- 作者：Arnab Chakravarti ; MD&lowast ; ; Arnab.chakravarti@osumc.edu ; Meihua Wang ; PhD&dagger ; ; H. Ian Robins ; MD ; PhD&Dagger ; ; Tim Lautenschlaeger ; MD&lowast ; ; Walter J. Curran ; MD ; FACR§ ; ; David G. Brachman ; MD¡¬ ; Christopher J. Schultz ; MD¶ ; ; Ali Choucair ; MD# ; Marisa Dolled-Filhart ; MD&lowast ; &lowast ; ; Jason Christiansen ; MD&dagger ; &dagger ; ; Mark Gustavson ; MD&lowast ; &lowast ; ; Annette Molinaro ; MA ; PhD&lowast ; &lowast ; ; &Dagger ; &Dagger ; ; Paul Mischel ; MD&Dagger ; &Dagger ; ; Adam P. Dicker ; MD ; PhD§ ; § ; ; Markus Bredel ; MD ; PhD¡¬¡¬ ; Minesh Mehta ; MD¶ ; ¶ ;
- 刊名：International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：1 April, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：85
- 期：5
- 页码：1206-1211
- 全文大小：235 K
Purpose
To determine the safety and efficacy of gefitinib, an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor, in combination with radiation for newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients.Methods and Materials
Between March 21, 2002, and May 3, 2004, Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) 0211 enrolled 31 and 147 GBM patients in the phase 1 and 2 arms, respectively. Treatment consisted of daily oral gefinitnib started at the time of conventional cranial radiation therapy (RT) and continued post RT for 18 months or until progression. Tissue microarrays from 68 cases were analyzed for EGFR expression.
Results
The maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of gefitinib was determined to be 500 mg in patients on non-enzyme-inducing anticonvulsant drugs (non-EIAEDs). All patients in the phase 2 component were treated at a gefitinib dose of 500 mg; patients receiving EIADSs could be escalated to 750 mg. The most common side effects of gefitinib in combination with radiation were dermatologic and gastrointestinal. Median survival was 11.5 months for patients treated per protocol. There was no overall survival benefit for patients treated with gefitinib + RT when compared with a historical cohort of patients treated with RT alone, matched by RTOG recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) class distribution. Younger age was significantly associated with better outcome. Per protocol stratification, EGFR expression was not found to be of prognostic value for gefitinib + RT-treated patients.
Conclusions
The addition of gefitinib to RT is well tolerated. Median survival of RTOG 0211 patients treated with RT with concurrent and adjuvant gefitinib was similar to that in a historical control cohort treated with radiation alone.