Figures & data
Table 1. The included studies.
Table 2. Characteristics in patients from FTD/TPI-groups of the three randomized controlled trials (the RECOURSE phase III trial [Citation5], the Japanese phase II trial [Citation4], and the TERRA phase III trial [Citation6]), and in the current pooled analysis of observational studies.
Table 3. Median progression free survival (mPFS), median overall survival (mOS), and restricted mean survival times in the phases II and III trial and the current analysis of observational studies.
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