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. 2024 Sep 24;12(1):34–44. doi: 10.1093/nop/npae082

Table 1.

Description of ESCAT Tiers and List of Glioma-Relevant Targets

ESMO Scale for Clinical Actionability of Molecular Targets (ESCAT)
Tier Short description of tiers
I Alteration-drug match is associated with improved clinical outcomes in a specific tumor type in randomized (IA), nonrandomized (IB) or clinical trials across tumor types (IC).
II Alteration-drug match is associated with antitumor activity in a specific tumor type but with unknown magnitude. Evidence of clinical benefit from retrospective studies (IIA), or higher response rates in prospective trials without survival data (IIB).
III Alteration-drug match is associated with clinical meaningful evidence but from other tumor types. Limited evidence for specific tumor types or broadly across tumor types (IIIA). Similar molecular alteration as a tier I target but without supportive clinical data (IIIB).
IV Alteration-drug match is associated with supportive preclinical data. In vivo or in vitro data available (IVA). Only supportive in silico data (IVB).
V Alteration-drug match is associated with objective responses, but no improved outcomes.
X Lack of supportive evidence
List of Glioma-Relevant Targets According to EANO
Gene Alteration type
ALK Fusions, mutations
BRAF V600E mutations, KIAA1549:BRAF fusions
CDK4/6 Amplifications
EGFR Mutations in the intracellular domain
FGFR FGFR3 (fusions, mutations), FGFR1 mutations (N546K, K656E)
HRD Homologous recombination deficiency
MDM2/4 Amplifications, fusions, mutations
MET Exon 14 skipping, fusions, amplifications
MMR De novo and treatment-induced mismatch repair deficiency
NF1 Loss-of-function alterations
NTRK1-3 Fusions
PDGFRA Amplifications, fusions, mutations
POLE De novo and treatment-induced POLE alterations
ROS1 Fusions
TMB-high De novo and treatment-induced TMB-high
TSC1/2 Mutations

Adapted from Mateo et al. and Capper et al., respectively.9,17