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Table 1 Basic characteristics of enrolled studies

From: Effects of bevacizumab plus irinotecan on response and survival in patients with recurrent malignant glioma: a systematic review and survival-gain analysis

Study

No.

Gender (n)

Median age (year)

Histology (n)

Treatment

  

Male

Female

 

WHO IV

WHO III

 

Chen [15]

21

11

10

58

17

4

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) every other week

Vredenburgh[16]

35

22

13

48

35

0

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) Q14d, beva (15 mg/kg) Q21d + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED, 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) on days 1,8,22, and 29, on a 6-week cycle

Bokstein [17]

20

14

6

56

17

3

Beva (5 mg/kg) + irino (125 mg/m2) every other week

Guiu [18]

77

50

27

52

49

28

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED)

Ali [19]

13

7

6

53

13

0

Beva (5 mg/m2) every 2 weeks + irino (125 mg/m2) every week for 3 weeks with 1 week off; beva (10 mg/m2) + irino (125-250 mg/m2) every 2 weeks

Desjardins [20]

33

22

11

43

0

33

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) Q14d, beva (15 mg/kg) Q21d + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED, 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) on days 1,8,22, and 29, on a 6-week cycle

Kang [21]

27

NR

NR

46

12

15

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) on days 1 and 15 every 28 days

Poulsen [22]

52

34

18

46

28

24

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) every 2 weeks

Zuniga cohort A [23]

14

9

5

51

0

14

Beva (10 mg/kg) IV on days 1,15,29 for each cycle; irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) every 2 weeks, on a 6-week cycle

Zuniga cohort B [23]

37

24

13

53

37

0

Beva (10 mg/kg) IV on days 1,15,29 for each cycle; irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) every 2 weeks, on a 6-week cycle

Friedman [24]

82

57

25

57

82

0

Beva (10 mg/kg) + irino (340 mg/m2 for EIAED; 125 mg/m2 for non-EIAED) every 2 weeks

  1. No. number of patients, Beva bevacizumab, Irino irinotecan, EIAED enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs, Q14d every 14 days, Q21d every 21days