Health-related quality of life and neurocognitive functioning with lomustine-temozolomide versus temozolomide in patients with newly diagnosed, MGMT-methylated glioblastoma (CeTeG/NOA-09): a randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial.

Adolescent Adult Aged Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / therapeutic use Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use Brain Neoplasms / genetics Cognition DNA Methylation DNA Modification Methylases / genetics DNA Repair Enzymes / genetics Executive Function Glioblastoma / genetics Humans Lomustine / administration & dosage Memory Middle Aged Neuropsychological Tests Quality of Life Radiotherapy Speech Temozolomide / administration & dosage Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics Young Adult

Journal

The Lancet. Oncology

ISSN: 1474-5488

Titre abrégé: Lancet Oncol

Pays: England

ID NLM: 100957246

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
10 2019

Historique:

received: 19 04 2019

revised: 10 06 2019

accepted: 17 06 2019

pubmed: 7 9 2019

medline: 23 6 2020

entrez: 7 9 2019

Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The CeTeG/NOA-09 trial showed significantly longer overall survival with combined lomustine-temozolomide therapy compared with standard temozolomide for patients with glioblastoma with methylated MGMT promoter. The trial also aimed to investigate the effect of lomustine-temozolomide therapy on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and neurocognitive function, which we report here. In this randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial, newly diagnosed, chemoradiotherapy-naive patients with MGMT-methylated glioblastoma, aged 18-70 years, with a Karnofsky performance score of 70% or higher, were recruited and enrolled at 17 university hospitals in Germany. Patients received standard radiotherapy (60 Gy) and were randomly assigned (1:1, stratified by centre by allocating complete blocks of six to a centre, without masking) to either six 6-week courses of oral combined lomustine (100 mg/m Between June 17, 2011 and April 8, 2014, 141 patients were randomly assigned and 129 patients began treatment and were included in the mITT population (63 in the temozolomide and 66 in the lomustine-temozolomide group). Median follow-up for HRQOL (the item global health) was 19·4 months (IQR 7·8-38·6), for MMSE was 15·3 months (4·1-29·6), and for COWA was 11·0 months (0-27·5). We found no significant impairment regarding any item of HRQOL in the lomustine-temozolomide group (difference between the groups for global health 0·30 [95% CI -0·23 to 0·83]; p=0·26). Differences in MMSE were in favour of the temozolomide group (difference -0·11 [95% CI -0·19 to -0·03]; p=0·0058) but were not clinically relevant (1·76/30 points over 4 years). We found no significant difference between the groups in any subtest of the neurocognitive test battery (difference for COWA 0·04 [95% CI -0·01 to 0·09]; p=0·14). The absence of systematic and clinically relevant changes in HRQOL and neurocognitive function combined with the survival benefit of lomustine-temozolomide versus temozolomide alone suggests that a long-term net clinical benefit exists for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylation of the MGMT promoter and supports the use of lomustine-temozolomide as a treatment option for these patients. German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND

METHODS

In this randomised, multicentre, open-label, phase 3 trial, newly diagnosed, chemoradiotherapy-naive patients with MGMT-methylated glioblastoma, aged 18-70 years, with a Karnofsky performance score of 70% or higher, were recruited and enrolled at 17 university hospitals in Germany. Patients received standard radiotherapy (60 Gy) and were randomly assigned (1:1, stratified by centre by allocating complete blocks of six to a centre, without masking) to either six 6-week courses of oral combined lomustine (100 mg/m

FINDINGS

Between June 17, 2011 and April 8, 2014, 141 patients were randomly assigned and 129 patients began treatment and were included in the mITT population (63 in the temozolomide and 66 in the lomustine-temozolomide group). Median follow-up for HRQOL (the item global health) was 19·4 months (IQR 7·8-38·6), for MMSE was 15·3 months (4·1-29·6), and for COWA was 11·0 months (0-27·5). We found no significant impairment regarding any item of HRQOL in the lomustine-temozolomide group (difference between the groups for global health 0·30 [95% CI -0·23 to 0·83]; p=0·26). Differences in MMSE were in favour of the temozolomide group (difference -0·11 [95% CI -0·19 to -0·03]; p=0·0058) but were not clinically relevant (1·76/30 points over 4 years). We found no significant difference between the groups in any subtest of the neurocognitive test battery (difference for COWA 0·04 [95% CI -0·01 to 0·09]; p=0·14).

INTERPRETATION

The absence of systematic and clinically relevant changes in HRQOL and neurocognitive function combined with the survival benefit of lomustine-temozolomide versus temozolomide alone suggests that a long-term net clinical benefit exists for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylation of the MGMT promoter and supports the use of lomustine-temozolomide as a treatment option for these patients.

FUNDING

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30502-9 PMID: 31488360

pubmed: 31488360

pii: S1470-2045(19)30502-9

doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30502-9

pii:

doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating 0

Tumor Suppressor Proteins 0

Lomustine 7BRF0Z81KG

DNA Modification Methylases EC 2.1.1.-

MGMT protein, human EC 2.1.1.63

DNA Repair Enzymes EC 6.5.1.-

Temozolomide YF1K15M17Y

Banques de données

ClinicalTrials.gov

['NCT01149109']

Types de publication

Clinical Trial, Phase III Journal Article Multicenter Study Randomized Controlled Trial Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

Pagination

1444-1453