The goal of this study is to determine the efficacy of the study drugs tovorafenib to treat pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with a high-grade glioma (HGG), including DIPG, that have genetic changes in pathways (MAPK) that this drug targets. The main question the study aims to answer is whether tovorafenib can prolong the life of patients diagnosed with HGG, including DIPG.
In this phase 2 study, pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with newly-diagnosed HGG and DIPG harboring alterations in the MAPK pathway will be treated with tovorafenib following initial standard-of-care treatment with radiotherapy (RT). The objectives of the trial are to assess the progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) distribution for patients with newly diagnosed HGG. This trial will include three strata. Stratum A will evaluate PFS and OS in newly diagnosed patients with HGG harboring a BRAFV600 mutation. Stratum B will evaluate PFS and OS in newly- diagnosed patients with DIPG/DMG, primary spinal cord HGG with MAPK alterations, and other MAPK alterations will be descriptively analyzed. In Stratum C, metastatic patients will be assessed for feasibility of treatment with tovorafenib post craniospinal irradiation. Tovorafenib has previously been studied in pediatrics. The recommended pediatric dosing of tovorafenib is 380mg/m2 every week (QW) and will be used as the starting dose in all strata of this study. We hypothesize that tovorafenib will improve PFS in newly-diagnosed HGG.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
79
Tovorafenib will be given orally once weekly (QW) throughout each cycle.
Progression Free Survival Stratum A
Estimate the progression-free survival (PFS) distribution for pediatric and young adult patients (age: ≥12 months and ≤39 years) with newly-diagnosed BRAFV600 mutant HGG (Stratum A) who receive tovorafenib monotherapy post RT compared to molecularly-stratified, matched historical controls.
Time frame: 6 years
Overall Survival Stratum A
Estimate the overall survival (OS) distribution for pediatric and young adult patients with newly-diagnosed BRAFV600 mutant HGG (Stratum A) who receive tovorafenib post RT compared to molecularly-stratified, matched historical controls.
Time frame: 6 years
OS Stratum B
Describe OS for pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with DIPG or DMG harboring MAPK pathway alterations who receive tovorafenib post RT (Stratum B).
Time frame: 6 years
PFS Stratum B
Describe PFS for pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with HGG harboring MAPK alterations not included in Stratum A who receive tovorafenib post RT (Stratum B).
Time frame: 6 years
OS Stratum B
Describe the OS for pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with primary spinal cord HGG harboring a MAPK alteration who receive tovorafenib post RT (Stratum B).
Time frame: 6 years
Establish the RP2D of tovorafenib - Stratum C
Evaluate the feasibility of administration of tovorafenib post craniospinal RT in pediatric and young adult patients with newly diagnosed, metastatic HGG harboring a MAPK alteration (Stratum C).
Time frame: At the end of Cycle 1 (each cycle is 28 days)
OS Stratum C
Describe OS for pediatric and young adult patients with newly-diagnosed, metastatic HGG who receive tovorafenib post RT (Stratum C).
Time frame: 6 years
ORR
Evaluate the radiographic objective response rate (ORR \[complete response (CR) + partial response (PR)\]) to tovorafenib treatment post RT in pediatric and young adult patients with newly diagnosed HGG and DIPG/DMG that harbor MAPK alterations (all Strata).
Time frame: 6 years
Number of participants with tovorafenib-related adverse events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0
Assess and further characterize the safety and toxicity of post-RT tovorafenib in pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with HGG, including DIPG. This will be achieved by calculating the number of participants with, as well as frequency and severity of, tovorafenib-related Adverse Events as assessed by CTCAE v5.0.
Time frame: From Day 1 of protocol treatment through 30 days following end of protocol treatment
Correlation between genomic status, recurrence, radiographic response
Explore longitudinal associations of genomic, transcriptomic, epigenetic, and/or immunologic alterations of tumor at diagnosis, recurrence, or autopsy with radiographic response, advanced neuro-imaging measures, and patient-reported outcomes.
Time frame: 6 years
Evaluate Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes
Evaluate health-related quality of life outcomes of pediatric and young adult patients newly-diagnosed with HGG, including DIPG, treated with tovorafenib, by patient and/or parent reporting at key timepoints in therapy using the patient reported outcomes measurement information system (PROMIS) survey which will be completed by consenting participants every other cycle for the length of their treatment (all Strata).
Time frame: 6 years
PFS Stratum B
Describe the PFS for pediatric and young adult patients newly diagnosed with primary spinal cord HGG harboring a MAPK alteration who receive tovorafenib post RT (Stratum B).
Time frame: 6 years
PFS Stratum C
Describe PFS for pediatric and young adult patients with newly-diagnosed, metastatic HGG who receive tovorafenib post RT (Stratum C).
Time frame: 6 years
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