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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2016

Dendritic cell immunotherapy versus bevacizumab plus irinotecan in recurrent malignant glioma patients: a survival gain analysis.

Stefan-Alexandru Artene, Adina Turcu-Stiolica, Richard Hartley, Marius Eugen Ciurea, Oana Daianu, Corina Brindusa, Oana Alexandru, Ligia Gabriela Tataranu, Stefana Oana Purcaru, Anica Dricu

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Stefan-Alexandru ArteneUnit of Biochemistry.
Adina Turcu-StiolicaDepartment of Biostatistics.
Richard HartleyUnit of Biochemistry.
Marius Eugen CiureaDepartment of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Oana DaianuUnit of Biochemistry.
Corina BrindusaUnit of Biochemistry.
Oana AlexandruDepartment of Neurology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova.
Ligia Gabriela TataranuDepartment of Neurosurgery, "Bagdasar-Arseni" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
Stefana Oana PurcaruUnit of Biochemistry.
Anica DricuUnit of Biochemistry.
Laboratoire de Biochimie · FRCancer Research And Biostatistics · USCenter For Reconstructive Urethral Surgery · ITClinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest · ROUniversity of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova · RO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe bevacizumab and irinotecan protocol is considered a standard treatment regimen for recurrent malignant glioma. Recent advances in immunotherapy have hinted that vaccination with dendritic cells could become an alternative salvage therapy for the treatment of recurrent malignant glioma.

methodsA search was performed on PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and Embase in order to identify studies with patients receiving bevacizumab plus irinotecan or dendritic cell therapy for recurrent malignant gliomas. The data obtained from these studies were used to perform a systematic review and survival gain analysis.

resultsFourteen clinical studies with patients receiving either bevacizumab plus irinotecan or dendritic cell vaccination were identified. Seven studies followed patients that received bevacizumab plus irinotecan (302 patients) and seven studies included patients that received dendritic cell immunotherapy (80 patients). For the patients who received bevacizumab plus irinotecan, the mean reported median overall survival was 7.5 (95% confidence interval [CI] 4.84-10.16) months. For the patients who received dendritic cell immunotherapy, the mean reported median overall survival was 17.9 (95% CI 11.34-24.46) months. For irinotecan + bevacizumab group, the mean survival gain was -0.02±2.00, while that for the dendritic cell immunotherapy group was -0.01±4.54.

conclusionFor patients with recurrent malignant gliomas, dendritic cell immunotherapy treatment does not have a significantly different effect when compared with bevacizumab and irinotecan in terms of survival gain (

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bevacizumabdendritic cellirinotecanmalignant gliomasystematic analysis

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