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Trial reportNeuro-oncology2013

Phase II study of cilengitide in the treatment of refractory or relapsed high-grade gliomas in children: a report from the Children's Oncology Group.

Tobey J MacDonald, Gilbert Vezina, Clinton F Stewart, David Turner, Christopher R Pierson, Lu Chen, Ian F Pollack, Amar Gajjar, Mark W Kieran

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase II
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Trial report in Neuro-oncology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Pre-radiation chemotherapy improves survival in pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016
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  15. Pediatric Brain Tumors: Current Knowledge and Therapeutic Opportunities.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Tobey J MacDonaldCorresponding Author: Tobey J. MacDonald, MD, Emory Children's Center, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, 2015 Uppergate Drive NE, Suite 442, Atlanta, GA 30322. tobey.macdonald@emory.edu.
Gilbert Vezina
Clinton F Stewart
David Turner
Christopher R Pierson
Lu Chen
Ian F Pollack
Amar Gajjar
Mark W Kieran
Arcadia · USNationwide Children's Hospital · USChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USEmory University · USGeorge Washington University · USThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

COG FOREIGN ACCRUALU10CA098543 · NCI · NATIONAL CHILDHOOD CANCER FOUNDATION · PI ADAMSON, PETER C. · 2003 to 2013
$335.5M
Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765NCI NIH HHS U10 CA98543-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCilengitide, an αv integrin antagonist, has demonstrated activity in recurrent adult glioblastoma (GBM). The Children's Oncology Group ACNS0621 study thus evaluated whether cilengitide is active as a single agent in the treatment of children with refractory high-grade glioma (HGG). Secondary objectives were to investigate the pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics of cilengitide in this population.

methodsCilengitide (1800 mg/m(2)/dose intravenous) was administered twice weekly until evidence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Thirty patients (age range, 1.1-20.3 years) were enrolled, of whom 24 were evaluable for the primary response end point.

resultsToxicity was infrequent and mild, with the exception of one episode of grade 2 pain possibly related to cilengitide. Two intratumoral hemorrhages were reported, but only one (grade 2) was deemed to be possibly related to cilengitide and was in the context of disease progression. One patient with GBM received cilengitide for 20 months and remains alive with continuous stable disease. There were no other responders, with median time to tumor progression of 28 days (range, 11-114 days). Twenty-one of the 24 evaluable patients died, with a median time from enrollment to death of 172 days (range, 28-325 days). The 3 patients alive at the time of this report had a follow-up time of 37, 223, and 1068 days, respectively.

conclusionsWe conclude that cilengitide is not effective as a single agent for refractory pediatric HGG. However, further study evaluating combination therapy with cilengitide is warranted before a role for cilengitide in the treatment of pediatric HGG can be excluded.

Indexed as

AdolescentAdultBrain NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolDrug Resistance, NeoplasmFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGliomaHumansInfantMaleNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalPrognosisSalvage TherapyCilengitideSnake Venomschildhoodcilengitidehigh-grade glioma

Identifiers

PMID24014381
PMCPMC3779033
OpenAlexW2114561465

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