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Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life
BACKGROUND: Brain metastases (BM) represent one of the most frequent complications related to cancer, and their treatment continues to evolve. We have evaluated the activity, toxicity and the impact on Quality of Life (QoL) of a concomitant treatment with whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and Temozolo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17254350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-7-18 |
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author | Addeo, Raffaele Caraglia, Michele Faiola, Vincenzo Capasso, Elena Vincenzi, Bruno Montella, Liliana Guarrasi, Rosario Caserta, Luigi Del Prete, Salvatore |
author_facet | Addeo, Raffaele Caraglia, Michele Faiola, Vincenzo Capasso, Elena Vincenzi, Bruno Montella, Liliana Guarrasi, Rosario Caserta, Luigi Del Prete, Salvatore |
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description | BACKGROUND: Brain metastases (BM) represent one of the most frequent complications related to cancer, and their treatment continues to evolve. We have evaluated the activity, toxicity and the impact on Quality of Life (QoL) of a concomitant treatment with whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and Temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with brain metastases from solid tumors in a prospective Simon two stage study. METHODS: Fifty-nine patients were enrolled and received 30 Gy WBRT with concomitant TMZ (75 mg/m2/day) for ten days, and subsequently TMZ (150 mg/m2/day) for up to six cycles. The primary end points were clinical symptoms and radiologic response. RESULTS: Five patients had a complete response, 21 patients had a partial response, while 18 patients had stable disease. The overall response rate (45%) exceeded the target activity per study design. The median time to progression was 9 months. Median overall survival was 13 months. The most frequent toxicities included grade 3 neutropenia (15%) and anemia (13%), and only one patient developed a grade 4 thrombocytopenia. Age, Karnofsky performance status, presence of extracranial metastases and the recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) were found to be predictive factors for response in patients. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were dependent on age and on the RPA class. CONCLUSION: We conclude that this treatment is well tolerated, with an encouraging objective response rate, and a significant improvement in quality of life (p < 0.0001) demonstrated by FACT-G analysis. All patients answered the questionnaires and described themselves as 'independent' and able to act on their own initiatives. Our study found a high level of satisfaction for QoL, this provides useful information to share with patients in discussions regarding chemotherapy treatment of these lesions. |
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spelling | pubmed-17942532007-02-07 Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life Addeo, Raffaele Caraglia, Michele Faiola, Vincenzo Capasso, Elena Vincenzi, Bruno Montella, Liliana Guarrasi, Rosario Caserta, Luigi Del Prete, Salvatore BMC Cancer Research Article BACKGROUND: Brain metastases (BM) represent one of the most frequent complications related to cancer, and their treatment continues to evolve. We have evaluated the activity, toxicity and the impact on Quality of Life (QoL) of a concomitant treatment with whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) and Temozolomide (TMZ) in patients with brain metastases from solid tumors in a prospective Simon two stage study. METHODS: Fifty-nine patients were enrolled and received 30 Gy WBRT with concomitant TMZ (75 mg/m2/day) for ten days, and subsequently TMZ (150 mg/m2/day) for up to six cycles. The primary end points were clinical symptoms and radiologic response. RESULTS: Five patients had a complete response, 21 patients had a partial response, while 18 patients had stable disease. The overall response rate (45%) exceeded the target activity per study design. The median time to progression was 9 months. Median overall survival was 13 months. The most frequent toxicities included grade 3 neutropenia (15%) and anemia (13%), and only one patient developed a grade 4 thrombocytopenia. Age, Karnofsky performance status, presence of extracranial metastases and the recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) were found to be predictive factors for response in patients. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were dependent on age and on the RPA class. CONCLUSION: We conclude that this treatment is well tolerated, with an encouraging objective response rate, and a significant improvement in quality of life (p < 0.0001) demonstrated by FACT-G analysis. All patients answered the questionnaires and described themselves as 'independent' and able to act on their own initiatives. Our study found a high level of satisfaction for QoL, this provides useful information to share with patients in discussions regarding chemotherapy treatment of these lesions. BioMed Central 2007-01-25 /pmc/articles/PMC1794253/ /pubmed/17254350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-7-18 Text en Copyright © 2007 Addeo et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Addeo, Raffaele Caraglia, Michele Faiola, Vincenzo Capasso, Elena Vincenzi, Bruno Montella, Liliana Guarrasi, Rosario Caserta, Luigi Del Prete, Salvatore Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life |
title | Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life |
title_full | Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life |
title_fullStr | Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life |
title_full_unstemmed | Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life |
title_short | Concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with Whole Brain Radiotherapy [WBRT] and Temozolomide [TMZ] is active and improves Quality of Life |
title_sort | concomitant treatment of brain metastasis with whole brain radiotherapy [wbrt] and temozolomide [tmz] is active and improves quality of life |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1794253/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17254350 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-7-18 |
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