Skip to main content
. 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 4.

Outcomes of published studies using Ras 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
Tipifarnib BBB permeability: unknown
 Cloughesy et al.,
  2006
Phase II clinical
 trial, single
 arm
67 at least radiotherapy,
 did not specify
 chemotherapy
tipifarnib CR (0%), PR (7%) 9% at 6 mos NA

Lonafarnib BBB permeability: adequate
 Yust-Katz et al.,
  2013
Phase Ib clinical
 trial
34 variable, but not w/ lona-
 farnib or tipifarnib
lonafarnib + temo-
 zolomide
CR (6%), PR (18%), SD
 (47%), PD (29%)
38% at 6 mos,
 median 3.9 mos
13.7 mos