ArticleJournal of neurology2023
Bevacizumab in real-life patients with recurrent glioblastoma: benefit or futility?
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- The efficacy and adverse events of bevacizumab combined with temozolomide in the treatment of glioma: a systemic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
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- Developing Immunoniosomes (INs): Antibody and Fab conjugations of niosomal nanoparticles via UV-NBS and EDC/NHS chemistry for treating glioblastoma cells.International journal of pharmaceutics: X · 2025Article
- Molecular Correlates of Long-Term Response to Bevacizumab in Glioblastoma.JCO precision oncology · 2025Article
- Real-world adverse event profile and signal characteristics of bevacizumab in glioma: a FAERS-based disproportionality analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Treatment mechanism and research progress of bevacizumab for glioblastoma.American journal of cancer research · 2025Review
- Re-irradiation combined with bevacizumab for recurrent glioblastoma beyond bevacizumab failure: survival outcomes and prognostic factors.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Characterization of prevalent tyrosine kinase inhibitors and their challenges in glioblastoma treatment.Frontiers in chemistry · 2023Review
- Clinical and radiographic prognostic factors in recurrent contrast-enhancing IDH-mutant gliomas treated with bevacizumab.Neuro-oncology advancesArticle
- Defying the Odds in Recurrent Glioblastoma: Complete Response following Salvage Therapy with Bevacizumab and Irinotecan - A Case Report.Case reports in oncologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeAngiogenesis plays a key role in glioblastoma, but most anti-angiogenic therapy trials have failed to change the poor outcome of this disease. Despite this, and because bevacizumab is known to alleviate symptoms, it is used in daily practice. We aimed to assess the real-life benefit in terms of overall survival, time to treatment failure, objective response, and clinical benefit in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with bevacizumab.
methodsThis was a monocentric, retrospective study including patients treated between 2006 and 2016 in our institution.
results202 patients were included. The median duration of bevacizumab treatment was 6 months. Median time to treatment failure was 6.8 months (95%CI 5.3-8.2) and median overall survival was 23.7 months (95%CI 20.6-26.8). Fifty percent of patients had a radiological response at first MRI evaluation, and 56% experienced symptom amelioration. Grade 1/2 hypertension (n = 34, 17%) and grade one proteinuria (n = 20, 10%) were the most common side effects.
conclusionsThis study reports a clinical benefit and an acceptable toxicity profile in patients with recurrent glioblastoma treated with bevacizumab. As the panel of therapies is still very limited for these tumors, this work supports the use of bevacizumab as a therapeutic option.
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