motexafin-gadolinium and Hypertension

To evaluate the effects on 1-year event-free survival (EFS) and overall survival (OS) of combining motexafin and gadolinium (MGd), a potent radiosensitizer, with daily fractionated radiation therapy in children with newly diagnosed intrinsic pontine gliomas.. Patients with newly diagnosed intrinsic pontine glioma were treated with MGd daily for 5 consecutive days each week, for a total of 30 doses. Patients received a 5- to 10-min intravenous bolus of MGd, 4.4 mg/kg/day, given 2 to 5 h prior to standard dose irradiation. Radiation therapy was administered at a daily dose of 1.8 Gy for 30 treatments over 6 weeks. The total dose was 54 Gy.. Sixty eligible children received MGd daily, concurrent with 6 weeks of radiation therapy. The estimated 1-year EFS was 18%±5%, and the estimated 1-year OS was 53%±6.5%. The most common grade 3 to 4 toxicities were lymphopenia, transient elevation of liver transaminases, and hypertension.. Compared to historical controls, the addition of MGd to a standard 6-week course of radiation did not improve the survival of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed intrinsic pontine gliomas.

Topics: Adolescent; Brain Stem Neoplasms; Child; Child, Preschool; Disease-Free Survival; Dose Fractionation, Radiation; Drug Administration Schedule; Female; Glioma; Humans; Hypertension; Infant; Infusions, Intravenous; Liver; Lymphopenia; Male; Metalloporphyrins; Pons; Radiation-Sensitizing Agents