Clinical characteristics and outcome of a large cohort of patients with primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors and tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) fusion.

Authors

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Audrey-Anne Lamoureux

CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada

Audrey-Anne Lamoureux , Michael J. Fisher , Lauriane Lemelle , Elke Pfaff , Stefan M. Pfister , Dominik Sturm , David T.W. Jones , Daniel Orbach , Scott Raskin , Alexander E. Drilon , Michal Zapotocky , Christina Coleman Abadi , Marc Barritault , Pierre Leblond , Uri Tabori , Jordan R. Hansford , Craig Erker , Francois Doz , Theodore Willis Laetsch , Sébastien Perreault

Organizations

CHU Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada, Children's Hosp of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, SIREDO Oncology Center (Care, Innovation and Research for Children and AYA with Cancer), Institut Curie, PSL University, Paris, France, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany, Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ); German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK); Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, Hopp Children’s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Pediatric Glioma Research Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic, University of California, San Francisco, CA, Hospices Civils De Lyon, Bron, France, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Oncologie Pédiatrique and Pluridisciplinar Research in pediatric Oncology for Perspectives in Evaluation Care and Therapy (PROSPECT), Centre Leon Berard, Lyon, France, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Michael Rice Cancer Centre, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, South Australia Health and Medical Research Institute, South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia, IWK Health Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada, SIREDO Oncology Center (Care, Innovation and Research for Children and AYA with Cancer), Institut Curie and University of Paris, Paris, France, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Department of Neurosciences, CHU Hopital Sainte-Justine, Montréal, QC, Canada

Research Funding

No funding received

Background: TRK fusions are detected in less than 3% of central nervous system (CNS) tumors. Given their rarity, there are limited data on the clinical course of affected patients. Methods: We contacted 166 oncology centers worldwide to retrieve data on patients with TRK fusion-driven CNS tumors. Data extracted included demographics, histopathology, TRK gene fusion, treatment modalities and outcomes. Results: Ninety-two patients with TRK fusion-driven primary CNS tumors were identified including 76 pediatric patients (82.6%), 15 adults (16.3%) and 1 not specified (1.1%). Median age at diagnosis was 4.4 years (range 0.0–78.3) and 58.7 % were male. NTRK2 gene fusions were found in 45 patients (48.9%), NTRK1 and NTRK3 aberrations were detected in 27 (29.3%) and 20 (21.7%), respectively. Tumor types included 56 high-grade gliomas (HGG; 60.9%), 20 low-grade gliomas (LGG; 21.7%), 4 embryonal tumors (4.3%) and 12 others (13.0%). Median follow-up was 40.5 months (range 3–226). During the course of their disease, 75 (81.5%) patients underwent surgery with a treatment intent, 67 (72.8%) patients received chemotherapy, 50 (54.3%) patients received radiation therapy, while 47 (51.1%) patients received NTRK inhibitors (6 as first line treatment). There were significant differences in the median progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) between pediatric patients compared to adults. The pediatric median PFS was 32 months (95% CI: 15.5–48.5) compared to 8 months for the adult (95% CI: 4.5–11.5, p = 0.015). The pediatric median OS was 182 months (95% CI: 25.1–338.9) compared to 24 months (95% CI: 18.3–29.7 p < 0.001) for adult patients. There was no difference in the PFS of LGG compared to HGG. However, the OS was significantly worse for the HGG when compared to LGG (p = 0.039). The median OS for LGG was not reached and the median OS for HGG was 70 months (95% CI 7.5–132.5). Nineteen patients with HGG (38.0 % 19/50 evaluable patients) died compared to only one patient with LGG (5.6% 1/18 evaluable patients, p = 0.014). Conclusions: We report the largest cohort of patients with TRK fusion-driven primary CNS tumors. These results will help us to better understand clinical evolution and compare outcomes with ongoing clinical trials.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Central Nervous System Tumors

Track

Central Nervous System Tumors

Sub Track

Primary CNS Tumors–Glioma

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr 2052)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.2052

Abstract #

2052

Poster Bd #

390

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