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ArticleMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2024

The role of molecular biomarkers in recurrent glioblastoma trials: an assessment of the current trial landscape of genome-driven oncology.

Mark P van Opijnen, Filip Y F de Vos, Edwin Cuppen, Marjolein Geurts, Sybren L N Maas, Marike L D Broekman

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Article in Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mark P van OpijnenDepartment of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands. m.p.van_opijnen@lumc.nl.
Filip Y F de VosDepartment of Medical Oncology, Utrecht University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Edwin CuppenHartwig Medical Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marjolein GeurtsDepartments of Neurology and Medical Oncology, Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Sybren L N MaasDepartment of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Marike L D BroekmanDepartment of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

For glioblastoma patients, the efficacy-targeted therapy is limited to date. Most of the molecular therapies previously studied are lacking efficacy in this population. More trials are needed to study the actual actionability of biomarkers in (recurrent) glioblastoma. This study aimed to assess the current clinical trial landscape to assess the role of molecular biomarkers in trials on recurrent glioblastoma treatment. The database ClinicalTrials.gov was used to identify not yet completed clinical trials on recurrent glioblastoma in adults. Recruiting studies were assessed to investigate the role of molecular criteria, which were retrieved as detailed as possible. Primary outcome was molecular criteria used as selection criteria for study participation. Next to this, details on moment and method of testing, and targets and drugs studied, were collected. In 76% (181/237) of the included studies, molecular criteria were not included in the study design. Of the remaining 56 studies, at least one specific genomic alteration as selection criterium for study participation was required in 33 (59%) studies. Alterations in EGFR, CDKN2A/B or C, CDK4/6, and RB were most frequently investigated, as were the corresponding drugs abemaciclib and ribociclib. Of the immunotherapies, CAR-T therapies were the most frequently studied therapies. Previously, genomics studies have revealed the presence of potentially actionable alterations in glioblastoma. Our study shows that the potential efficacy of targeted treatment is currently not translated into genome-driven trials in patients with recurrent glioblastoma. An intensification of genome-driven trials might help in providing evidence for (in)efficacy of targeted treatments.

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Biomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsClinical Trials as TopicGlioblastomaNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalHumansMolecular Targeted TherapyBiomarkers, TumorClinical trialGenome-driven oncologyMolecular testingRecurrent glioblastomaTargeted treatment

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PMID39316248
PMCPMC11422459

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