Updated systematic review and meta-analysis of extended adjuvant temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma

Author:

Gupta Tejpal1ORCID,Selvarajan Jeevi Mona Priyadharshni1,Kannan Sadhana2,Menon Nandini3,Dasgupta Archya1ORCID,Chatterjee Abhishek1

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiation Oncology, ACTREC/TMH, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) , Mumbai , India

2. Department of Clinical Research Secretariat, ACTREC/TMH, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) , Mumbai , India

3. Department of Medical Oncology, ACTREC/TMH, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) , Mumbai , India

Abstract

Abstract Background Contemporary standard-of-care for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) is maximal safe resection followed by postoperative focal conformal radiotherapy (RT) plus concurrent temozolomide (TMZ) and 6-cycles of adjuvant TMZ (Stupp regimen). However, many patients continue to receive extended adjuvant TMZ (beyond 6-cycles) without solid scientific evidence. This review pools data from nonrandomized studies and randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing extended adjuvant TMZ (>6-cycles) to standard adjuvant TMZ (6-cycles) in patients with newly diagnosed GBM for updated evidence-synthesis. Methods This systematic review and meta-analysis was carried out in accordance with the Cochrane methodology including quality assessment of primary studies. Primary outcome of interest was comparative efficacy defined as progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Hazard ratios (HRs) for PFS and OS with corresponding 95% confidence interval (CIs) were extracted/computed from individual primary studies and pooled using random-effects model. Any p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results Evidence-synthesis was based on pooling of data from 2578 patients enrolled in 16 nonrandomized comparative studies and 5 RCTs. Overall, extended adjuvant TMZ was associated with statistically significant reduction in the risk of progression (HR = 0.72, 95%CI: 0.60–0.87; p = 0.007) and death (HR = 0.71, 95%CI: 0.57–0.90; p = 0.004) compared to standard adjuvant TMZ. However, on subgroup analysis, survival benefit of extended adjuvant TMZ was limited to data synthesized from retrospective nonrandomized comparative studies with no statistically significant difference in outcomes seen after pooling of data from RCTs only. Conclusion Apparent survival benefit of extended adjuvant TMZ in newly diagnosed GBM is largely driven by nonrandomized comparative studies with high inherent potential for multiple biases.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Surgery,Oncology,Neurology (clinical)

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