Brain Cancer

Throughout August, the FDA approved drugs for the treatment of diseases including non-small cell lung cancer, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, astrocytoma/oligodendroglioma, and endometrial cancer.

This marks the first approval of a systemic therapy for patients with grade 2 astrocytoma or oligodendroglioma with an IDH1 or IDH2 mutation.

Treatment with paxalisib in patients with newly diagnosed unmethylated glioblastoma was well tolerated with no new safety signals.

Throughout April, the FDA approved drugs for the treatment of diseases including solid tumors, lung cancer, multiple myeloma, bladder cancer, and low-grade glioma.

Oncology nurses can educate their patients on the latest developments in CAR T-cell therapy for the treatment of glioblastoma.

The FDA approved tovorafenib for certain patients with relapsed or refractory pediatric low-grade glioma.

Eflornithine (Iwilfin) received FDA approval to reduce the risk for relapse in pediatric and adult patients with high-risk neuroblastoma, making it the first therapy to reduce risk for relapse in children with the disease.

A brain tumor diagnosis can be daunting. Nurses are on the front lines connecting patients to available resources and walking them through the best treatment options.

Vorasidenib reduced the risk of progression or death by 61% compared with placebo for patients with grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma.

Treatment with the third-generation CAR T-cell agent GD2-CART01 was safe and feasible for patients aged 1 to 25 years with relapsed or refractory high-risk neuroblastoma.

Single-agent adagrasib demonstrated a manageable safety profile and meaningful clinical activity in patients with KRAS G12C–mutated solid tumors.

Vorasidenib met its prespecified progression-free survival endpoint in the phase 3 INDIGO trial.

Among 71 patients with neuroblastoma, 48.6% achieved an objective response and 29% achieved a complete response with a 4-drug combination.

Concurrent treatment with reirradiation and bevacizumab prolonged progression-free survival, but not overall survival, in patients with recurrent glioblastoma.

The FDA approval of dabrafenib plus trametinib for BRAF V600E–mutated unresectable or metastatic solid tumors highlights a potential need for routine BRAF testing in clinical practice, experts say.

Investigators reported that 33% of patients receiving dabrafenib plus trametinib for BRAF V600E–mutated glioma responded to treatment, including 3 complete responses and 12 partial responses.

Preliminary findings from the phase 1/2a TEM-GBM study highlight the potential utility of temferon, genetically modified Tie2-expressing monocytes targeting interferon a2 in treating patients with glioblastoma.

Although adjuvant neratinib was not found to improve progression-free or overall survival across a population of patients with glioblastoma, the agent yielded promising progression-free survival rates in a subset of patients with EGFR-positive disease.

Caregivers have their own set of issues and anxieties, but a telehealth support service may help.

The reversible BET inhibitor CC-90010 was found to have preliminary antitumor activity in patients with heavily pretreated, advanced solid tumors and relapsed/refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

The FDA has approved an investigational new drug application for berubicin for the treatment of patients with glioblastoma multiforme.

AV-GBM-1, a personalized cancer vaccine, demonstrated an improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, according to data from a phase 2 trial (NCT03400917).

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to paxalisib for the treatment of patients with glioblastoma.

The FDA has granted a fast track designation for the PKCβ inhibitor enzastaurin for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma.

The FDA has accepted a biologics license application for a proposed biosimilar for bevacizumab (Avastin), according to an announcement by Mylan during its fourth quarter 2019 earnings call.

Glioblastoma is historically difficult to treat, but recent research shows some potential for immunotherapy/vaccine combinations for these patients.

Two new single agents led to brain penetrance and 2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG) suppression in patients with low-grade glioma who harbor IDH1 mutations, according to updated findings.

The Food and Drug Administration approved bevacizumab-bvzr (Zirabev) – a biosimilar for bevacizumab (Avastin) for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer; unresectable, locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic NSCLC; recurrent glioblastoma; metastatic renal cell carcinoma; and persistent, recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer.

Patients can track symptoms and anonymously send them to glioblastoma researchers around the world.

Children with severe sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) from brain tumor treatment demonstrated greater reading difficulties compared with those who experienced mild or no hearing loss.