Feasibility and efficacy of concomitant chemoradiation (Ch-RT) in the management of newly diagnosed elderly glioblastoma (GB) patients: Results from the GLIOCAT study.

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Maria Martinez-Garcia

Medical Oncology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Maria Martinez-Garcia , Estela Pineda , Sonia del Barco , Natalia Garcia , Eugenia Verger , Carlos Mesia , Anna Estival , Oscar Gallego , Miguel J. Gil Gil , Rafel Fuentes , Jordi Craven , Salvador Villà , Núria de la Iglesia , Francesc Alameda , Cristina Carrato , Teresa Ribalta , Jose Maria Velarde , Carmen Balana

Organizations

Medical Oncology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut Català d'Oncologia Hospital Universitari Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain, IDIBAPS, Badalona, Spain, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ICO Institut Català d'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain, Medical Oncology Department. Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Hospital De Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, Institut Catala D'Oncologia, Barcelona, Spain, Institut Catala de Oncologia, Girona, Spain, Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, Catalan Institute of Oncology - University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Radiation Oncology Department, Badalona, Spain, Translational Genomics and Targeted Therapeutics in Solid Tumors Lab (IDIBAPS), Medical Oncology. Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Pathology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, Insitut German Trials i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, Institut Catala Oncologia. Hospital Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona/Barcelona, Spain

Research Funding

Other

Background: Elderly GB patients have a dismal prognosis. The optimal treatment in this population remains to be established. Methods: We performed a multicenter retrospective and prospective study of newly diagnosed GB patients (pts) treated with standard Ch-RT (Stupp regimen). In the present substudy we analyzed clinical outcome and prognostic factors in elderly ( > 65 y) pts and compare these to younger pts from the global cohort. Results: Between 2005 to 2014, 432 pts were enrolled. There were 148 > 65y; 117 (79%) 65-75y and 31 (21%) > 75y with a mean age of 72y, mean KPS 80%, and 58.8% were males. In pts > 65y, gross total resection (GTR) was performed in 34 (24.5%), and biopsy in 29 (20.9%) with postoperative complications in 17 (11.5%). The time to initiate Ch-RT was 4.93 weeks (w); 127 (85.8%) finished Ch-RT and 109 (73.6%) completed adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ). Only 16 (10.8%) could discontinue steroids during the concomitant therapy. There were 28 (18.9%) patients with pseudoprogression. MGMT methylation status was studied in 103 pts of which 57 (55.3%) were methylated. The only statistical differences between > 65 and younger pts were: lower KPS (p = 0.01) and fewer pts initiating adjuvant TMZ (p = 0.015). Median follow-up is 16.76 months. In the global population progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 8 months (95% CI, 7.49-8.5) and 15 months (95% CI, 7.49-8.5), respectively, compared to 7 (95% CI, 6.1-7.8), and 11 months (95% CI, 8.7-13.2) in > 65y (p < 0.001 and p = 0.033). For elderly pts, on multivariate analysis, GTR and methylated MGMTbut not KPS were independent predictors of OS and PFS, respectively. Conclusions: Standard Ch-RT is feasible in elderly pts even though this population had poor KPS and fewer pts that could start adjuvant TMZ. As expected, PFS and OS were poorer in > 65y. For elderly patients, type of resection and MGMT methylation remain the more relevant prognostic factors in newly diagnosed GB treated with Ch-RT and adjuvant TMZ. Randomized prospective trials are warranted.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2016 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Central Nervous System Tumors

Track

Central Nervous System Tumors

Sub Track

Central Nervous System Tumors

Citation

J Clin Oncol 34, 2016 (suppl; abstr 2045)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2016.34.15_suppl.2045

Abstract #

2045

Poster Bd #

232

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