Radiation Therapy and Nimotuzumab in Children and Adolescents with Brainstem Gliomas: A 5-Year Institutional Experience
Journal Title: Neuro – Open Journal - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Brainstem gliomas (BSG) are Central Nervous System (CNS) tumors with a median survival time of approximately 9 months. Up to now chemotherapy has not shown to improve survival in these patients. The outcome of Radiation Therapy (RT) in combination with Nimotuzumab is shown in the present report. Material and Methods: 28 children and adolescents were included between Jan/2009 and Dec/2012 with the diagnosis of BSG and follow-up till January 2015. All patients had Diffuse infiltrative Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) and were irradiated with a dose ranging from 54 to 59.6 Gy at the National Oncology and Radiobiology Institute in Havana, Cuba. Three patients were planned with IMRT and 25 with 3D Conformal RT. Nimotuzumab was indicated at the dose of 150 mg/m2 weekly during the time of RT treatment, then every 15 days during 8 weeks and finally monthly for 1 year. Univariate and ultivariate Cox regression models and Kaplan Meier survival were analyzed to evaluate the survival. Results: Median age at diagnosis was 7 years (range 3-18 years old), median overall survival was 17.3 months (95% CI 14.0-20.5 ) since the beginning of the treatment and the accumulated survival at 5 years of treatment was 42,9%. There was balance in sex, age and dosage of RT in the population. Addition of Nimotuzumab to RT was safe. Conclusions: The combination of Radiotherapy and Nimotuzumab were well tolerated in this brainstem tumours patient’s series.
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- EP ID EP553137
- DOI 10.17140/NOJ-2-111
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