Sustained Tumor Control With MAPK Inhibition in BRAF V600–Mutant Adult Glial and Glioneuronal Tumors
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Abstract
Objective To assess whether RAF and MEK inhibitors (RAFi/MEKi) can provide long-term clinical benefit in adult patients with BRAF V600–mutant glial and glioneuronal tumors (GGNTs), we analyzed tumor response and long-term outcome in a retrospective cohort.
Methods We performed a retrospective search in the institutional databases of 6 neuro-oncology departments for adult patients with recurrent or disseminated BRAF V600–mutant GGNTs treated with RAFi/MEKi.
Results Twenty-eight adults with recurrent or disseminated BRAF V600–mutant gangliogliomas (n = 9), pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas (n = 9), and diffuse gliomas (n = 10) were included in the study. At the time that treatment with RAFi/MEKi was started, all tumors displayed radiologic features of high-grade neoplasms. Thirteen patients received RAFi as single agents (vemurafenib [n = 11], dabrafenib [n = 2]), and 15 received combinations of RAFi/MEKi (vemurafenib + cobimetinib [n = 5], dabrafenib + trametinib [n = 10]). Eleven patients achieved a partial or complete response (11 of 28, 39%), with a median reduction of −78% in their tumor burden. Responders experienced a median increase of 10 points in their Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) score and a median progression-free survival of 18 months, which was longer than achieved with first-line treatment (i.e., 7 months, p = 0.047). Responders had better KPS score (p = 0.018) and tended to be younger (p = 0.061) and to be treated earlier (p = 0.099) compared to nonresponders. Five patients were rechallenged with RAFi/MEKi at progression, with novel tumor responses in 2. On univariate and multivariate analyses, response to RAFi/MEKi was an independent predictor of overall survival.
Conclusions Our study highlights the long-term clinical benefits of RAFi/MEKi in adult patients with BRAF V600–mutant GGNTs and encourages rechallenge in responders.
Classification of Evidence This study provides Class III evidence that, for adult patients with BRAF V600-mutant GGNT, RAFi/MEKi can reduce tumor burden and provide clinical benefit.
Glossary
- CR=
- complete response;
- GGNT=
- glial and glioneuronal tumor;
- KPS=
- Karnofsky Performance Status;
- MEKi=
- MEK inhibitors;
- MGMT=
- O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase;
- OS=
- overall survival;
- PD=
- progressive disease;
- PFS=
- progression-free survival;
- PR=
- partial response;
- PXA=
- pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma;
- RAFi=
- RAF inhibitors;
- RANO=
- Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology;
- SD=
- stable disease
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- Received December 17, 2020.
- Accepted in final form May 11, 2021.
- © 2021 American Academy of Neurology
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