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ArticleNature medicine2024

Precision-guided treatment in high-risk pediatric cancers.

Loretta M S Lau, Dong-Anh Khuong-Quang, Chelsea Mayoh, Marie Wong, Paulette Barahona, Pamela Ajuyah, Akanksha Senapati, Sumanth Nagabushan, Alexandra Sherstyuk, Ann-Kristin Altekoester and 34 more

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Article in Nature medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03336931 (A Multicenter Prospective Study of the Feasibility and Clinical Value of a Diagnostic Service for Identifying Therapeutic Targets and Recommending Personalised Treatment for Children and Adolescents With High-risk Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 49 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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A Multicenter Prospective Study of the Feasibility and Clinical Value of a Diagnostic Service for Identifying Therapeutic Targets and Recommending Personalised Treatment for Children and Adolescents With High-risk Cancer

TypeobservationalSponsorSydney Children's Hospitals NetworkRan2017 to 2032Enrolled550ConditionsChildhood Cancer, Childhood Solid Tumor, Childhood Brain Tumor, Childhood LeukemiaArmsMolecular profiling and drug testing
3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

44 authors.

Loretta M S LauChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3172-0970
Dong-Anh Khuong-QuangChildren's Cancer Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6305-7790
Chelsea MayohChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6398-3046
Marie WongChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0066-6606
Paulette BarahonaChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Pamela AjuyahChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Akanksha SenapatiKids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sumanth NagabushanSchool of Clinical Medicine, UNSW Medicine & Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7574-8919
Alexandra SherstyukChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Ann-Kristin AltekoesterChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Noemi A Fuentes-BolanosChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Veronica YeungKids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4765-4303
Ashleigh SullivanOncology Services Group, Children's Health Queensland Hospital & Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Natacha OmerOncology Services Group, Children's Health Queensland Hospital & Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5643-1307
Yonatan DiamondChildren's Cancer Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sophie JessopChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Lauren BattagliaChildren's Cancer Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Nataliya ZhukovaChildren's Cancer Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3221-2396
Louise CuiChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4762-3099
Angela LinChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2637-3070
Andrew J GiffordChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Emmy D G FleurenChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Luciano Dalla-PozzaCancer Centre for Children, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrew S MooreOncology Services Group, Children's Health Queensland Hospital & Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8062-1779
Seong-Lin KhawChildren's Cancer Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
David D EisenstatChildren's Cancer Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5976-0798
Nicholas G GottardoDepartment of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1082-6776
Paul J WoodChildren's Cancer Centre, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Heather TappMichael Rice Centre for Haematology and Oncology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Frank AlvaroChildren's Cancer and Blood Disorders, John Hunter Children's Hospital, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Geoffrey McCowageCancer Centre for Children, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Wayne NichollsOncology Services Group, Children's Health Queensland Hospital & Health Service, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0926-526X
Jordan R HansfordChildren's Cancer Centre, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-7733-383X
Neevika ManoharanChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Rishi S KotechaDepartment of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology and Haematology, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1836-4075
Marion K MateosChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2763-5853
Richard B LockChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Vanessa TyrrellChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5162-517X
Michelle HaberChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2036-8817
Toby N TrahairChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-228X
Mark J CowleyChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9519-5714
Paul G EkertChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2976-8617
Glenn M Marshall *Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
David S Ziegler *Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. d.ziegler@unsw.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0001-7451-7916

Funding

Cancer Institute NSW (Cancer Institute New South Wales) 2020/ECF1261Cancer Institute NSW (Cancer Institute New South Wales) 2021/TPG2112Cancer Institute NSW (Cancer Institute New South Wales) ECF181430Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) APP1157871Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) APP2017898Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) APP2018642Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) APP2019056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent research showed that precision medicine can identify new treatment strategies for patients with childhood cancers. However, it is unclear which patients will benefit most from precision-guided treatment (PGT). Here we report consecutive data from 384 patients with high-risk pediatric cancer (with an expected cure rate of less than 30%) who had at least 18 months of follow-up on the ZERO Childhood Cancer Precision Medicine Program PRecISion Medicine for Children with Cancer (PRISM) trial. A total of 256 (67%) patients received PGT recommendations and 110 (29%) received a recommended treatment. PGT resulted in a 36% objective response rate and improved 2-year progression-free survival compared with standard of care (26% versus 12%; P = 0.049) or targeted agents not guided by molecular findings (26% versus 5.2%; P = 0.003). PGT based on tier 1 evidence, PGT targeting fusions or commenced before disease progression had the greatest clinical benefit. Our data show that PGT informed by comprehensive molecular profiling significantly improves outcomes for children with high-risk cancers. ClinicalTrials.gov registration: NCT03336931.

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NeoplasmsPrecision MedicineAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansInfantMaleProgression-Free SurvivalTreatment Outcome

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PMID38844796
PMCPMC11271405

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