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. 2021 Oct 8;28:10732748211040013. doi: 10.1177/10732748211040013

Table 1.

Literature review of low-grade and high-grade gliomas treated with combination therapy with BRAF/MEKi or monotherapy with BRAFi.

Citation Age (years) Sex Diagnosis WHO grade Line of therapy Treatment Best response Rx duration (months)
Patient case #1 21 F Ganglioglioma I 2nd Dabraf+tramet SD 14 a
Del Bufalo et al 20 2.5 M Ganglioglioma I 2nd Vemuraf PR 54
Del Bufalo et al 20 4.5 NR Ganglioglioma I 1st Vemuraf CR 40
Aguilera et al 22 8 M Ganglioglioma I 1st Vemuraf PR 14 a
Del Bufalo et al 20 7.4 NR Ganglioglioma I 1st Vemuraf SD 13
Chamberlain et al 23 45 M Ganglioglioma I 2nd Dabraf PR 10
Lassaletta et al 24 2 mo F Hypothalamic chiasmatic glioma I 2nd Dabraf PR 10
Chamberlain et al 23 34 M Ganglioglioma I 2nd Dabraf SD 7
Chamberlain et al 19 26 F Ganglioglioma I 2nd Dabraf SD 4
Del Bufalo et al 20 1 mo NR Ganglioneurocytoma I 1st Vemuraf PD 3
Del Bufalo et al 20 10 NR Ganglioglioma I 1st Vemuraf Insuf. F/up 2
Del Bufalo et al 20 9 NR PXA II 1st Vemuraf PR 30
Chamberlain et al 19 53 M PXA II 3rd Vemuraf PR 10
Chamberlain et al 19 47 F PXA II 3rd Vemuraf SD 6
Chamberlain et al 19 34 F PXA II 3rd Vemuraf SD 4
Usubalieva et al 21 35 F PXA II 1st Dabraf PR 3
Patient case #2 19 M Anaplastic PXA III 2nd Dabraf+tramet SD 35 a
Toll et al 8 4 F Anaplastic ganglioma III 1st Dabraf+tramet PR 23 a
Brown et al 11 21 F Anaplastic PXA III 1st Dabraf+tramet PR 22 a
Toll et al 11 13 M Anaplastic astroblastoma III 2nd Dabraf+tramet CR 20
Brown et al 11 48 F Anaplastic PXA III 4th Dabraf+tramet PR 8 a
Smith-Cohn et al 26 23 F Anaplastic PXA III 2nd Dabraf+tramet PR 3
Burger et al 15 24 M Anaplastic PXA III 2nd Dabraf CR 27 a
Bautista et al 17 1.5 F Anaplastic ganglioma III 5th Vemuraf PR 20 a
Burger et al 15 50 M Anaplastic PXA III 3rd Dabraf PR 8 a
Bautista et al 17 6 M Anaplastic ganglioma III 2nd Vemuraf PR 3
Lee et al 18 41 M Anaplastic PXA III 2nd Vemuraf PR 3 a
Leaver et al 16 39 M Anaplastic PXA III 1st Vemuraf PR 2
Chamberlain et al 19 43 M Anaplastic PXA III 3rd Vemuraf PD 2
Bautista et al 17 9 F Anaplastic astrocytoma III 4th Vemuraf PD 0.5
Patient case #4 33 F Epithelioid GBM IV 2nd Dabraf+tramet SD 53 a
Toll et al 8 12 F HGG with epithelioid morphology IV 2nd Dabraf+tramet PR 32 a
Johanns et al 9 28 F Epithelioid GBM IV 1st Dabraf+tramet PR 11
Patient case #3 21 F Epithelioid GBM IV 2nd Dabraf+tramet SD 16 a
Woo et al 10 22 F Epithelioid GBM IV 1st Dabraf+tramet PR 7
Woo et al 10 22 F Epithelioid GBM IV 1st Vemuraf+cobimet SD 5.5
Johanns et al 9 24 M Epithelioid GBM IV 2nd Dabraf+tramet PR 3 b
Smith-Cohn et al 26 47 M Epithelioid GBM IV 3rd Dabraf+tramet PD 1
Beba Abadal et al 12 34 F GBM IV 3rd Vemuraf SD 11
Ceccon et al 13 27 M Epithelioid GBM IV 4th Dabraf SD 10
Robinson et al 14 9 M Epithelioid GBM IV 3rd Vemuraf PR 6 a
Burger et al 15 25 M Glioblastoma, IDH-wt IV 3rd Dabraf PR 3 a
Leaver et al 16 26 M Epithelioid GBM IV 1st Vemuraf PD 0.5

aTreatment ongoing

bNon-adherent to treatment.

Abbreviations: F = female, M = male, GBM = glioblastoma, PXA = pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, Dabraf = dabrafenib, dabraf+tramet = dabrafenib/trametinib, vemuraf = vemurafenib, vemuraf+vobemet = vemurafenib/vobimetinib, CR = complete response, PR = partial response, SD = stable disease, PD = progressive disease, NR = not reported, insuf. f/up = insufficient follow-up.

Keywords searched: glioma, primary brain tumor, BRAF, MEK, targeted, vemurafenib, dabrafenib, encorafenib, cobimetinib, trametinib, and binimetinib (Date range: January 2000 to December 2019).