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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2024

Continuous response despite reduced dose of trametinib as single agent in an adolescent with a relapsed disseminated pediatric low-grade glioma

Serafin Castellano-Damaso, Felisa Vazquez-Gomez, Jose Luis Moreno-Carrasco, Begoña Arce, Pedro Borrego, Alvaro Lassaletta

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors.

Serafin Castellano-DamasoPediatric Neuro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
Felisa Vazquez-GomezPediatric Neuro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
Jose Luis Moreno-CarrascoPediatric Neuro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
Begoña ArcePharmacy Department, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
Pedro BorregoRadiology Department, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.
Alvaro LassalettaPediatric Neuro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dissemination in pediatric low-grade glioma may occur in about 4%-10% of patients according to retrospective cohort studies. Due to its low incidence, there is no consensus on treatment for these patients. According to the constitutional activation of the MAPK/ERK pathway in these tumors, MEK inhibitors such as trametinib have been used successfully in the relapsed setting. Skin toxicity is frequent in patients receiving trametinib, normally mild to moderate, but sometimes severe, needing to discontinue the drug, limiting the efficacy in the tumor. There is not much information in the literature regarding whether reducing the dose of trametinib is able to maintain efficacy while, at the same time, decreasing toxicity. Here, we present an adolescent, with severe skin toxicity, whose trametinib dose was reduced by 50% and efficacy on the tumor continued while skin toxicity significantly decreased.

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BRAF fusionchildrenlow-grade gliomasMEK inhibitorresponsetrametinib

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PMCPMC11153656

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