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NovoTTF™-100A System (Tumor Treating Fields) transducer array layout planning for glioblastoma: a NovoTAL™ system user study

Overview of attention for article published in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, November 2015
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Title
NovoTTF™-100A System (Tumor Treating Fields) transducer array layout planning for glioblastoma: a NovoTAL™ system user study
Published in
World Journal of Surgical Oncology, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12957-015-0722-3
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Authors

Aafia Chaudhry, Laura Benson, Michael Varshaver, Ori Farber, Uri Weinberg, Eilon Kirson, Yoram Palti

Abstract

Optune™, previously known as the NovoTTF-100A System™, generates Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields), an effective anti-mitotic therapy for glioblastoma. The system delivers intermediate frequency, alternating electric fields to the supratentorial brain. Patient therapy is personalized by configuring transducer array layout placement on the scalp to the tumor site using MRI measurements and the NovoTAL System. Transducer array layout mapping optimizes therapy by maximizing electric field intensity to the tumor site. This study evaluated physician performance in conducting transducer array layout mapping using the NovoTAL System compared with mapping performed by the Novocure in-house clinical team. Fourteen physicians (7 neuro-oncologists, 4 medical oncologists, and 3 neurosurgeons) evaluated five blinded cases of recurrent glioblastoma and performed head size and tumor location measurements using a standard Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine reader. Concordance with Novocure measurement and intra- and inter-rater reliability were assessed using relevant correlation coefficients. The study criterion for success was a concordance correlation coefficient (CCC) >0.80. CCC for each physician versus Novocure on 20 MRI measurements was 0.96 (standard deviation, SD ± 0.03, range 0.90-1.00), indicating very high agreement between the two groups. Intra- and inter-rater reliability correlation coefficients were similarly high: 0.83 (SD ±0.15, range 0.54-1.00) and 0.80 (SD ±0.18, range 0.48-1.00), respectively. This user study demonstrated an excellent level of concordance between prescribing physicians and Novocure in-house clinical teams in performing transducer array layout planning. Intra-rater reliability was very high, indicating reproducible performance. Physicians prescribing TTFields, when trained on the NovoTAL System, can independently perform transducer array layout mapping required for the initiation and maintenance of patients on TTFields therapy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 1%
Unknown 92 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 15 16%
Researcher 13 14%
Student > Master 11 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 11%
Other 7 8%
Other 11 12%
Unknown 26 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 22%
Engineering 11 12%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 6%
Neuroscience 5 5%
Other 15 16%
Unknown 29 31%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 October 2018.
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#7,536,586
of 22,994,508 outputs
Outputs from World Journal of Surgical Oncology
#241
of 2,054 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#96,100
of 283,076 outputs
Outputs of similar age from World Journal of Surgical Oncology
#2
of 16 outputs
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