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ABSTRACT: Purpose
In a post hoc analysis of the CATNON trial (NCT00626990), we explored whether adding temozolomide to radiotherapy improves outcome in patients with IDH1/2 wildtype (wt) anaplastic astrocytomas with molecular features of glioblastoma [redesignated as glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase-wildtype (IDH-wt) in the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of central nervous system tumors].Patients and methods
From the randomized phase III CATNON study examining the addition of adjuvant and concurrent temozolomide to radiotherapy in anaplastic astrocytomas, we selected a subgroup of IDH1/2wt and H3F3Awt tumors with presence of TERT promoter mutations and/or EGFR amplifications and/or combined gain of chromosome 7 and loss of chromosome 10. Molecular abnormalities including MGMT promoter methylation status were determined by next-generation sequencing, DNA methylation profiling, and SNaPshot analysis.Results
Of the 751 patients entered in the CATNON study, 670 had fully molecularly characterized tumors. A total of 159 of these tumors met the WHO 2021 molecular criteria for glioblastoma, IDH-wt. Of these patients, 47 received radiotherapy only and 112 received a combination of radiotherapy and temozolomide. There was no added effect of temozolomide on either overall survival [HR, 1.19; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.82-1.71] or progression-free survival (HR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.61-1.24). MGMT promoter methylation was prognostic for overall survival, but was not predictive for outcome to temozolomide treatment either with respect to overall survival or progression-free survival.Conclusions
In this cohort of patients with glioblastoma, IDH-wt temozolomide treatment did not add benefit beyond that observed from radiotherapy, regardless of MGMT promoter status. These findings require a new well-powered prospective clinical study to explore the efficacy of temozolomide treatment in this patient population.
SUBMITTER: Tesileanu CMS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9297529 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tesileanu C Mircea S CMS Sanson Marc M Wick Wolfgang W Brandes Alba A AA Clement Paul M PM Erridge Sara C SC Vogelbaum Michael A MA Nowak Anna K AK Baurain Jean-Francois JF Mason Warren P WP Wheeler Helen H Chinot Olivier L OL Gill Sanjeev S Griffin Matthew M Rogers Leland L Taal Walter W Rudà Roberta R Weller Michael M McBain Catherine C van Linde Myra E ME Aldape Kenneth K Jenkins Robert B RB Kros Johan M JM Wesseling Pieter P von Deimling Andreas A Hoogstrate Youri Y de Heer Iris I Atmodimedjo Peggy N PN Dubbink Hendrikus J HJ Brouwer Rutger W W RWW van IJcken Wilfred F J WFJ Cheung Kin Jip KJ Golfinopoulos Vassilis V Baumert Brigitta G BG Gorlia Thierry T French Pim J PJ van den Bent Martin J MJ
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<h4>Purpose</h4>In a post hoc analysis of the CATNON trial (NCT00626990), we explored whether adding temozolomide to radiotherapy improves outcome in patients with IDH1/2 wildtype (wt) anaplastic astrocytomas with molecular features of glioblastoma [redesignated as glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase-wildtype (IDH-wt) in the 2021 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of central nervous system tumors].<h4>Patients and methods</h4>From the randomized phase III CATNON study examining th ...[more]