Long-term survival with IDH wildtype glioblastoma: First results from the ETERNITY Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative Consortium (EORTC 1419).

Authors

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Michael Weller

Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Michael Weller , Joerg Felsberg , Dorothee Gramatzki , Emilie Le Rhun , Jennifer Leigh Clarke , Riccardo Soffietti , Wolfgang Wick , Olivier L. Chinot , Francois Ducray , Patrick Roth , Peter Hau , Martin Klein , Matthias Preusser , Martin Bendszus , Vassilis Golfinopoulos , Andreas von Deimling , Thierry Gorlia , Patrick Y. Wen , Guido Reifenberger , Caroline Hertler

Organizations

Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Torino, TO, Italy, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, CHU Timone, Marseille, France, CHU Lyon, Neuro-oncology, Lyon, France, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna, Austria, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), UKHD and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, EORTC - European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium, Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany, EORTC - European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussel, Belgium, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, University Hospital Zurich, Department of Neurology, Zurich, Switzerland

Research Funding

Other Foundation
Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative, EORTC Brain Tumor Group

Background: Median survival with glioblastoma remains in the range of 12 months on population levels. Only few patients survive for more than 5 years. Patient and disease features associated with long-term survival remain poorly defined. Methods: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 1419 (ETERNITY) is a registry study supported by the Brain Tumor Funders Collaborative in the US and by the EORTC Brain Tumor Group. Patients with glioblastoma surviving at least 5 years from diagnosis were identified at 24 sites in Europe, US, and Australia. In patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wildtype tumors, prognostic factors were analyzed using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional hazards model. A population-based reference cohort was obtained from the Cantonal cancer registry Zurich. Results: At the cut-off of July 2020, 280 patients with histologically centrally confirmed glioblastoma (189 IDH wildtype, 80 IDH mutant, 11 not otherwise specified) had been registered. In the IDH wildtype population, median age was 56 years (range 24-78 years), 96 patients (50.8%) were female, 139 patients (74.3%) had tumors with O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation. Median overall survival was 9.9 years (95% CI 7.9–11.9). Patients without recurrence experienced longer median survival (not reached) than patients with one or more recurrences (8.92 years) (p<0.001) and had a high rate of MGMT promoter unmethylated tumors. Conclusions: Freedom from progression is a powerful predictor of overall survival in long-term survivors with glioblastoma. Never relapsing patients often have MGMT promoter-unmethylated glioblastoma and may represent a distinct subtype of glioblastoma. Clinical trial information: NCT03770468.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Central Nervous System Tumors

Track

Central Nervous System Tumors

Sub Track

Primary CNS Tumors–Glioma

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03770468

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 2016)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.2016

Abstract #

2016

Poster Bd #

373

Abstract Disclosures