Study ID |
Domain 1: participant selection |
Domain 1 (justification) |
Domain 2: subsequent treatment |
Domain 2 (justification) |
Domain 3: outcome measurement |
Domain 3 (justification) |
Domain 4: prognostic factor measurement |
Domain 4 (justification) |
Domain 6: adjustment for other prognostic factors |
Domain 6 (justification) |
Almuqate 2018 |
Unclear concerns |
Conference abstract: little information |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Bady 2012 (E‐GBM) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
People received Stupp |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Bady 2012 (M‐GBM) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Barault 2015 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Barbagallo 2014 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Bell 2017 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Unclear concerns |
Note that OS was measured from a later start point than other papers |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Brigliadori 2016 |
Unclear concerns |
People undergoing biopsy were not included in our analysis due to the way data were presented (they are not included in the KM‐curve) |
Low concerns |
People received Stupp |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Chai 2018 (7‐site cohort) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ. |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Chai 2018 (8‐site cohort) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Dahlrot 2018 (NS cohort) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Dahlrot 2018 (RSD cohort) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Not all people received TMZ but only people that received TMZ are included in the analysis |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Dunn 2009 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Felsberg 2009 |
High concerns |
Study cohort included only people who were treated with open resection and who received ≥ 2 cycles of chemotherapy, thus excluding people with tumour biopsy only or too poor clinical condition for chemotherapy, or both |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Havik 2012 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Only people treated with radiotherapy + TMZ were included in the analysis |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Hsu 2017 (see Hsu 2015) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
TMZ with concomitant radiotherapy for all people |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Karayan‐Tapon 2010 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Kim 2016 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Kristensen 2016 |
Low concerns |
All people have glioblastoma |
Low concerns |
People received Stupp |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Lalezari 2013 |
Low concerns |
1/418 participants did not receive TMZ; 2 died before TMZ |
Low concerns |
Nearly all people received TMZ, only 1 surviving participant did not |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Lattanzio 2015 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Lechapt‐Zalcman 2012 |
Low concerns |
People had TMZ but additionally got Gliadel |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
McDonald 2013 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ. |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Melguizo 2012 |
Unclear concerns |
People had to have KPS > 60 to be included |
Low concerns |
All people received concurrent TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Nguyen 2015 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Park 2011 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Quillien 2014 (test) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Quillien 2014 (validation) |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Quillien 2016 |
Low concerns |
Frozen samples with a histologically estimated tumour cell content < 40% were excluded from the study |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Thon 2017 |
Unclear concerns |
Special population: unsuitable for GTR |
Low concerns |
All people were assigned to receive radiotherapy + TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Yamashita 2018 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Unclear concerns |
Unclear whether putting multiple methods of determining MGMT status into the model together would this reflect real practice |
Yang 2012 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
All people received TMZ |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
N/A |
No concerns |
Yoshioka 2018 |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
Outcome was all‐cause mortality |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
Low concerns |
No concerns |
GTR: gross total resection; KM: Kaplan‐Meier; KPS: Karnofsky performance status; N/A: not applicable; OS: overall survival; TMZ: temozolomide. |