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Table 1 Age, KPS, CR/PR, PFS, and prior chemotherapy regimen demographics of studiesa

From: Impact of phase II trials with progression-free survival as end-points on survival-based phase III studies in patients with anaplastic gliomas

Trial No.

Drugs

N

PR/CR

PFS6

PFS9

PFS12

Age (SD)

KPS (SD)

No. Prior Chemo (SD)

1

Gleevec, phase I/II [39]

22

0%

7.7%

4.8%

3.4%

46.8 (11.5)

83.2 (10.9)

1.3 (0.5)

2

DM86-15: IV carboplatin [38]

11

9%

24.9%

18.6%

6.5%

36.3 (8.6)

82.7 (10.1)

1.0 (0.0)

3

Miscellaneous agentsb [45]

32

0%

14.2%

9.8%

9.3%

40.5 (12.4)

84.2 (14.2)

2.7 (0.6)

4

Carboplatin with VP16 [42, 45]

19

5%

11.9%

10.4%

9.5%

41.3 (8.9)

85.4 (13.9)

3.0 (0.8)

5

CPT-11 alone or with thalidomide, CDDP, or tamoxifen [45]

22

9%

21.0%

15.0%

15.0%

41.3 (10.2)

80.0 (13.6)

3.0 (0.9)

6

DM92-109: interferon-beta arm [38, 41]

28

17%

20.5%

18.4%

16.7%

42.7 (9.4)

85.4 (8.8)

1.5 (1.0)

7

DM88-130: DFMO [37]

42

14%

29.1%

21.1%

19.1%

38.0 (11.2)

84.3 (11.7)

1.8 (1.2)

8

Temozolomide [40]

126

33%

46.0%

25.0%

19.6%

42.6 (11.2)

83.9 (10.8)

1.1 (0.8)

9

Temozolomide with cRA [45]

37

11%

38.6%

23.8%

20.8%

41.0 (11.4)

84.3 (14.8)

2.4 (0.7)

10

DM92-109: interferon-beta with cRA arm [38, 41]

30

7%

42.0%

28.9%

22.0%

42.5 (8.3)

84.6 (8.1)

1.5 (0.9)

11

Temozolomide [45]

56

4%

33.2%

29.3%

23.3%

39.4 (9.5)

84.6 (11.4)

2.5 (0.6)

12

cRA [45]

27

11%

29.2%

25.9%

25.9%

42.2 (12.8)

83.0 (13.0)

2.6 (0.8)

13

BCNU or CCNU alone or with 6-TG [45]

31

13%

36.4%

36.4%

27.5%

44.1 (14.4)

83.5 (11.9)

2.3 (0.5)

14

Carboplatin with cRA [45]

15

0%

44.4%

36.8%

31.5%

39.1 (9.5)

82.9 (13.8)

2.7 (0.8)

15

Temozolomide with marimastat [44]

18

7%

40.0%

38.2%

36.4%

38.6 (9.9)

88.2 (13.3)

2.2 (0.4)

16

DM89-092: carboplatin with 5-FU & procarbazine [38, 43]

13

17%

47.1%

43.9%

41.1%

43.5 (16.9.9)

81.7 (11.9)

0.9 (1.0)

  1. aData are ordered by ascending PFS12 values.
  2. b Thalidomide, Iressa, CI-980, etoposide, tamoxifen, Gleevec, R115577, fenretinide, topotecan, menogaril
  3. c Only median values cited in reference.
  4. Abbreviations: Chemo, chemotherapies; KPS, Karnofsky performance score; CR, complete response, PR, partial response; PFS, progression-free survival; SD, standard deviation; VP16, etoposide; CPT-11, irinotecan; CDDP, cisplatin; cRA, isotretinoin or 13-cis-retinoic acid; 5-FU, 5-fluorouracil