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Trial reportJournal of neuro-oncology2019

Hypofractionated radiation therapy versus chemotherapy with temozolomide in patients affected by RPA class V and VI glioblastoma: a randomized phase II trial.

Sara Pedretti, Laura Masini, Enrico Turco, Luca Triggiani, Marco Krengli, Bruno Meduri, Luigi Pirtoli, Paolo Borghetti, Ludovica Pegurri, Nada Riva and 8 more

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIComparative StudyMulticenter Study
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Are conventional and hypofractionated chemoradiotherapy comparable in glioblastoma patients?Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Sara PedrettiRadiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5210-5790
Laura MasiniRadiation Oncology Department, AOU Maggiore Della Carità, East Piedmont University, viale Mazzini 18, 28100, Novara, Italy.
Enrico TurcoRadiation Oncology Department, AOU Policlinico Di Modena, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41125, Modena, Italy.
Luca TriggianiRadiation Oncology Department, Brescia University, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 23123, Brescia, Italy. triggioluca@hotmail.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0168-3432
Marco KrengliRadiation Oncology Department, AOU Maggiore Della Carità, East Piedmont University, viale Mazzini 18, 28100, Novara, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2064-8379
Bruno MeduriRadiation Oncology Department, AOU Policlinico Di Modena, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41125, Modena, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-9081
Luigi PirtoliRadiation Oncology Department, AOUS, Siena University, Viale Mario Bracci, 53100, Siena, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-4209
Paolo BorghettiRadiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7275-7908
Ludovica PegurriRadiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.
Nada RivaRadiation Oncology Department, IRST IRCSS, Via Piero Maroncelli, 40, 47014, Meldola, FC, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3844-0322
Roberto GattaRadiation Oncology Department, ASST Spedali Civili Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 25123, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4716-9925
Vincenzo FuscoRadiation Oncology Departmenti, IRCSS, via S. Pio 1, 85028, Rionero in Vulture, PZ, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6130-0360
Silvia ScocciantiRadiation Oncology Department, Florence University and AUOC Ospedale Careggi, Largo Brambilla, 3, 50134, Firenze, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4098-1929
Alessio BruniRadiation Oncology Department, AOU Policlinico Di Modena, Largo del Pozzo, 71, 41125, Modena, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1068-5958
Umberto RicardiRadiation Oncology Department, AO Città Della Salute E Della Scienza, Via Genova 3, 10126, Turin, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4406-7621
Riccardo SantoniRadiation Oncology Department, Fondazione Policlinico Tor Vergata, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1967-741X
Stefano M MagriniRadiation Oncology Department, Brescia University, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 23123, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4126-733X
Michela BuglioneRadiation Oncology Department, Brescia University, Piazzale Spedali Civili 1, 23123, Brescia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5485-1260

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn RPA V-VI glioblastoma patients both hypofractionated radiotherapy and exclusive temozolomide can be used; the purpose of this trial is to compare these treatment regimens in terms of survival and quality of life.

methodsPatients with histologic diagnosis of glioblastoma were randomized to hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT-30 Gy in 6 fractions) and exclusive chemotherapy (CHT-emozolomide 200 mg/m

conclusionsThe data obtained are limited by the poor accrual. Both treatments were well tolerated. Patients in RT arm have a better PFS and QaS, without significant differences in OS. The deterioration of the NSS score would seem an important parameter and coincide with disease progression rather than with the toxicity of the treatment.

Indexed as

Radiation Dose HypofractionationAgedAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingBrain NeoplasmsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGlioblastomaHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisProspective StudiesSurvival RateTemozolomideAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingTemozolomideGlioblastomaHypofractionated radiotherapyPoor prognosis patientsQuality of lifeTemozolomide

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