62 91 76 76 79 70 77 86 90 83
Time from initial dx, median months 12.8 10.7 10.2 9.4 11.0 11.5 9.1 9.5 10.3 13.6
Tumor outside frontal lobe, % yes 80 91 89 95 91 81 85 67 80 70
Corticosteroid use, % yes 60 82 84 75 70 58 81 86 71 61
Anticonvulsant use, % yes 69 91 84 81 72 86 12 67 88 68
Hemoglobin, median 14.0 13.8 12.7 12.9 13.2 14.2 14.1 * 13.8 14.5
Prior Chemotherapy, % >0 69 91 74 86 88 71 56 57 69 91
Prior Chemotherapy, % >1 10 36 37 38 7 4 17 14 21 32
Prior Surgery, % >1 71 64 47 52 47 51 30 29 38 9
Prior RT, % >1 19 27 21 5 3 0 0 14 0 5

Abbreviations: KPS, Karnofsky performance status; GBM, glioblastoma multiforme; dx, diagnosis; RT, radiation therapy

*

No hemoglobin data available for this study.