Trial reportNeuro-oncology2022
Entrectinib in children and young adults with solid or primary CNS tumors harboring NTRK, ROS1, or ALK aberrations (STARTRK-NG).
Trial report in Neuro-oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02650401 (A Phase 1/2, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation And Expansion Study Of Entrectinib), which is not on this map. Cited by 78 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Phase 1/2, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation And Expansion Study Of Entrectinib (Rxdx-101) In Pediatrics With Locally Advanced Or Metastatic Solid Or Primary CNS Tumors And/Or Who Have No Satisfactory Treatment Options
Who cites it
78 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.
- Basket and umbrella trials in pediatric precision medicine: a systematic review of designs, opportunities, and challenges.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic study of molecular diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in infant-type hemispheric glioma: An individual patient data meta-analysis of 164 patients.Neuro-oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Depletion of CARM1 slows in vivo tumorigenicity and rewires developmental programming in glioma stem-like cells.Cell reports · 2026Article
- [Radioiodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Study].Problemy endokrinologii · 2026Article
- Advances in the management of pediatric low-grade glioma.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026Review
- Post-recurrence management of malignant glial brain tumors: therapeutic strategies, evidence and limitations, palliative care, terminal sedation, and end-of-life considerations.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026Review
- The future of targeted therapies for pediatric central nervous system tumors.Neuro-oncology advances · 2026Review
- TRK inhibitors in pediatric gliomas.Neuro-oncology advances · 2026Review
- Entrectinib-Induced Sinus Bradycardia in a Patient With Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.JACC. Case reports · 2026Article
- Review
- Recent Advances in Targeted Therapies for Adult Gliomas.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2026Review
- Entrectinib attenuates LPS-induced neuroinflammation by inhibiting JNK, p38, and AKT pathways and ameliorates cognitive impairment.Archives of pharmacal research · 2026Article
- Review
- Multi-tyrosine kinase inhibitors: exploring immunomodulatory effects on various immune cell types in cancer.Cancer cell international · 2026Review
- Molecular convergence enables precision medicine for pediatric low grade gliomas.Discover oncology · 2026Review
- Review
- Clinical actionability in gliomas revealed by real-world next-generation sequencing: a multicentric study.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Article
- Review
- Report from the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation - infantile glioma and other non-embryonal central nervous system tumors: evolving molecular advances and current treatment landscape.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Immune checkpoint inhibitor-based combinatory and alternative strategies for immune treatment of lung cancers.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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29 authors at 20 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundEntrectinib is a TRKA/B/C, ROS1, ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor approved for the treatment of adults and children aged ≥12 years with NTRK fusion-positive solid tumors and adults with ROS1 fusion-positive non-small-cell lung cancer. We report an analysis of the STARTRK-NG trial, investigating the recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D) and activity of entrectinib in pediatric patients with solid tumors including primary central nervous system tumors.
methodsSTARTRK-NG (NCT02650401) is a phase 1/2 trial. Phase 1, dose-escalation of oral, once-daily entrectinib, enrolled patients aged <22 years with solid tumors with/without target NTRK1/2/3, ROS1, or ALK fusions. Phase 2, basket trial at the RP2D, enrolled patients with intracranial or extracranial solid tumors harboring target fusions or neuroblastoma. Primary endpoints: phase 1, RP2D based on toxicity; phase 2, objective response rate (ORR) in patients harboring target fusions. Safety-evaluable patients: ≥1 dose of entrectinib; response-evaluable patients: measurable/evaluable baseline disease and ≥1 dose at RP2D.
resultsAt data cutoff, 43 patients, median age of 7 years, were response-evaluable. In phase 1, 4 patients experienced dose-limiting toxicities. The most common treatment-related adverse event was weight gain (48.8%). Nine patients experienced bone fractures (20.9%). In patients with fusion-positive tumors, ORR was 57.7% (95% CI 36.9-76.7), median duration of response was not reached, and median (interquartile range) duration of treatment was 10.6 months (4.2-18.4).
conclusionsEntrectinib resulted in rapid and durable responses in pediatric patients with solid tumors harboring NTRK1/2/3 or ROS1 fusions.
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