Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39015399›Full record

ArticleCase reports in dermatology

Hedgehog Pathway and Programmed Cell Death Protein-1 Inhibitors for Advanced Basal Cell Carcinoma.

Babette J A Verkouteren, An K L Reyners, Maureen J B Aarts, Klara Mosterd

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Case reports in dermatology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Babette J A VerkouterenDepartment of Dermatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
An K L ReynersDepartment of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Maureen J B AartsGROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Klara MosterdDepartment of Dermatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is treated with local surgery or noninvasive treatment modalities. If a BCC remains untreated, it can develop into a locally advanced BCC or a metastatic BCC. Case Presentation: Here we report in detail the management of three complex advanced BCC (aBCC) after treatment failure with vismodegib. On all tumors, next generation DNA sequencing in the Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment-02 (CPCT-02) study was performed; subsequently, patients were included in the Drug Rediscovery Protocol (DRUP) trial, in which treatment was started with commercially available targeted anticancer drugs based on the molecular tumor profile. All patients showed partial response or stable disease following treatment with second line PD-1 inhibitors with an average duration of response of 12.3 months. Discussion/Conclusion: Immunotherapy can be a treatment option for aBCC resistant to hedgehog pathway inhibitor treatment. However, despite the high tumor mutational burden of aBCCs, immunotherapy does not always lead to a long response. Rechallenge or combining treatment of hedgehog inhibitors and PD-1 inhibitors by parallel or alternating cycles may be a strategy to lengthen the treatment response.

Indexed as

Basal cell carcinomaCheckpoint inhibitorsHedgehog pathway inhibitorLocally advanced basal cell carcinomaMetastatic diseaseProgrammed cell death protein-1 inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID39015399
PMCPMC11250645

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.