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. 2021 Feb 25;23(8):1261–1272. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab046

Table 3.

Outcome Characteristics

Author OS (in Months) Systemic PFS (in Months) Intracranial PFS Criteria of Response Complete/Partial Response (%) Stable Disease (%) Progressive Disease (%)
Steroids No Steroids Steroids No Steroids Steroids No Steroids Steroids No Steroids Steroids No Steroids Steroids No Steroids
Studies included in meta-analysis
Margolin et al. (2012) 3.7 7 1.3 2.7 1.2 1.9 irRC 4.76 15.7 4.76 9.80 90.48 74.51
Queirolo et al. (2014) 2.9 4.9 - - irRC 8 12 8 16 - -
Chasset et al. (2015) 4 7 - - - - - - - - -
Jones et al.(2015) 7 6 - - - - - - - - -
Parakh et al. (2017) 4.8 13.1 - - 3.2 7.4 - - - - - - -
Arbour et al. (2018) 3.3 8.8 - - - - - - - - -
Banks et al. (2019) 5 5.9 1.8 1.9 - - - - - -
Galli et al. (2019) 4 6 2.0 3.5 - - - - - - -
Hendriks et al. (2019a) 3.25 6.15 1.8 1.9 - - - - - - -
Hendriks et al. (2019b) - - - - Defined by investigator/local radiologist-assessed - - 20 0 80 100
Kotecha et al. (2019)a 10.2 25.1 - - RANO 35 (≤60 mg) vs 23 (>60 mg) 48 35.29 - 23 (≤60 mg) vs 18 (>60 mg) 12
Minniti et al. (2019) 6 months: 91.2%
12 months: 57.3%
6 months: 96%
12 months: 76.1%
6 months: 42.3
12 months: 24.2
6 months: 73.6%
12 months: 35.9%
- - - - - - -
Carron et al. (2020) - - - - - - - - - - -
Zhang et al. (2020) - - - - - - - - - - -
Studies not included in meta-analysis
Dumenil et al. (2018) - - - - RECIST 1.1 12.5 50 37.5 50 25 0

Abbreviations: irRC, immune-related response criteria; OS, overall survival; PFS, progression-free survival; RANO, Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology Brain Metastases; RECIST 1.1, Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors.

- Not reported.

aTreatment response not used in the meta-analysis because of dichotomized outcomes.