Abstract
Primary spinal glioblastoma (PsGBM) is extremely rare. The dramatic neurologic deterioration and unresectability of PsGBM makes it a particularly disabling malignant neoplasm. Because it is a rare and heterogeneous disease, the assessment of prognostic factors remains limited. PsGBMs were identified from the French Brain Tumor Database and the Club de Neuro-Oncologie of the Société Française de Neurochirurgie retrospectively. Inclusion criteria were age 18 years or older at diagnosis, spinal location, histopathologic diagnosis of newly glioblastoma according to the 2016 World Health Organization classification, and surgical management between 2004 and 2016. Diagnosis was confirmed by a centralized neuropathologic review. The primary outcome was overall survival (OS). Therapeutic interventions and neurologic outcomes were also collected. Thirty-three patients with a histopathologically confirmed PsGBM (median age 50.9 years) were included (27 centers). The median OS was 13.1 months (range 2.5-23.7), and the median progression-free survival was 5.9 months (range 1.6-10.2). In multivariable analyses using Cox model, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status at 0-1 was the only independent predictor of longer OS (hazard ratio [HR] 0.13, 95% CI 0.02-0.801; p = 0.02), whereas a Karnofsky performance status (KPS) score <60 (HR 2.89, 95% CI 1.05-7.92; p = 0.03) and a cervical anatomical location (HR 4.14, 95% CI 1.32-12.98; p = 0.01) were independent predictors of shorter OS. The ambulatory status (Frankel D-E) (HR 0.38, 95% CI 0.07-1.985; p = 0.250) was not an independent prognostic factor, while the concomitant standard radiochemotherapy with temozolomide (Stupp protocol) (HR 0.35, 95% CI 0.118-1.05; p = 0.06) was at the limit of significance. Preoperative ECOG performance status, KPS score, and the location are independent predictors of OS of PsGBMs in adults. Further analyses are required to capture the survival benefit of concomitant standard radiochemotherapy with temozolomide.
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