Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2014 Nov 15;90(4):877-85. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.07.014. Epub 2014 Sep 23.
To review clinical outcomes of moderate dose escalation using high-dose radiation therapy (HDRT) in the setting of concurrent temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), compared with standard-dose radiation therapy (SDRT).
Adult patients aged <70 years with biopsy-proven GBM were treated with SDRT (60 Gy at 2 Gy per fraction) or with HDRT (>60 Gy) and TMZ from 2000 to 2012. Biological equivalent dose at 2-Gy fractions was calculated for the HDRT assuming an α/β ratio of 5.6 for GBM.
Eighty-one patients received SDRT, and 128 patients received HDRT with a median (range) biological equivalent dose at 2-Gy fractions of 64 Gy (61-76 Gy). Overall median follow-up time was 1.10 years, and for living patients it was 2.97 years. Actuarial 5-year overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) rates for patients that received HDRT versus SDRT were 12.4% versus 13.2% (P=.71), and 5.6% versus 4.1% (P=.54), respectively. Age (P=.001) and gross total/near-total resection (GTR/NTR) (P=.001) were significantly associated with PFS on multivariate analysis. Younger age (P<.0001), GTR/NTR (P<.0001), and Karnofsky performance status ≥80 (P=.001) were associated with improved OS. On subset analyses, HDRT failed to improve PFS or OS for those aged <50 years or those who had GTR/NTR.
Moderate radiation therapy dose escalation above 60 Gy with concurrent TMZ does not seem to improve clinical outcomes for patients with GBM.
回顾在替莫唑胺(TMZ)同期治疗新诊断的多形性胶质母细胞瘤(GBM)患者中,与标准剂量放疗(SDRT)相比,采用大剂量放疗(HDRT)进行中剂量递增的临床结果。
2000 年至 2012 年,对经活检证实的年龄<70 岁的 GBM 成年患者采用 SDRT(60 Gy,2 Gy/次)或 HDRT(>60 Gy)和 TMZ 治疗。假设 GBM 的α/β 比值为 5.6,对 HDRT 以 2 Gy 分数计算生物等效剂量。
81 例患者接受 SDRT,128 例患者接受 HDRT,中位数(范围)2 Gy 分数的生物等效剂量为 64 Gy(61-76 Gy)。中位总随访时间为 1.10 年,对于存活患者为 2.97 年。接受 HDRT 与 SDRT 的患者的 5 年总生存率(OS)和无进展生存率(PFS)分别为 12.4%和 13.2%(P=.71)和 5.6%和 4.1%(P=.54)。多变量分析显示,年龄(P=.001)和大体全切除/近全切除(GTR/NTR)(P=.001)与 PFS 显著相关。年龄较小(P<.0001)、GTR/NTR(P<.0001)和 Karnofsky 表现状态≥80(P=.001)与 OS 提高相关。在亚组分析中,HDRT 未能改善年龄<50 岁或 GTR/NTR 的患者的 PFS 或 OS。
在替莫唑胺同期治疗中,GBM 患者的放射治疗剂量递增至 60 Gy 以上,似乎并不能改善临床结果。