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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Oncology (Williston Park). 2019 Mar 13;33(3):91–100.

Table 2.

Key Late-Phase Clinical Trials for Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma

Trial Designation Author Year Phase n Age Study Design Median OS Median PFS
N/A Walker[116] 1978 III 222 NR HGG patients
BCNU/RT+ BCNU vs BCNU vs RT vs Supportive care
34.5 wks vs 18.5 wks vs 35 wks vs 14 wks NR
N/A Westphal[117] 2003 III 240 18–65 y HGG patients
BCNU-wafers + RT vs Placebo-wafers + RT
13.9 mo vs 11.6 mo in HGG patients
13.5 mo vs 11.4 mo in GBM subgroup
5.9 mo vs 5.9 mo in HGG patients
EORTC 26981/22981;
NCIC CE3
Stupp[6364] 2005 III 573 18–71 y RT/TMZ + TMZ vs RT 14.6 mo vs 12.1 mo 6.9 mo vs 5.1 mo
N/A Keime-Guibert[61] 2007 N/A 85 ≥ 70y RT/supportive care vs Supportive care 29.1 wks vs 16.9 wks 14.9 wks vs 5.4 wks
RTOG 0525 Gilbert[72] 2013 III 833 ≥ 18 y RT/TMZ + TMZ [150–200 mg/m2/d for 5/28 d) vs RT/TMZ + TMZ (75 mg/m2/d for 21/28 d] 16.6 mo vs 14.9 mo 5.5 mo vs 6.7 mo
RTOG 0825 Gilbert[73] 2014 III 637 ≥ 18 y RT/TMZ/bev + TMZ/bev vs RT/TMZ + TMZ 15.7 mo vs 16.1 mo 10.7 mo vs 7.3 mo
AVAglio Chinot[74] 2014 III 921 ≥ 18 y RT/TMZ/bev + TMZ/bev vs RT/TMZ + TMZ 16.8 mo vs 16.7 mo 10.6 mo vs 6.2 mo
CENTRIC EORTC 26071–22072 Stupp[118] 2014 III 545 ≥ 18 y MGMT methylated
RT/TMZ/cilengitide + TMZ/cilengitide vs RT/TMZ + TMZ
26.3 mo vs 26.3 mo 10.6 mo vs 7.9 mo
GLARIUS Herrlinger[107] 2016 II 182 NR RT/bev + bev/CPT11 vs RT/TMZ + TMZ 16.6 mo vs 17.5 mo 9.7 mo vs 5.99 mo
ACT IV Weller[110] 2017 III 745 ≥ 18 y Enrolled after completion of RT/TMZ
TMZ/rindopepimut vs TMZ 21.1 mo vs 20.0 mo 8.0 mo vs 7.4 mo
EF-14 Stupp[87,88,93] 2017 III 695 ≥ 18 y Enrolled after completion of RT/TMZ
TMZ/TTFields vs TMZ 20.9 mo vs 16.0 mo 6.7 mo vs 4.0 mo
CCTG CE.6, EORTC 26062–22061, TROG 08.02 Perry[82] 2017 III 562 ≥ 65 y Short-course RT/TMZ + TMZ vs Short-course RT 9.3 mo vs 7.6 mo 5.3 mo vs 3.9 mo
CeTeG/NOA-09 Herrlinger[119] 2019 III 141 18–70 y MGMT methylated
RT/TMZ + TMZ vs RT/CCNU/TMZ + CCNU/TMZ 31.4 mo vs 48.1 mo 16.7 mo vs 16.7 mo

bev = bevacizumab; BCNU-wafers = carmustine wafers; CCNU = lomustine; CCTG = Canadian Cancer Trials Group; CPT11 = irinotecan; EORTC = European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer; GBM = glioblastoma; HGG = high-grade glioma, including glioblastoma; N/A = not available; NCIC = National Cancer Information Center; NR = not reported; OS = overall survival; PFS = progression-free survival; RT = radiotherapy; RTOG = Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; TMZ = temozolomide; TROG = Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group; TTFields = tumor-treating fields.