Regorafenib Combined with BRAF/MEK Inhibitors for the Treatment of Refractory Melanoma Brain Metastases.

IF 4.5 2区 医学 Q1 ONCOLOGY
Cancers Pub Date : 2024-12-05 DOI:10.3390/cancers16234083
Iris Dirven, Eden Pierre, An-Sofie Vander Mijnsbrugge, Manon Vounckx, Jolien I Kessels, Bart Neyns
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Abstract

Background: There are no active treatment options for patients with progressive melanoma brain metastases (MBM) failing immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) and BRAF/MEK inhibitors (BRAF/MEKi). Regorafenib (REGO), an oral multi-kinase inhibitor (incl. RAF-dimer inhibition), can overcome adaptive resistance to BRAF/MEKi in preclinical models.

Methods: This is a single-center retrospective case series of patients with refractory MBM treated with REGO plus BRAF/MEKi (compassionate use).

Results: A total of 22 patients were identified (18 BRAF-mutant, 4 NRASQ61-mutant; 19 with progressive MBM; 11 on corticosteroids). Thirteen BRAFV600-mutant patients were progressing on BRAF/MEKi at the time of REGO association. BRAF-mutant patients received REGO (40-80 mg once daily) combined with BRAF/MEKi, NRAS-mutant patients were treated with REGO + MEKi (+low-dose BRAFi to mitigate skin-toxicity). Grade 3 TRAE included arterial hypertension (n = 4) and maculopapular rash (n = 3). There were no G4/5 TRAE. In BRAF-mutant patients, overall and intracranial objective response rates (overall ORR and IC-ORR) were 11 and 29%, and overall and intracranial disease control rates (overall DCR and IC-DCR) were 44 and 59%, respectively. In NRAS-mutant patients overall ORR and IC-ORR were 0 and 25% and overall DCR and IC-DCR were 25 and 50%, respectively. The median PFS and OS were, respectively, 7.1 and 16.4 weeks in BRAF-mutant and 8.6 and 10.1 weeks in NRAS-mutant patients.

Conclusions: In heavily pretreated patients with refractory MBM, REGO combined with BRAF/MEKi demonstrated promising anti-tumor activity with an acceptable safety profile. In BRAFV600-mutant melanoma patients, responses cannot solely be attributed to BRAF/MEKi rechallenge. Further investigation in a prospective trial is ongoing to increase understanding of the efficacy.

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Cancers
Cancers Medicine-Oncology
CiteScore
8.00
自引率
9.60%
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5371
审稿时长
18.07 days
期刊介绍: Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal on oncology. It publishes reviews, regular research papers and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced.
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