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Table 1 Characteristics of the included randomized controlled trials
Table 2 Summary of studies that assessed the correlation between bevacizumab efficacy and incidence of hypertension
BrufskyAMHurvitzSPerezERIBBON-2: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of bevacizumab in combination with chemotherapy for second-line treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative metastatic breast cancerJ Clin Oncol201129324286429321990397 DiérasVCamponeMYardleyDARandomized, phase II, placebo-controlled trial of onartuzumab and/or bevacizumab in combination with weekly paclitaxel in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancerAnn Oncol20152691904191026202594 DiérasVWildiersHJassemJTrebananib (AMG 386) plus weekly paclitaxel with or without bevacizumab as first-line therapy for HER2-negative locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer: a phase 2 randomized studyBreast201524318219025747197 GianniLRomieuGHLichinitserMAVEREL: a randomized phase III trial evaluating bevacizumab in combination with docetaxel and trastuzumab as first-line therapy for HER2-positive locally recurrent/metastatic breast cancerJ Clin Oncol201331141719172523569311 MartinMRocheHPinterTTRIO 010 investigatorsMotesanib, or open-label bevacizumab, in combination with paclitaxel, as first-line treatment for HER2-negative locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer: a phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled studyLancet Oncol201112436937621429799 MartínMLoiblSvon MinckwitzGPhase III trial evaluating the addition of bevacizumab to endocrine therapy as first-line treatment for advanced breast cancer: the letrozole/fulvestrant and avastin (LEA) studyJ Clin Oncol20153391045105225691671 MilesDWChanADirixLYPhase III study of bevacizumab plus docetaxel compared with placebo plus docetaxel for the first-line treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative metastatic breast cancerJ Clin Oncol201028203239324720498403 MilesDCameronDBondarenkoIBevacizumab plus paclitaxel versus placebo plus paclitaxel as first-line therapy for HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MERiDiAN): a double-blind placebo-controlled randomised phase III trial with prospective biomarker evaluationEur J Cancer20177014615527817944 MillerKDChapLIHolmesFARandomized phase III trial of capecitabine compared with bevacizumab plus capecitabine in patients with previously treated metastatic breast cancerJ Clin Oncol200523479279915681523 MillerKWangMGralowJPaclitaxel plus bevacizumab versus paclitaxel alone for metastatic breast cancerN Engl J Med2007357262666267618160686 RobertNJDiérasVGlaspyJRIBBON-1: randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial of chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab for first-line treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative, locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancerJ Clin Oncol201129101252126021383283 von MinckwitzGPuglisiFCortesJBevacizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone as second-line treatment for patients with HER2-negative locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer after first-line treatment with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy (TANIA): an open-label, randomised phase 3 trialLancet Oncol201415111269127825273342 SchneiderBPWangMRadovichMECOG 2100Association of vascular endothelial growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 genetic polymorphisms with outcome in a trial of paclitaxel compared with paclitaxel plus bevacizumab in advanced breast cancer: ECOG 2100J Clin Oncol200826284672467818824714 GampenriederSPRomederFMußCHypertension as a predictive marker for bevacizumab in metastatic breast cancer: results from a retrospective matched-pair analysisAnticancer Res201434122723324403467 HurwitzHIDouglasPSMiddletonJPAnalysis of early hypertension and clinical outcome with bevacizumab: results from seven phase III studiesOncologist201318327328023485622 SmithIPiergaJYBiganzoliLFinal overall survival results and effect of prolonged (≥1 year) first-line bevacizumab-containing therapy for metastatic breast cancer in the ATHENA trialBreast Cancer Res Treat2011130113314321830015 Launay-VacherVJanusNBeuzebocPTolérance rénovasculaire du bévacizumab dans le cancer du sein. Valeur pronostique de l’hypertension et de la protéinurie. [Renovascular safety of bevacizumab in breast cancer patients. The prognostic value of hypertension and proteinuria]Bull Cancer201510211906914 French [with English abstract]26603517