Trial reportJournal of neuro-oncology2019
Evaluation of toxicity of carmustine with or without bevacizumab in patients with recurrent or progressive high grade gliomas.
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 10 papers.
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- Pharmacovigilance of carmustine: distinct neurotoxic and systemic safety signals identified in FAERS.BMC cancer · 2026Article
- Breaking the Barrier of Brain Disease Therapeutics: Advocating Targeted Drug Delivery for Improved Neuro-Resident Interventions.AAPS PharmSciTech · 2026Review
- Improving glioma drug delivery: A multifaceted approach for glioma drug development.Pharmacological research · 2024Review
- Let-7a-3p overexpression increases chemosensitivity to carmustine and synergistically promotes autophagy and suppresses cell survival in U87MG glioblastoma cancer cells.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2024Article
- Phytotherapeutics in Cancer: From Potential Drug Candidates to Clinical Translation.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2024Review
- Cancer chemotherapy and beyond: Current status, drug candidates, associated risks and progress in targeted therapeutics.Genes & diseases · 2023Review
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- Intraoperative MR Imaging during Glioma Resection.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2022Review
- Investigating the Role of Telomere and Telomerase Associated Genes and Proteins in Endometrial Cancer.Methods and protocols · 2020Article
- The Utility of Diffusion and Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Target Delineation of High-Grade Gliomas.BioMed research international · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeAn increased incidence in hematologic toxicity has been reported with the addition of bevacizumab to lomustine for patients with recurrent or progressive high grade gliomas (HGG). Data regarding incidence of toxicity with combination bevacizumab and carmustine is limited. The purpose of this study is to compare toxicity of single agent carmustine and carmustine plus bevacizumab for patients with HGGs.
methodsThis single center retrospective study at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center included pathologically confirmed HGG with age ≥ 18 years who received carmustine between January 2003 and May 2017.
resultsSixty-five patients with HGGs collectively received 110 doses of BCNU during the specified time period. Sixteen patients received single agent BCNU (30 doses); 49 patients received combination bevacizumab with BCNU (80 doses). There was no significant difference in incidence or grade of toxicity between single agent and combination therapy with respect to hepatotoxicity, leukopenia, lymphopenia, neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Rates of grade 3 and 4 neutropenia (20% vs 13.8%, p = 0.55) and thrombocytopenia (23.3% vs 23.8%, p = 1) did not differ between single agent BCNU versus combination therapy. When stratified based on dose ( < 150 mg/m
conclusionsThis is the first study to report the toxicity of carmustine with or without bevacizumab for the treatment of recurrent and refractory HGG. The addition of bevacizumab to carmustine did not increase incidence or grade of hematologic toxicity when compared to single agent carmustine.
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