Radiation Therapy or Temozolomide in Treating Patients With Gliomas

NCT ID: NCT00182819

Last Updated: 2016-10-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

709 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-07-31

Study Completion Date

2014-05-31

Brief Summary

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RATIONALE: Radiation therapy uses high-energy x-rays to kill tumor cells. Drugs used in chemotherapy, such as temozolomide, work in different ways to stop the growth of tumor cells, either by killing the cells or by stopping them from dividing. It is not yet known whether radiation therapy is more effective than temozolomide in treating gliomas.

PURPOSE: This randomized phase III trial is studying radiation therapy to see how well it works compared to temozolomide in treating patients with gliomas.

Detailed Description

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OBJECTIVES:

Primary

* Compare the progression-free survival of patients with low-grade gliomas treated with radiotherapy vs temozolomide.

Secondary

* Compare the overall survival of patients treated with these regimens.
* Determine whether the incidence of late toxicity can be decreased in patients who are randomized to receive temozolomide.
* Compare the toxic effects of these regimens in these patients.
* Compare the quality of life of patients treated with these regimens.

OUTLINE: This is a randomized, controlled, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to participating center, chromosome 1p status (deleted vs normal vs undeterminable), contrast enhancement on MRI (yes vs no), age (\< 40 years vs ≥ 40 years), and WHO performance status (0 or 1 vs 2). Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms.

* Arm I: Patients undergo radiotherapy once daily, 5 days a week, for a total of 28 fractions (i.e., 5½ weeks).
* Arm II: Patients receive oral temozolomide once daily on days 1-21. Treatment repeats every 28 days for up to 12 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.

Quality of life is assessed at baseline and then every 3 months until disease progression.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 6 months for survival.

Peer Reviewed and Funded or Endorsed by Cancer Research UK

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: A minimum of 699 patients (a total of 466 randomized \[233 per treatment arm\]) will be accrued for this study within 5 years.

Conditions

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Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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radiotherapy

Radiotherapy (control arm), 50.4 Gy, standard fractionation (28 x 1.8 Gy), conformal techniques

Group Type OTHER

radiation therapy

Intervention Type RADIATION

50.4 Gy, standard fractionation (28 x 1.8 Gy), conformal techniques

Temozolomide

Temozolomide 75 mg/m2 daily x 21 days, q 28 days until progression or for max. 12 cycles (experimental arm)

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

temozolomide

Intervention Type DRUG

Temozolomide 75 mg/m2 daily x 21 days, q 28 days until progression or for max. 12 cycles

Interventions

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temozolomide

Temozolomide 75 mg/m2 daily x 21 days, q 28 days until progression or for max. 12 cycles

Intervention Type DRUG

radiation therapy

50.4 Gy, standard fractionation (28 x 1.8 Gy), conformal techniques

Intervention Type RADIATION

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS:

* Histologically confirmed low-grade glioma, including any of the following types:

* Astrocytoma (gemistocytic, fibrillary, or protoplasmatic)
* Oligoastrocytoma
* Oligodendroglioma
* WHO grade II disease
* Supratentorial tumor location only
* RTOG neurological function 0-3
* Not a candidate for surgical treatment alone
* Requires treatment, as determined by ≥ 1 of the following criteria:

* Age ≥ 40 years
* Radiologically-proven progressive lesion
* New or worsening neurological symptoms other than seizures only (e.g., focal deficits, signs of increased intracranial pressure, or mental deficits)
* Intractable seizures, defined by both of the following criteria:

* Experiences persistent seizures that interfere with everyday life activities except driving a car
* Failed 3 anti-epileptic drug regimens, including ≥ 1 combination regimen
* Tumor material (paraffin-embedded) or histopathologic slides available

PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS:

Age

* 18 and over

Performance status

* WHO 0-2

Life expectancy

* Not specified

Hematopoietic

* Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm\^3
* Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm\^3

Hepatic

* No chronic hepatitis B or C infection
* Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
* AST or ALT ≤ 2.5 times ULN
* Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN

Renal

* Creatinine ≤ 1.5 times ULN

Other

* Not pregnant or nursing
* Fertile patients must use effective contraception during and for 6 months after completion of study treatment
* No known HIV positivity
* No other serious medical condition
* No other prior or concurrent malignancy except surgically cured carcinoma in situ of the cervix or nonmelanoma skin cancer
* No psychological, familial, sociological, or geographical condition that would preclude study participation
* No medical condition that would preclude receiving oral medication (e.g., frequent vomiting or partial bowel obstruction)

PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY:

Biologic therapy

* No concurrent growth factors for elevating absolute neutrophil counts for the purpose of temozolomide administration
* No concurrent epoetin alfa
* No concurrent immunotherapy or biologic therapy

