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. 2021 Mar 12;2021(3):CD013316. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013316.pub2
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.