Dabrafenib Effective in Pediatric Glioma

Abstract A phase I/II clinical trial suggests that dabrafenib shrinks or stabilizes low-grade gliomas in children with the BRAF V600E mutation. Objective, durable responses occurred in 38% of patients, and the side effects were less severe than with chemotherapy. The researchers have started a second trial for patients with glioma and other BRAF-mutant tumor types, this time evaluating dabrafenib combined with trametinib.