2023
Top advances of the year: Neuro‐oncology
Barden M, Omuro A. Top advances of the year: Neuro‐oncology. Cancer 2023, 129: 1467-1472. PMID: 36825454, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.34711.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsBrain tumorsRecent phase 3 trialAnti-PD-1 immunotherapyCentral nervous system dysfunctionSingle-agent pembrolizumabHigh-dose chemotherapyPhase 3 trialPrimary CNS lymphomaStem cell transplantationLong-term outcomesLimited therapeutic optionsNervous system dysfunctionOngoing clinical trialsClinical trial landscapeDrug Administration approvalBRAF V600E mutationExcellent disease controlConsolidation therapyCNS lymphomaImproved survivalLeptomeningeal metastasesTherapeutic optionsCell transplantationCraniospinal irradiationPatient population
2012
Rituximab, methotrexate (MTX), procarbazine, and vincristine (R-MPV) followed by consolidation high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and autologous stem-cell transplant (ASCT) for newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL).
Omuro A, Correa D, Moskowitz C, Matasar M, DeAngelis L, Kaley T, Gavrilovic I, Nolan C, Pentsova E, Grommes C, Abrey L, Sauter C. Rituximab, methotrexate (MTX), procarbazine, and vincristine (R-MPV) followed by consolidation high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) and autologous stem-cell transplant (ASCT) for newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma (PCNSL). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 2008-2008. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.2008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAutologous stem cell transplantHigh-dose chemotherapyPrimary CNS lymphomaConsolidation high-dose chemotherapyITT populationR-MPVInduction chemotherapyInduction regimenPrimary endpointYear event-free survivalEffective induction regimenEvent-free survivalPhase II trialStem cell transplantImproved response ratesExcellent disease controlComprehensive neuropsychological evaluationHDC regimenHDC-ASCTMedian EFSYear EFSEarly complicationsMedian PFSCNS lymphomaII trial