*Result*: Clinical Outcome and Benefit for Patients with Very High-Evidence Targets

Title:
Clinical Outcome and Benefit for Patients with Very High-Evidence Targets
Source:
Cancer Discovery. 11(11):2764-2779
Publisher Information:
American Association for Cancer Research Inc., 2021.
Publication Year:
2021
Document Type:
*Academic Journal* Article
Language:
English
ISSN:
2159-8290
2159-8274
DOI:
10.1158/2159-8290.cd-21-0094
Accession Number:
edsair.dris...02462..ce6538ef82f778e8daea0be8ae0460e0
Database:
OpenAIRE

*Further Information*

*INFORM is a prospective, multinational registry gathering clinical and molecular data of relapsed, progressive, or high-risk pediatric patients with cancer. This report describes long-term follow-up of 519 patients in whom molecular alterations were evaluated according to a predefined seven-scale target prioritization algorithm. Mean turnaround time from sample receipt to report was 25.4 days. The highest target priority level was observed in 42 patients (8.1%). Of these, 20 patients received matched targeted treatment with a median progression-free survival of 204 days [95% confidence interval (CI), 99-not applicable], compared with 117 days (95% CI, 106-143; P = 0.011) in all other patients. The respective molecular targets were shown to be predictive for matched treatment response and not prognostic surrogates for improved outcome. Hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes were identified in 7.5% of patients, half of which were newly identified through the study. Integrated molecular analyses resulted in a change or refinement of diagnoses in 8.2% of cases. SIGNIFICANCE: The pediatric precision oncology INFORM registry prospectively tested a target prioritization algorithm in a real-world, multinational setting and identified subgroups of patients benefiting from matched targeted treatment with improved progression-free survival, refinement of diagnosis, and identification of hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes.See related commentary by Eggermont et al., p. 2677.This article is highlighted in the In This Issue feature, p. 2659.*