# Evaluation of Regorafenib in Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent Glioblastoma: GBM AGILE Phase II/III Bayesian Randomized Platform Trial

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## TL;DR

Paper cited by one trial page, indexed on Europe PMC as PubMed record 41980234 and published in Journal of Clinical Oncology; the citing page links this DOI, which is how the record was matched.

## Summary

Purpose: GBM AGILE (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT03970447) is a phase II/III Bayesian adaptive platform registration trial testing multiple arms against a common control; the primary end point is overall survival (OS). Regorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor, showed OS benefit in recurrent (RD) glioblastoma in the phase II REGOMA trial and entered GBM AGILE as the first investigational arm.

Methods: Patient subtypes included in the regorafenib arm of GBM AGILE were newly diagnosed unmethylated (NDU) and RD glioblastoma. Prospective defined sets of subtypes, or arm signatures, were NDU, RD, and all (NDU + RD). As the first investigational arm in GBM AGILE, regorafenib was equally randomized to the control arm. Treatment in the control arm is temozolomide + radiotherapy (in newly diagnosed) or lomustine (in RD). Efficacy was assessed by OS hazard ratio (HR), arm/control, and demonstrated when the Bayesian probability of benefit (HR <1.00) was ≥98%. Analysis was performed monthly for limited efficacy, which occurs when the Bayesian predictive power is <25% for all signatures, and determines stopping enrollment. Follow-up continued for 12 months after accrual stopped.

Results: When the predictive power was <25% in all predefined signatures for regorafenib, accrual stopped for limited efficacy. The final analysis did not demonstrate OS improvement in the regorafenib arm in RD nor NDU glioblastoma. Median HRs were 1.05 (NDU), 1.07 (RD), and 1.07 (all) with final probabilities of benefit (HR <1.00) of 0.421 (NDU), 0.312 (RD), and 0.296 (all). Regorafenib was associated with increased toxicity relative to control.

Conclusion: GBM AGILE did not show superiority of regorafenib over control in RD (lomustine) or NDU (temozolomide + radiotherapy) glioblastoma, yet caused increased toxicities. Regorafenib has been removed from National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines as a treatment option for RD.

Indexed on Europe PMC as PubMed record 41980234 (DOI 10.1200/jco-25-01137). Matched by DOI alone: one trial page cites this DOI among its external links (the pages are listed under Related), and this page was written so that the citation resolves inside OnCo. No figure has been checked by an editor.

## Fields

- Kind: Key paper
- Last checked: 2026-09-22
- Tags: europepmc-ingest
- Journal: Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Year: 2026
- DOI: 10.1200/jco-25-01137
- Authors: Wen PY, Berry DA, Buxton MB, et al.
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## Sources

- J Clin Oncol 2026: https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-01137
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41980234/
- Europe PMC: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/41980234

## Connected records

- trials: [GBM AGILE](https://onco.cc/trials/gbm-agile/)
- journals: [Journal of Clinical Oncology](https://onco.cc/journals/jco/)

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