Maya Jeje Schuang Lü, Signe Regner Michaelsen, Alessio Locallo, Christina Schjellerup Eickhart-Dalbøge, David Scheie, Linea Cecilie Melchior, Joachim Weischenfeldt, Ulrik Lassen, Hans Skovgaard Poulsen, Thomas Urup
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Abstract
Purpose: Bevacizumab combination treatment rechallenge in glioblastoma (GBM) patients who initially responded at recurrence has shown renewed responses in up to 60% of cases, with associated survival benefits. This study sought to characterise such repeat responders and identify predictive biomarkers.
Methods: A total of 254 IDHwt GBM patients treated with bevacizumab plus chemotherapy (BevCT) were evaluated for eligibility. Five patients met the inclusion criteria for this case study by exhibiting repeated responses to BevCT and having tumour tissue available for molecular analysis. Histopathological re-assessments were performed to confirm GBM diagnoses. Angiotensinogen (AGT) promoter methylation status was analysed in all primary tumour samples, while bulk RNA sequencing and TSO500 assays were conducted on all available samples.
Results: In our cohort, 40% of patients who were rechallenged with BevCT following a treatment pause exhibited a response both during the initial course and upon rechallenge. Bulk RNA sequencing revealed downregulation of HILPDA and IGF2 as potentially predictive of repeated bevacizumab response. Additionally, AGT promoter methylation analysis identified high methylation levels as another potential predictive biomarker.
Conclusions: A subgroup of GBM patients responds to BevCT up to three times in the recurrent setting, and these repeated responders exhibit prolonged survival. No definitive prognostic variables or histopathological features were found in this study. Further investigation into the downregulation of HILPDA and IGF2, along with high AGT promoter methylation levels and other potential predictive biomarkers, is warranted to better understand the mechanisms underlying repeated BevCT response.
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The Journal of Neuro-Oncology is a multi-disciplinary journal encompassing basic, applied, and clinical investigations in all research areas as they relate to cancer and the central nervous system. It provides a single forum for communication among neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiotherapists, medical oncologists, neuropathologists, neurodiagnosticians, and laboratory-based oncologists conducting relevant research. The Journal of Neuro-Oncology does not seek to isolate the field, but rather to focus the efforts of many disciplines in one publication through a format which pulls together these diverse interests. More than any other field of oncology, cancer of the central nervous system requires multi-disciplinary approaches. To alleviate having to scan dozens of journals of cell biology, pathology, laboratory and clinical endeavours, JNO is a periodical in which current, high-quality, relevant research in all aspects of neuro-oncology may be found.
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