Table 1

Sources of historical information

Treatment effect; HR (95% CI)
INT-0133 trial14
(n=662)
0.80 (0.62 to 1.00)
INT-0133 trial15
(n=91)
0.72 (0.42 to 1.20)
Overall HR estimated from the fixed-effect meta-analysis0.786 (SE=0.110) (no heterogeneity across trial)
Individual control arm (See figure 2)
Sarcome-09/OS2006 subgroup matching the following criteria:
Patients <31 years old
Metastatic disease at diagnosis or non-responders to chemotherapy
No event during the preoperative chemotherapy
Patients with surgery
Chemotherapy with methotrexate
Included in the control arm of the OS2006 randomised trial (256 patients, 116 events)