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21.03.2019 | Original Article
Bevacizumab-containing regimen in relapsed/progressed brain tumors: a single-institution experience
Erschienen in: Child's Nervous System | Ausgabe 6/2019
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Aim
The aim of the study is to assess tumor response, treatment-related toxicities, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS) in patients with relapsed/refractory brain tumors treated with bevacizumab-containing regimen.
Methods
Patients that had received I and II line treatments with or without megatherapy were included. Doses and schedule were as follows: bevacizumab (BVZ) 10 mg/kg i.v. with irinotecan (IRI) 150 mg/m2 i.v. every 2 weeks ± temozolamide (TMZ) 200 mg/m2 p.o. daily for 5 days every 4 weeks. TMZ was omitted in heavily pretreated cases.
Results
Between 2013 and 2018, 12 patients (3F/9M), median age 161 months (range 66–348), affected with medulloblastoma (n 7), or low-grade glioma (n 2), or high-grade glioma (n 3), received BVZ/IRI association (median courses 20, range 4–67); 3 of them continued single-agent BVZ (median courses 23, range 8–39). TMZ (median courses 8, range 2–26) was administered in eight patients and then stopped in three of them because of myelotoxicity or lack of compliance. Treatment was well tolerated. After 3 months, two complete responses, two partial responses, seven stable diseases, and one progressive disease were observed. Nine cases experienced an improvement in neurological symptoms. Median time to progression was 11 months (95% confidence interval, 4–18 months). Six-month and 2-year PFS were 75% and 42%, respectively. The OS is 33%; interestingly, two cases (one medulloblastoma and one high-grade glioma) are progression-free off-therapy since 30 and 48 months, respectively.
Conclusions
BVZ/IRI association ± TMZ showed encouraging therapeutic activity and low toxicity in this series of relapsed/refractory brain tumors.