In patients with recurrent or progressive meningioma, pasireotide LAR was well tolerated.
In plain wordsIn patients with recurrent or progressive meningioma, pasireotide LAR was well tolerated.
- Peptide
- Pasireotide
- Outcome
- Not applicableTolerability
- Study
n = 34
- Outcome group
- Adverse events · Whole body
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
Treatment was well tolerated.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
This was a phase II trial in patients with histologically confirmed recurrent or progressive meningioma designed to evaluate whether pasireotide LAR prolongs progression-free survival at 6 months (PFS6).
Patients were stratified by histology (atypical [World Health Organization grade 2] and malignant [grade 3] meningiomas in cohort A and benign [grade 3] in cohort B).
Eighteen patients were accrued in cohort A and 16 in cohort B.