INNV-36. A METRONOMIC ANTIANGIOGENIC COMBINATION THERAPY MAY PROLONG SURVIVAL FOR PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT MEDULLOBLASTOMA AND ATYPICAL TERATOID RHABDOID TUMOR. (5th November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Slavc, Irene; Peyrl, Andreas; Chocholous, Monika; Azizi, Amedeo; Reisinger, Dominik; Mayr, Lisa; Gojo, Johannes; Czech, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Neuro-oncology. Volume 20(2018)Supplement 6
• Page Start: vi145
• Page End: vi145
• Publication Date: 2018-11-05
• Subjects: Brain Neoplasms -- Periodicals; Brain -- Tumors -- Periodicals; Brain -- Cancer -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Cancer -- Periodicals; 616.99481
• DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noy148.607
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1522-8517

Abstract

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Prognosis of patients with recurrent medulloblastoma and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) is dismal despite intensive therapy including high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue. An evolving alternative approach to conventional chemotherapy is to target neovascularisation by interfering with tumor angiogenesis at various levels. We report on 32 patients with recurrent medulloblastoma and ATRT treated with an antiangiogenic combination therapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: From 11/2006 to 02/2018, 32 patients were diagnosed with recurrent embryonal tumors, 20 with a recurrent medulloblastoma (14 first, 6 multiple recurrences) and 12 with recurrent ATRT (6 first, 6 multiple), three had germ line mutations. Treatment consisted of an antiangiogenic multidrug-regime including IV bevacizumab, oral thalidomide, celecoxib, fenofibrate, and etoposide alternating with cyclophosphamide, and augmented with intraventricular therapy (etoposide and aqueous or liposomal cytarabine). Median age at start of antiangiogenic therapy was 10 (1–24) years for medulloblastoma and 3 (1–12) years for ATRT. RESULTS: As of 05/2018, 10/20 patients with medulloblastoma are alive, eight in CR, six off therapy for 96, 79, 77, 34, 12, and 4 months. 5-year-OS is 54.5 ± 11.2% and 5-year-EFS is 25.0 ± 9.7%. One patient died of an accident in CR 23 months after initiation of antiangiogenic therapy. 6/12 patients with ATRT are alive and in CR for 123, 90, 45, 9, 6 and 3 months after start of antiangiogenic therapy, the first three off therapy. OS for the whole cohort was 47.7 ± 16.6% at 3 years and 31.8 ± 17.1% at 5-years with a median OS of 22.8 months (KI 0.0–66.8). Therapy was generally well tolerated and toxicities were manageable. CONCLUSION: The proposed antiangiogenic regimen is currently being evaluated for medulloblastomas in an international phase II protocol (MEMMAT; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01356290). The same approach seems to be also efficacious in recurrent ATRTs and warrants further evaluation.