Chemotherapy

* No prior chemotherapy
* No other concurrent chemotherapy, including adjuvant chemotherapy for patients randomized to undergo radiotherapy

Endocrine therapy

* Not specified

Radiotherapy

* No prior radiotherapy to the brain
* No concurrent integrated boost with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Surgery

* Recovered from prior surgery
* No concurrent surgical tumor debulking

Other

* No prior randomization to this study
* No other concurrent investigational drugs
* No concurrent regular use of agents known to be radiosensitizers or radioprotectors (e.g., cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors, thalidomide, or amifostine) during study radiotherapy

* Occasional use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain allowed
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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NCIC Clinical Trials Group

NETWORK

Sponsor Role collaborator

British Medical Research Council

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Trans Tasman Radiation Oncology Group

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

NETWORK

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Brigitta Baumert, MD, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Maastricht University Medical Center

Roger Stupp, MD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Locations

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Prince of Wales Private Hospital

Randwick, New South Wales, Australia

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Royal North Shore Hospital

St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

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Sydney Cancer Centre at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Calvary Mater Newcastle

Waratah, New South Wales, Australia

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Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Princess Alexandra Hospital

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Mater Adult Hospital

South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre

Heidelberg West, Victoria, Australia

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Alfred Hospital

Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Nedlands

Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

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Liverpool Hospital

Liverpool, , Australia

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Medical University Vienna - General Hospital AKH

Vienna, , Austria

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Hopital Universitaire Erasme

Brussels, , Belgium

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Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Brussels, , Belgium

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U.Z. Leuven - Campus Gasthuisberg

Leuven, , Belgium

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Tom Baker Cancer Centre - Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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CancerCare Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Saint John Regional Hospital

Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

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Nova Scotia Cancer Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Margaret and Charles Juravinski Cancer Centre

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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London Regional Cancer Program at London Health Sciences Centre

London, Ontario, Canada

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Edmond Odette Cancer Centre at Sunnybrook

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Princess Margaret Hospital

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Hopital Notre-Dame du CHUM

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Mcgill University Health Centre - Gerald Bronfman Centre - Dept Of Oncology

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Allan Blair Cancer Centre at Pasqua Hospital

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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BC Cancer Agency

Vancouver, , Canada

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National Cancer Institute of Egypt

Cairo, , Egypt

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CHU de Bordeaux - Groupe Hospitalier Saint-André - Hopital Saint-Andre

Bordeaux, , France

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Institut Bergonie

Bordeaux, , France

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CHU de Grenoble - Hopital de la Tronche

Grenoble, , France

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CHU de la Timone

Marseille, , France

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Centre Regional Rene Gauducheau

Nantes-Saint Herblain, , France

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Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris - La Pitie Salpetriere

Paris, , France

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Centre Eugene Marquis

Rennes, , France

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Centre Paul Strauss

Strasbourg, , France

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Institut Claudius Regaud

Toulouse, , France

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Gustave Roussy

Villejuif, , France

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Universitatsklinikum Heidelberg

Heidelberg, , Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Leipzig

Leipzig, , Germany

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Universitaetskliniken Regensburg

Regensburg, , Germany

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Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

Tübingen, , Germany

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National Institute Of Neurosurgery

Budapest, , Hungary

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Rambam Health Care Campus, Oncology Institute

Haifa, , Israel

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Ospedale Bellaria

Bologna, , Italy

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Ospedale San Raffaele

Milan, , Italy

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Istituto Regina Elena / Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri

Roma, , Italy

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Azienda Sanitaria Ospedale San Giovanni Battista Molinette di Torino

Turin, , Italy

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Centre Francois Baclesse

Esch / Alzette, , Luxembourg

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Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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Academisch Medisch Centrum - Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, , Netherlands

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University Medical Center Groningen

Groningen, , Netherlands

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Maastro Clinic - Maastricht Radiation Oncology

Maastricht, , Netherlands

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Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen

Nijmegen, , Netherlands

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Erasmus MC Cancer Institute - location Daniel den Hoed

Rotterdam, , Netherlands

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Medisch Centrum Haaglanden - Westeinde

The Hague, , Netherlands

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Dr. Bernard Verbeeten Instituut

Tilburg, , Netherlands

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Canterbury Health Laboratories

Christchurch, , New Zealand

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Instituto Portugues de Oncologia de Francisco Gentil - Centro Regional de Oncologia de Lisboa, SA

Lisbon, , Portugal

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National University of Singapore

Singapore, , Singapore

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ICO Badalona - Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol (Institut Catala D'Oncologia)

Badalona - (Barcelona), , Spain

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Hospital General Vall D'Hebron

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona

Barcelona, , Spain

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Hospital Clinico Universitario de Barcelona

