Key Takeaways
- Younger GBM patients (<40 years) have median OS of 20-30 months.
- Patients aged 45-54 with GBM have 5-year survival of 10-15%.
- GBM in patients >75 years median OS is 3-4 months even with treatment.
- CheckMate-143 trial: nivolumab OS 9.8 months in recurrent GBM.
- EF-14 trial: TTFields + TMZ median OS 20.9 months (HR 0.63).
- REGOMA trial: regorafenib OS 7.4 months vs 5.6 months lomustine in recurrent GBM.
- Median overall survival (OS) for newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients treated with standard temozolomide (TMZ) chemoradiotherapy is 14.6 months versus 12.1 months with radiotherapy alone in the pivotal Stupp trial.
- 5-year overall survival rate for GBM patients is approximately 9.8% with multimodal therapy including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy.
- 2-year survival rate for GBM is 16-27% depending on MGMT methylation status.
- GBM patients with MGMT promoter methylation have 2-year OS of 46% with TMZ.
- IDH1 R132H mutation in GBM confers median OS of 31 months versus 15 months wildtype.
- EGFR amplification in GBM is associated with median OS of 11 months.
- Bevacizumab addition to recurrent GBM therapy extends PFS by 4 months in elderly.
- Lomustine after TMZ failure in recurrent GBM: median OS 9.9 months.
- Tumor-treating fields (TTFields) + TMZ-RT: median OS 20.9 months vs 16 months standard.
GBM survival drops sharply with age, yet treatments like TMZ and TTFields can extend median overall survival.
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