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Published in final edited form as: Neurosurg Focus. 2014 Dec;37(6):E15. doi: 10.3171/2014.9.FOCUS14519

TABLE 2.

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

Authors & Year Study Type & Trial
Phase
No. of Patients Prior Treatment Current Intervention
& Regimen
Radiographic Response PFS OS
cediranib BBB permeability: good but active efflux out via transporter
 Batchelor et al,
  2010
Phase II clinical trial,
 single arm
31 variable cediranib PR (57%), minor (20%) 26% at 6 mos 7.6 mos
 Batchelor et al,
  2013
Phase III clinical trial,
 randomized, pla-
 cebo controlled,
 partially blinded
325: cediranib (n = 131),
 cediranib, lomustine
 (n = 129), lomustine,
 placebo (n = 65)
radiotherapy,
 temozolomide
cediranib or cedi-
 ranib + lomustine
 or lomustine +
 placebo
cediranib: CR (1%), PR (14%), SD
 (64%), PD (9%); cediranib + lomus-
 tine: CR (2%), PR (16%), SD (55%),
 PD (16%); lomustine + placebo: CR
 (0%), PR (9%), SD (41%), PD (41%)
cediranib: median 92 days;
 cediranib + lomustine:
 median 125 days;
 lomustine + placebo:
 median 82 days
cediranib: 8.0 mos;
 cediranib +
 lomustine: 9.4
 mos; lomustine +
 placebo 9.8 mos