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ReviewNeuro-oncology2024

H3 K27M-altered glioma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: Semi-systematic review of treatment landscape and future directions.

Martin van den Bent, Amanda M Saratsis, Marjolein Geurts, Enrico Franceschi

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Review in Neuro-oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Diagnostic challenges and treatment barriers in the management of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in low- and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Martin van den BentBrain Tumor Center at Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-5710-5127
Amanda M SaratsisDepartment of Neurosurgery, Advocate Children's Hospital, Park Ridge, Illinois, USA.
Marjolein GeurtsBrain Tumor Center at Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Enrico FranceschiDepartment of Nervous System Medical Oncology, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9332-4677

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma is a recently identified brain tumor associated with poor prognosis. As of 2016, it is classified by the World Health Organization as a distinct form of grade IV glioma. Despite recognition as an important prognostic and diagnostic feature in diffuse glioma, radiation remains the sole standard of care and no effective systemic therapies are available for H3K27M mutant tumors. This review will detail treatment interventions applied to diffuse midline glioma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) prior to the identification of the H3 K27M mutation, the current standard-of-care for H3 K27M-mutant diffuse glioma treatment, and ongoing clinical trials listed on www.clinicaltrials.gov evaluating novel therapeutics in this population. Current clinical trials were identified using clinicaltrials.gov, and studies qualifying for this analysis were active or ongoing interventional trials that evaluated a therapy in at least 1 treatment arm or cohort comprised exclusively of patients with DIPG and H3 K27M-mutant glioma. Forty-one studies met these criteria, including trials evaluating H3 K27M vaccination, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, and small molecule inhibitors. Ongoing evaluation of novel therapeutics is necessary to identify safe and effective interventions in this underserved patient population.

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Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine GliomaGliomaHistonesMutationBrain NeoplasmsBrain Stem NeoplasmsHumansPrognosisHistonesclinical trialsdiffuse intrinsic pontine gliomadiffuse midline gliomaH3 K27-alteredH3 K27M

Identifiers

PMID38102230
PMCPMC11066941

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