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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of included studies

From: The effects of prophylactic cranial irradiation versus control on survival of patients with extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of 14 trials

Authors

Year

N

Age

Sex(M/F)

Chemotherapy

PCI

Thoracic radiotherapy

Brain metastasis

Outcomes

PCI

Control

regimen

Y/N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Shu

2016

46

60.4

35/11

EP/IP

46/0

6

40

20

26

11

35

SR, OS, ORR

Huang

2015

73

NR

60/13

NR

70/3

20

53

30

43

24

49

SR, OS

Bai

2015

188

59 (22–81)

115/73

EP

NR

110

78

107

81

NR

NR

SR, OS

Wu

2015

302

61 (34–81)

212/43

EP/EC

219/56

34

241

109

166

60

215

SR, OS, ORR

Salama

2016

85

60 (39–77)

38/47

Sunitinib

44/41

41

44

NR

NR

NR

NR

SR, OS, ORR

Nicholls

2016

129

65.4

NA

EC

101/28

43

86

63

66

39

90

OS, DFS

Rule

2015

71

73 (70–80)

NA

EP

71/0

27

44

NA

NA

NR

NR

OS, ORR

Schild

2012

318

62

NA

EP

318/0

124

194

NA

NA

NR

NR

OS, ORR

Sharma

2017

4257

NR

2065/2192

standard chemotherapy

4257/0

473

3784

NR

NR

0

4257

OS, ORR

Slotman

2007

286

62 (37–75)

63 (39–75)

179/107

standard chemotherapy

286/0

143

143

NR

NR

0

286

SR, OS, DFS

Toshiaki

2017

224

69 (43–83)

69 (37–86)

193/31

platinum-based chemotherapy

224/0

113

111

NR

NR

0

224

OS, ORR

Chen

2016

204

57 (50–62)

59 (53–64)

171/33

platinum-based chemotherapy

204/0

45

159

NR

NR

17

187

OS, ORR

Wang

2014

93

61 (33–82)

74/19

EP

90/3

26

67

56

37

50

43

SR, OS, ORR

Adriana

2018

46

65 (42–81)

27/19

platinum-based chemotherapy

46/0

16

30

2

44

0

46

OS, PFS

  1. Abbreviation: N number, PCI Prophylactic cranial irradiation, M male, F female, Y yes, N no, EP etoposide and cisplatin, IP Irinotecan and cisplatin, EC etoposide and carboplatin, SR survival rate, OS overall survival, ORR overall response rate, NR not reported, NA not available, DFS disease free survival, PFS progression free survival