AT-11 * FINAL RESULTS FROM THE RANDOMIZED PHASE II TRIAL AVAREG (ML25739) WITH BEVACIZUMAB (BEV) OR FOTEMUSTINE (FTM) IN RECURRENT GBM

Abstract

AIM: The treatment of recurrent glioblastoma remains an open issue and the role of BEV has been largely debated since only few data compared this agent with the standard agents. METHODS: A multicenter, open-label, randomized (2:1), non-comparative phase II study (EudraCT:2011-001363-46; AVAREG-ML25739) with BEV 10 mg/m2 iv every 2 weeks or FTM 75 mg/m2 iv day 1-8-15 followed, after a 35 days interval, by FTM 100 mg/m2 every 3 weeks, was conducted. Primary endpoint was overall survival at 6 months (OS6). RESULTS: 91 pts with recurrent GBM were enrolled among 10 Italian centers between 11/2011 and 9/2012. Median age was 57 years (range:28-78), PS was 0/1/2 in 42/35/14 pts. All pts were treated with RT/TMZ accordingly with EORTC 26981-22981/NCIC-CE3. Time from diagnosis to 1st recurrence was 331 days in the BEV arm and 460 days in the FTM arm. At time of recurrence, 21 pts (23.1%) received re-resection before the study inclusion (13/8 pts in BEV/FTM arms). Fifty-nine pts were enrolled in the BEV arm and 32 pts in the FTM arm. OS6 was 62.1% (95%CI:48.4-74.5) and 73.3% (95%CI:54.1-87.7), OS9 was 37.9% (95%CI:25.5-51.6) and 46.7% (95%CI:28.3-65.7) in the BEV and FTM arms, respectively. Median OS was 7.3 months (95%CI:5.8-9.2) in the BEV arm and 8.7 months (95%CI:6.3-15.4) in the FTM arm. PFS6 was 26.3% and 10.7%, respectively. In the BEV arm, OS6 and OS9 were 77.8% (95%CI:57.7-91.4) and 59.3% (95%CI:38.8-77.6) in pts =55 yrs, and were 48.4% (95%CI:30.1-66.9) and 19.3% (95%CI:7.4-37.5) in pts >55 yrs. HR for OS in BEV group for pts >55 yrs compared with pts =55 yrs was 2.0 (95%CI:1.0-4.1, p = 0.05). G3-4 toxicity: thrombocytopenia 0% vs 21.9%, neutropenia 1.7% vs 12.5%, intestinal perforation and cerebral ischaemia/hemorrhage 3.4% vs 0%, pulmonary thromboembolism 1.7% vs 0%, and acute myocardial infarction 1.7% vs 0%, in the Bev and FTM arms respectively. CONCLUSIONS: BEV in recurrent GBM showed survival rates superimposable with FTM.