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Trial reportJournal of neuro-oncology2018

Do statins, ACE inhibitors or sartans improve outcome in primary glioblastoma?

Caroline Happold, Thierry Gorlia, L Burt Nabors, Sara C Erridge, David A Reardon, Christine Hicking, Martin Picard, Roger Stupp, Michael Weller, EORTC Brain Tumor Group and on behalf of the CENTRIC and CORE Clinical Trial Groups

Abstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of neuro-oncology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. The use of radiosensitizing agents in the therapy of glioblastoma multiforme-a comprehensive review.Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al] · 2022
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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

10 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Caroline HappoldDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. caroline.happold@usz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6181-2895
Thierry GorliaEuropean Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer, Brussels, Belgium.
L Burt NaborsDepartment of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Sara C ErridgeEdinburgh Cancer Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
David A ReardonDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Christine HickingMerck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Martin PicardMerck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Roger StuppDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital Zurich, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Michael WellerDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
EORTC Brain Tumor Group and on behalf of the CENTRIC and CORE Clinical Trial Groups
Merck (Germany) · DEUniversity of Zurich · CHDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USEdinburgh Cancer Research · GBEuropean Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer · BEUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CHUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastomas are malignant brain tumors with poor prognosis. Lately, data from clinical studies assessing the role of co-medications in different cancer types suggested reduced mortality and potential anti-tumor activity for statins, angiotensin-I converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin II receptor blockers (sartans). Here, we analysed the association of co-treatment with statins, ACEI or sartans with outcome in a cohort of 810 patients enrolled in the phase III CENTRIC and phase II CORE trials on the role of the integrin antagonist, cilengitide, in newly diagnosed glioblastoma with or without O

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrain NeoplasmsCohort StudiesEuropeFemaleGlioblastomaHumansHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin II Type 1 Receptor BlockersHydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsACEIGlioblastomaSartansStatinsSurvival

Identifiers

PMID29423540
OpenAlexW2787558421

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