Barcelona, , Spain

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ICO Girona - Hospital Doctor Josep Trueta (Institut Catala D'Oncologia)

Girona, , Spain

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ICO L'Hospitalet - Hospital Duran i Reynals (Institut Catala D'Oncologia)

L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, , Spain

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University Hospital of Linkoping

Linköping, , Sweden

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Skane University Hospital

Lund, , Sweden

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Umea Universitet

Umeå, , Sweden

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Uppsala University Hospital

Uppsala, , Sweden

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Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland - Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli

Bellinzona, , Switzerland

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois - Lausanne

Lausanne, , Switzerland

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UniversitaetsSpital Zurich

Zurich, , Switzerland

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University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust - Bristol Haematology And Oncology Centre

Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

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Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology

Bebington, Wirral, England, United Kingdom

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Addenbrooke's Hospital

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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Leeds Cancer Centre at St. James's University Hospital

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

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University College Hospital

London, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Marsden - London

London, England, United Kingdom

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Christie Hospital

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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James Cook University Hospital

Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

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Cancer Research Centre at Weston Park Hospital

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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Royal Marsden - Surrey

Sutton, England, United Kingdom

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Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Cheltenham General Hospital

Cheltenham, , United Kingdom

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Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, , United Kingdom

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Royal Free Hospital

London, , United Kingdom

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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust - Churchill Hospital

Oxford, , United Kingdom

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Royal Preston Hospital

Preston, , United Kingdom

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Countries

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Australia Austria Belgium Canada Egypt France Germany Hungary Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Portugal Singapore Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

References

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Musat E, Roelofs E, Bar-Deroma R, Fenton P, Gulyban A, Collette L, Stupp R, Weber DC, Bernard Davis J, Aird E, Baumert BG. Dummy run and conformity indices in the ongoing EORTC low-grade glioma trial 22033-26033: First evaluation of quality of radiotherapy planning. Radiother Oncol. 2010 May;95(2):218-24. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.03.005. Epub 2010 Apr 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20378192 (View on PubMed)

Fairchild A, Weber DC, Bar-Deroma R, Gulyban A, Fenton PA, Stupp R, Baumert BG. Quality assurance in the EORTC 22033-26033/CE5 phase III randomized trial for low grade glioma: the digital individual case review. Radiother Oncol. 2012 Jun;103(3):287-92. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.04.002. Epub 2012 May 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22560713 (View on PubMed)

Gao Y, Weenink B, van den Bent MJ, Erdem-Eraslan L, Kros JM, Sillevis Smitt P, Hoang-Xuan K, Brandes AA, Vos M, Dhermain F, Enting R, Ryan GF, Chinot O, Ben Hassel M, van Linde ME, Mason WP, Gijtenbeek JMM, Balana C, von Deimling A, Gorlia T, Stupp R, Hegi ME, Baumert BG, French PJ. Expression-based intrinsic glioma subtypes are prognostic in low-grade gliomas of the EORTC22033-26033 clinical trial. Eur J Cancer. 2018 May;94:168-178. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.02.023. Epub 2018 Mar 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29571083 (View on PubMed)

Baumert BG, Hegi ME, van den Bent MJ, von Deimling A, Gorlia T, Hoang-Xuan K, Brandes AA, Kantor G, Taphoorn MJB, Hassel MB, Hartmann C, Ryan G, Capper D, Kros JM, Kurscheid S, Wick W, Enting R, Reni M, Thiessen B, Dhermain F, Bromberg JE, Feuvret L, Reijneveld JC, Chinot O, Gijtenbeek JMM, Rossiter JP, Dif N, Balana C, Bravo-Marques J, Clement PM, Marosi C, Tzuk-Shina T, Nordal RA, Rees J, Lacombe D, Mason WP, Stupp R. Temozolomide chemotherapy versus radiotherapy in high-risk low-grade glioma (EORTC 22033-26033): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 intergroup study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Nov;17(11):1521-1532. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30313-8. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27686946 (View on PubMed)

Reijneveld JC, Taphoorn MJB, Coens C, Bromberg JEC, Mason WP, Hoang-Xuan K, Ryan G, Hassel MB, Enting RH, Brandes AA, Wick A, Chinot O, Reni M, Kantor G, Thiessen B, Klein M, Verger E, Borchers C, Hau P, Back M, Smits A, Golfinopoulos V, Gorlia T, Bottomley A, Stupp R, Baumert BG. Health-related quality of life in patients with high-risk low-grade glioma (EORTC 22033-26033): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 intergroup study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Nov;17(11):1533-1542. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30305-9. Epub 2016 Sep 27.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27686943 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2004-002714-11

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

CAN-NCIC-CE5

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

TROG 06.01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

MRC-BR13

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

EORTC-22033-26033

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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