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dc.contributor.authorSolomón, María Teresa
dc.contributor.authorSelva, Julio César
dc.contributor.authorFigueredo, Javier
dc.contributor.authorVaquer, José
dc.contributor.authorToledo, Carolina
dc.contributor.authorQuintanal, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorSalva, Silvia
dc.contributor.authorDomínguez, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorAlert, José
dc.contributor.authorMarinello, Jorge Juan
dc.contributor.authorCatalá, Mauricio
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Griego, Martha
dc.contributor.authorMartell, Juan Antonio
dc.contributor.authorLorenzo Luaces, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorBallesteros Rodríguez, Francisco Javier ORCID
dc.contributor.authorDe Castro, Niurys
dc.contributor.authorBach, Ferdinand
dc.contributor.authorCrombet, Tania
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-08T17:43:27Z
dc.date.available2013-07-08T17:43:27Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-19
dc.identifier.citationBMC Cancer 13(299) : (2013)es
dc.identifier.issn1471-2407
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/10404
dc.description.abstractBackground The prognosis of patients bearing high grade glioma remains dismal. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) is well validated as a primary contributor of glioma initiation and progression. Nimotuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody that recognizes the EGFR extracellular domain and reaches Central Nervous System tumors, in nonclinical and clinical setting. While it has similar activity when compared to other anti-EGFR antibodies, it does not induce skin toxicity or hypomagnesemia. Methods A randomized, double blind, multicentric clinical trial was conducted in high grade glioma patients (41 anaplastic astrocytoma and 29 glioblastoma multiforme) that received radiotherapy plus nimotuzumab or placebo. Treatment and placebo groups were well-balanced for the most important prognostic variables. Patients received 6 weekly doses of 200 mg nimotuzumab or placebo together with irradiation as induction therapy. Maintenance treatment was given for 1 year with subsequent doses administered every 3 weeks. The objectives of this study were to assess the comparative overall survival, progression free survival, response rate, immunogenicity and safety. Results The median cumulative dose was 3200 mg of nimotuzumab given over a median number of 16 doses. The combination of nimotuzumab and RT was well-tolerated. The most prevalent related adverse reactions included nausea, fever, tremors, anorexia and hepatic test alteration. No anti-idiotypic response was detected, confirming the antibody low immunogenicity. The mean and median survival time for subjects treated with nimotuzumab was 31.06 and 17.76 vs. 21.07 and 12.63 months for the control group. Conclusions In this randomized trial, nimotuzumab showed an excellent safety profile and significant survival benefit in combination with irradiation.es
dc.description.sponsorshipThe study was sponsored by the Center of Molecular Immunology, Havana, Cuba and The Cuban Ministry of Health.es
dc.language.isoenges
dc.publisherBioMed Centrales
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.subjecthigh grade glioma (HGG)es
dc.subjectnimotuzumabes
dc.subjectEGFRes
dc.subjectmonoclonal antibodyes
dc.subjectadult gliomaes
dc.subjectanaplastic astrocytomaes
dc.subjectglioblastoma multiformees
dc.titleRadiotherapy plus nimotuzumab or placebo in the treatment of high grade glioma patients: results from a randomized, double blind triales
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees
dc.rights.holder© 2013 Solomón et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 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.es
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/13/299es
dc.departamentoesNeurocienciases_ES
dc.departamentoeuNeurozientziakes_ES
dc.subject.categoriaGENETICS AND HEREDITY
dc.subject.categoriaONCOLOGY


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