Abstract
BACKGROUND
The management of progressive unresectable low-grade glioma (PULGG) remains controversial. Some series suggests that chemotherapy may delay or even avoid radiotherapy and/or surgery in a group of patients. Within this context, we performed at IOP/GRAACC/UNIFESP an institutional protocol with IV vinorelbine, a semi-synthetic vinca alkaloid that showed activity against PULGG. The objective of this study was to evaluate the response as long as the tolerability of oral vinorelbine in PULGG.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
From April 2013 to Aug 2017, 17 patients with recurrent (n=5) and newly-diagnosed (n=12) optic-pathway glioma (OPG) were treated with oral vinorelbine in a dose of 90 mg/m² days 0, 8 and 22 for 18 cycles. Response criteria used a combination of magnetic resonance imaging, physical and visual evaluation.
RESULTS
Mean age 8.6 years (4.8–17.9y). Three children with neurofibromatosis type 1. Eleven patients had neurosurgical intervention revealing grade I (n=8) and grade II astrocytoma (n=3). Twelve patients were assessable after 8 cycles of vinorelbine with 2 objective response (OR), 8 stable disease (SD) and 2 progressive disease (PD), one died after surgery and 1 alive in different protocol. After 18 cycles, eight patients were assessable to date for response with 1 OR, 7 SD. The most important toxicity was gastrointestinal observed in 12 patients- six of them switched to IV vinorelbine (3OR, 3SD). None of the patients showed neurotoxicity.
CONCLUSION
These results suggest that oral vinorelbine, as the IV formulation, may show some activity in OPG. However, gastrointestinal toxicity should be considered.
LGG-54. ORAL VINORELBINE IN PROGRESSIVE UNRESECTABLE LOW-GRADE GLIOMA: EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE INSTITUTION
