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SynthesisNeuro-oncology2025

Benchmarking the efficacy of salvage systemic therapies for recurrent meningioma: A RANO group systematic review and meta-analysis to guide clinical trial design.

Rupesh Kotecha, Eyub Y Akdemir, Tugce Kutuk, Can Ilgın, Manmeet S Ahluwalia, Wenya L Bi, Jaishri Blakeley, Karan S Dixit, Ian F Dunn, Evanthia Galanis and 18 more

Abstract readSystematic ReviewMeta-Analysis
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Neuro-oncology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing 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

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

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  11. Rational Radionuclide Therapy for Recurrent Meningioma.Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine · 2026
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  13. Efficacy of Intra-arterial [Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025
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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

28 authors.

Rupesh KotechaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6927-0402
Eyub Y AkdemirDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-6848-4289
Tugce KutukDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA.
Can IlgınDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Institute of Oncology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.
Manmeet S AhluwaliaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA.
Wenya L BiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jaishri BlakeleyDepartment of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1049-0993
Karan S DixitDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ian F DunnDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Evanthia GalanisDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8014-786X
Norbert GalldiksResearch Center Juelich, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Juelich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2485-1796
Raymond Y HuangDepartment of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Derek R JohnsonDepartment of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Thomas J KaleyDepartment of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
David O KamsonSidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Sylvia C KurzDepartment of Neuro-Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Michael W McDermottDepartment of Neurosurgery, Miami Neuroscience Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA.
Yazmin OdiaDepartment of Neuro-Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA.
Matthias PreusserDivision of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Jeffrey RaizerDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
David A ReardonCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
C Leland RogersDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Utah Cancer Specialists, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Roberta RudaDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
David SchiffDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
Michael A VogelbaumDepartment of NeuroOncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Michael WellerDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1748-174X
Patrick Y WenCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0774-7700
Minesh P MehtaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, Florida, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Michael Jason de la Cruz · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite advances in our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of meningioma progression and innovations in systemic and local treatments, recurrent meningiomas remain a substantial therapeutic challenge. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to provide a historical baseline, contemporary analysis, and propose a "rate of probable interest" to inform future clinical trial design and development on behalf of the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology meningioma group.

methodsPubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, and ASCOpubs databases were screened for clinical trials evaluating the activity of systemic therapies for adults with recurrent meningiomas. The pooled progression-free survival at 6-months and 1-year (PFS-6 and PFS-1 year) values were calculated using the random effects technique with I2 indices.

resultsThe pooled PFS-6 and PFS-1 year rates for recurrent WHO grade 1 meningiomas were 43.6% (95% CI: 22.7-67.0%, I2 = 80%) and 21.7% (95% CI: 6.2-53.9%, I2 = 76%), and for grades 2-3 meningiomas, the PFS-6 was 38.0% (95% CI: 28.3-48.8%, I2 = 68%). In the targeted therapy group, PFS-6 and PFS-1 year rates stood at 62.0% (I2 = 58%) and 49.0% (I2 = 63%) for grade 1, while for grades 2-3 tumors, the PFS-6 rates with targeted therapy and immunotherapy were 42.1% (I² = 60%) and 46.0% (I² = 0%), respectively. The benchmarks were set at 67% and 54% for PFS-6 and PFS-1 year for grade 1 tumors, and PFS-6 of 49% for grades 2-3 tumors.

conclusionsSeveral studies have reported outcomes in patients with recurrent meningiomas testing a variety of agents with modest, but variable and progressively increasing activity. In this context, we recommend new benchmarks for future trials to define efficacy of future investigational therapies.

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BenchmarkingClinical Trials as TopicMeningeal NeoplasmsMeningiomaNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalResearch DesignSalvage TherapyHumansclinical trialsmeningiomarecurrentrefractorysystemic therapy

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PMID39807850
PMCPMC12417825

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