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Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2026

Treatment Effect Reanalysis of the Randomized Individual Screening Trial of Innovative Glioblastoma Therapy in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma With External Control Data.

Tulika Rudra Gupta, Mei-Yin C Polley, Robert Redd, Eudocia Q Lee, Isabel Arrillaga-Romany, Mark R Gilbert, Yujue Tan, Mehdi Touat, Jan Drappatz, Mary R Welch and 32 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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42 authors.

Tulika Rudra GuptaDepartment of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Mei-Yin C PolleyDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.ORCID 0000-0003-0106-0323
Robert ReddDepartment of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-1329-5288
Eudocia Q LeeCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0003-3355-5179
Isabel Arrillaga-RomanyPappas Center for Neuro-Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-5951-1225
Mark R GilbertNational Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD.ORCID 0000-0003-2556-9722
Yujue TanBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Mehdi TouatInserm, CNRS, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau, ICM, Sorbonne Université, Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Service de Neuro-oncologie, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5910-7799
Jan DrappatzUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Mary R WelchDivision of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology and Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York-Presbyterian, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0001-7281-049X
Evanthia GalanisMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Manmeet S AhluwaliaDivision of Medical Oncology, Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL.ORCID 0000-0003-3794-9511
Howard ColmanHuntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.ORCID 0000-0002-4027-7317
L Burt NaborsUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.ORCID 0000-0001-5926-2230
Jaroslaw HepelRhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
Heinrich ElinzanoRhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
David SchiffUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.ORCID 0000-0002-1896-2502
Ugonma N ChukwuekeCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Rameen BeroukhimCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Lakshmi NayakCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0003-2725-8717
J Ricardo McFaline-FigueroaNew York University, New York, NY.
Tracy T BatchelorBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-7568-6607
Thomas J KaleyMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-2540-8518
Christine Lu-EmersonMaine Medical Center, Portland, ME.ORCID 0000-0002-6817-6657
Ingo K MellinghoffMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.ORCID 0000-0002-4347-8149
Wenya Linda BiBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Omar ArnaoutBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
Pier Paolo PeruzziBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-5034-2963
Daphne Haas-KoganBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-2378-4800
Shyam TanguturiBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-6479-1946
Ayal AizerBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-8941-188X
Lisa DohertyCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Sandro SantagataBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
David M MeredithBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
E Antonio ChioccaBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-5183-1670
David A ReardonCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0001-6674-0157
Keith L LigonBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-7733-600X
Michael WellerUniversity Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1748-174X
Minesh P MehtaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute, Florida International University, Miami, FL.ORCID 0000-0002-4812-5713
Patrick Y WenCenter for Tumors of the Nervous System, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-0774-7700
Lorenzo TrippaDepartment of Data Sciences, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA.
Rifaquat RahmanBrigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.ORCID 0000-0002-9443-1797

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
VectorP30CA006516 · NCI · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI A. Heather Eliassen · 1985 to 2026
$330.6M
NRG Oncology Network Group Operations Center - GY9 BIQSFP Reports/BudgetsU10CA180868 · NCI · NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. · PI NORMAN WOLMARK · 2014 to 2026
$206.8M
Statistics CoreU10CA180822 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI James J. Dignam · 2014 to 2026
$146.4M
NRG Oncology NCORP Research Base-BIQSFPUG1CA189867 · NCI · NRG ONCOLOGY FOUNDATION, INC. · PI Deborah Watkins Bruner, Lisa A. Kachnic · 2014 to 2026
$140.5M
Bayesian Methods for Optimizing Combination Antiretroviral Therapy for Mentalhealth in People with HIVR01MH128085 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Yanxun Xu · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Statistical Methods and Validation Analyses for the Integration of External Data in Clinical TrialsR01LM013352 · NLM · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI TRIPPA, LORENZO · 2021 to 2024
$1.5M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA006516NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180822NCI NIH HHS U10 CA180868NCI NIH HHS UG1 CA189867NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH128085NLM NIH HHS R01 LM013352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIntegrating external control data into clinical trial designs and analyses has the potential to accelerate drug development processes. We reanalyzed the three experimental arms of the Individual Screening Trial of Innovative Glioblastoma Therapy (INSIGhT), a randomized phase II platform trial in newly diagnosed O

methodsThe three experimental arms of INSIGhT (abemaciclib [n = 72], neratinib [n = 80], and CC-115 [n = 12]) did not improve survival compared with internal controls (standard chemoradiation [n = 70]). We derived external control patient-level data from multiple real-world and clinical trial data sets. We applied propensity score matching and Cox proportional hazards models to estimate treatment effects with external controls. Additionally, using this glioblastoma (GBM) data collection, we specified simulation scenarios to evaluate trial designs that integrate external controls.

resultsAfter matching to external controls, no survival benefit was observed for patients receiving abemaciclib (hazard ratio [HR], 1.00 [95% CI, 0.75 to 1.34]), neratinib (HR, 0.93 [95% CI, 0.70 to 1.24]), or CC-115 (HR, 0.88 [95% CI, 0.41 to 1.88]). Simulations, together with the INSIGhT data and a collection of GBM data sets, allowed us to examine efficiencies and risks of clinical trial designs that leverage external control data.

conclusionThe use of carefully matched external controls, to replace or augment the internal controls of INSIGhT, produced treatment effect estimates that were similar to previously published analyses. Single-arm trial designs and hybrid randomized designs incorporating propensity score-matched external control data evaluated treatment effects in the early-phase testing of experimental therapies in newly diagnosed GBM. The validity of this approach and risks of bias depended on the availability of comprehensive and accurate data on all potential confounders, in the absence of unmeasured confounding.

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Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment Outcome

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PMCPMC13418303

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