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Phase II study of weekly carboplatin in pretreated adult malignant gliomas

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Abstract

Purpose

Patients with relapse of recurrent glioma have a poor outcome and limited treatment options. The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical benefit and tolerability of weekly intravenous administration of carboplatin-based monotherapy in adult glioma patients who had progressed from previous chemotherapy lines based on temozolomide and nitrosoureas.

Methods

This was a single-arm, phase II study. Eligibility criteria included progressive or recurrent glioma after radiotherapy and chemotherapy-based treatments and Karnofsky performance status (KPS) > 60.

Results

Thirty-two patients (median age 43.5 years) were enrolled to receive weekly carboplatin monotherapy in an intravenous method of administration. The median duration of response was 7.3 months with an overall disease control rate of 31.3%. Median progression-free survival was 2.3 months while overall survival was 5.5 months. Pre-treatment with corticosteroids (i.e. dexamethasone) was associated to clinical benefit in 43.8% of patients. Patients achieving clinical benefit exhibited a longer progression-free survival (4.6 vs. 1.5 months; p > 0.001) and overall survival (7.9 vs. 3.2 months; p = 0.041) compared with those not achieving clinical benefit.

Conclusions

Our findings show that single agent, weekly, intravenous administration of carboplatin may have a role in patients with recurrent glioma and suggest that pre-treatment with corticosteroids may confer survival benefit.

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  • 09 September 2019

    In the original article, the names of authors Mariantonia Carosi and Tatiana Koudriavtseva were incorrectly captured, and author Francesco Cognetti's affiliation was incorrect. The information is correctly shown here.

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Editorial assistance was provided by Luca Giacomelli, PhD, Chiara Degirolamo, PhD, and Aashni Shah, from Polistudium (Milan, Italy); this assistance was supported by internal funds.

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  1. Neuro-Oncology Unit, IRCCS - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Veronica Villani, Andrea Pace, Antonio Tanzilli, Marta Maschio & Koudriavtseva Tatiana

  2. Service of Neuroradiology, IRCCS - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Antonello Vidiri

  3. Biostatistic Unit, IRCCS - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Francesca Sperati & Irene Terrenato

  4. Division of Neuropathology, IRCCS - Regina Elena’ National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Carosi Mariantonia & Beatrice Casini

  5. Division of Medical Oncology, IRCCS - Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Cognetti & Alessandra Fabi

  6. Ospedale Santa Maria Della Misericordia Azienda Ospedaliera Di Perugia, Perugia, Italy

    Giulio Metro

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Villani, V., Pace, A., Vidiri, A. et al. Phase II study of weekly carboplatin in pretreated adult malignant gliomas. J Neurooncol 144, 211–216 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-019-03223-x

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