Indoximod-based chemo-immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors : A first-in-children phase I trial

© The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology..

BACKGROUND: Recurrent brain tumors are the leading cause of cancer death in children. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) is a targetable metabolic checkpoint that, in preclinical models, inhibits anti-tumor immunity following chemotherapy.

METHODS: We conducted a phase I trial (NCT02502708) of the oral IDO-pathway inhibitor indoximod in children with recurrent brain tumors or newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG). Separate dose-finding arms were performed for indoximod in combination with oral temozolomide (200 mg/m2/day x 5 days in 28-day cycles), or with palliative conformal radiation. Blood samples were collected at baseline and monthly for single-cell RNA-sequencing with paired single-cell T cell receptor sequencing.

RESULTS: Eighty-one patients were treated with indoximod-based combination therapy. Median follow-up was 52 months (range 39-77 months). Maximum tolerated dose was not reached, and the pediatric dose of indoximod was determined as 19.2 mg/kg/dose, twice daily. Median overall survival was 13.3 months (n = 68, range 0.2-62.7) for all patients with recurrent disease and 14.4 months (n = 13, range 4.7-29.7) for DIPG. The subset of n = 26 patients who showed evidence of objective response (even a partial or mixed response) had over 3-fold longer median OS (25.2 months, range 5.4-61.9, p = 0.006) compared to n = 37 nonresponders (7.3 months, range 0.2-62.7). Four patients remain free of active disease longer than 36 months. Single-cell sequencing confirmed emergence of new circulating CD8 T cell clonotypes with late effector phenotype.

CONCLUSIONS: Indoximod was well tolerated and could be safely combined with chemotherapy and radiation. Encouraging preliminary evidence of efficacy supports advancing to Phase II/III trials for pediatric brain tumors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Neuro-oncology - 26(2024), 2 vom: 02. Feb., Seite 348-361

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Johnson, Theodore S [VerfasserIn]
MacDonald, Tobey J [VerfasserIn]
Pacholczyk, Rafal [VerfasserIn]
Aguilera, Dolly [VerfasserIn]
Al-Basheer, Ahmad [VerfasserIn]
Bajaj, Manish [VerfasserIn]
Bandopadhayay, Pratiti [VerfasserIn]
Berrong, Zuzana [VerfasserIn]
Bouffet, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Castellino, Robert C [VerfasserIn]
Dorris, Kathleen [VerfasserIn]
Eaton, Bree R [VerfasserIn]
Esiashvili, Natia [VerfasserIn]
Fangusaro, Jason R [VerfasserIn]
Foreman, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Fridlyand, Diana [VerfasserIn]
Giller, Cole [VerfasserIn]
Heger, Ian M [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chenbin [VerfasserIn]
Kadom, Nadja [VerfasserIn]
Kennedy, Eugene P [VerfasserIn]
Manoharan, Neevika [VerfasserIn]
Martin, William [VerfasserIn]
McDonough, Colleen [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Rebecca S [VerfasserIn]
Ramaswamy, Vijay [VerfasserIn]
Ring, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Rojiani, Amyn [VerfasserIn]
Sadek, Ramses F [VerfasserIn]
Satpathy, Sarthak [VerfasserIn]
Schniederjan, Matthew [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Beena E [VerfasserIn]
Vaizer, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Yeo, Kee Kiat [VerfasserIn]
Bhasin, Manoj K [VerfasserIn]
Munn, David H [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1-methyltryptophan
8DUH1N11BX
Brain cancer
Clinical Trial, Phase I
IDO
Immunologic Factors
Immunotherapy
Indoximod
Journal Article
Pediatric
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Temozolomide
Tryptophan
XD0FY1J13B
YF1K15M17Y

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02502708

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/neuonc/noad174

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362128235