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ArticleEcancermedicalscience2021

Safety and efficacy of bevacizumab biosimilar in recurrent/ progressive glioblastoma.

Gunjesh Kumar, Hollis DSouza, Nandini Menon, Sujay Srinivas, Dilip Harindran Vallathol, Mounika Boppana, Annu Rajpurohit, Abhishek Mahajan, Amit Janu, Abhishek Chatterjee and 4 more

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Article in Ecancermedicalscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gunjesh KumarDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Hollis DSouzaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Nandini MenonDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Sujay SrinivasDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Dilip Harindran VallatholDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Mounika BoppanaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Annu RajpurohitDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Abhishek MahajanDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Amit JanuDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Abhishek ChatterjeeDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Rahul KrishnatryDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Tejpal GuptaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Rakesh JalaliDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Vijay M PatilDepartment of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel 400012 Mumbai, India.
Tata Memorial Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMultiple low-cost biosimilars of bevacizumab are now available but their clinical efficacy has never been compared against the original (innovator) molecule in glioblastoma. The aim of the current analysis is to compare the overall survival (OS) in recurrent/progressive glioblastoma patients between the biosimilar and innovator molecules. MATERIALS AND

methodsAdult recurrent/progressive glioblastoma patients treated with bevacizumab from 1 July 2015 to 30 July 2019 were identified. These patients were either offered Bevacizumab innovator (Avastin, Roche) or biosimilar (BevaciRel: Reliance Life sciences or Bryxta: Zydus Oncosciences) depending upon the financial status and affordability of the patients. The primary endpoint of the study was OS, while progression-free survival (PFS) and adverse events were the secondary endpoints.

resultsThere were 82 patients, out of which 57 received innovator and 25 received biosimilar bevacizumab. At median follow-up of 26 months, the median PFS was 3.66 (95% confidence interval (CI) 2.08 to 5.25) and 3.3 months (95% CI 2.38 to 4.21) in innovator and biosimilar group, respectively (Log-rank test

conclusionIn the recurrent/progressive glioblastoma patients, both innovator and biosimilar bevacizumab seem to have similar safety and clinical efficacy.

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bevacizumabbiosimilargliomainnovator

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PMID33680080
PMCPMC7929766
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