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Outcomes of BRAF V600E Pediatric Gliomas Treated With Targeted BRAF Inhibition

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NOBRE L. ZAPOTOCKY M. RAMASWAMY V. RYALL S. BENNETT J. ALDERETE D. BALAGUER Guill J. BARONI L. BARTELS U. BAVLE A. BORNHORST M. BOUE D. R. CANETE A. CHINTAGUMPALA M. COVEN S. L. CRUZ O. DAHIYA S. DIRKS P. DUNKEL I. J. EISENSTAT D. CONTER C. F. FINCH E. FINLAY J. L. FRAPPAZ D. GARRE M. L. GAUVAIN K. BECHENSTEEN A. G. HANSFORD J. R. HARTING I. HAUSER P. HAZRATI L. N. HUANG A. INJAC S. G. IURILLI V. KARAJANNIS M. KAUR G. KYNCL M. KRSKOVA L. LAPERRIERE N. LAROUCHE V. LASSALETTA A. LEARY S. LIN F. MASCELLI S. MCKEOWN T. MILDE T. MORALES La Madrid A. MORANA G. MORSE H. MUSHTAQ N. OSORIO D. S. PACKER R. PAVELKA Z. QUIROGA-CANTERO E. RUTKA J. SABEL M. SALGADO D. SOLANO P. ŠTĚRBA Jaroslav SU J. SUMERAUER D. TAYLOR M. D. TOLEDANO H. TSANG D. S. VALENTE Fernandes M. VAN LANDEGHEM F. VAN TILBURG C. M. WILSON B. WITT O. ZAMECNIK J. BOUFFET E. HAWKINS C. TABORI U.

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source JCO PRECISION ONCOLOGY
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

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web https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/PO.19.00298
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/PO.19.00298
Keywords BRAF V600E Pediatric Gliomas; BRAF Inhibition
Description PURPOSEChildren with pediatric gliomas harboring a BRAF V600E mutation have poor outcomes with current chemoradiotherapy strategies. Our aim was to study the role of targeted BRAF inhibition in these tumors.PATIENTS AND METHODSWe collected clinical, imaging, molecular, and outcome information from patients with BRAF V600E-mutated glioma treated with BRAF inhibition across 29 centers from multiple countries.RESULTSSixty-seven patients were treated with BRAF inhibition (pediatric low-grade gliomas [PLGGs], n = 56; pediatric high-grade gliomas [PHGGs], n = 11) for up to 5.6 years. Objective responses were observed in 80% of PLGGs, compared with 28% observed with conventional chemotherapy (P < .001). These responses were rapid (median, 4 months) and sustained in 86% of tumors up to 5 years while receiving therapy. After discontinuation of BRAF inhibition, 76.5% (13 of 17) of patients with PLGG experienced rapid progression (median, 2.3 months). However, upon rechallenge with BRAF inhibition, 90% achieved an objective response. Poor prognostic factors in conventional therapies, such as concomitant homozygous deletion of CDKN2A, were not associated with lack of response to BRAF inhibition. In contrast, only 36% of those with PHGG responded to BRAF inhibition, with all but one tumor progressing within 18 months. In PLGG, responses translated to 3-year progression-free survival of 49.6% (95% CI, 35.3% to 69.5%) versus 29.8% (95% CI, 20% to 44.4%) for BRAF inhibition versus chemotherapy, respectively (P = .02).CONCLUSIONUse of BRAF inhibition results in robust and durable responses in BRAF V600E-mutated PLGG. Prospective studies are required to determine long-term survival and functional outcomes with BRAF inhibitor therapy in childhood gliomas.

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