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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Dec;37(6):E15. doi: 10.3171/2014.9.FOCUS14519

TABLE 1.

Outcomes of published studies using EGFR inhibitors for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma

Authors & Year Study Type & Trial Phase No. of
Patients
Prior Radio- & Chemotherapy
Treatment
Current Intervention &
Regimen
Radiographic Response PFS OS*
gefitinib BBB permeability: limited
 Rich et al., 2004 Phase II, open label,
 single arm
53 radiotherapy, chemotherapy,
 w/ repeat surgery/biopsy
 documenting progression
gefitinib CR (0%), PR (0%), SD (42%) 13% at 6mos 9.1 mos
 Reardon et al., 2006 Phase I, clinical trial, dose
 escalation
34 radiotherapy, chemotherapy gefitinib & sirolimus CR (0%), PR (5%), SD (38%) 23% at 6mos not reported
 Doherty et al., 2006 retrospective 28 radiotherapy, chemotherapy gefitinb or erlotinib plus
 sirolimus
CR(0%), PR (19%), SD(50%) 25% at 6mos not reported

erlotinib BBB permeability: good
 de Groot et al., 2008 Phase II, clinical trial,
 single arm
44 radiotherapy, chemotherapy carboplatin & erlotinib CR (0%), PR (2%), SD (47%) median 2.1 mos,
 14% at 6 mos
6.9 mos
 van den Bent et al.,
  2009
Phase II, clinical trial,
 randomized, controlled
110 radiotherapy, chemotherapy erlotinib vs temozolomide or
 carmustine (if received
 prior temozolomide)
CR (0%); erlotinib arm: PR (3.7%),
 SD(16.7%); control: PR (9.6%),
 SD (34.6%)
erlotinib: 11.4% at 6
 mos; control:
 24.1% at 6 mos
erlotinib: 7.7
 mos; control:
 7.3 mos
 Raizer et al., 2010 Phase II, clinical trial,
 single arm
38 radiotherapy, chemotherapy erlotinib CR (0%), PR (0%), SD (8%) median 2 mos, 3%
 at 6 mos
6 mos
 Yung et al., 2010 Phase II, clinical trial,
 single arm
48 radiotherapy, chemotherapy erlotinib CR(2%), PR (4%), SD(16°/c) 20% at 6 mos 8.6 mos

cetuximab BBB: poor
 Neyns et al, 2009 Phase II, clinical trial, 2
 arms, noncomparative
55 radiotherapy, chemotherapy cetuximab CR(0%), PR (5%), SD (31%), median 1.9 mos,
 7.3% at 6 mos
5.0 mos, 37.9%
 at 6 mos
*

Values are reported as the median or mean depending on the study.