Infigratinib in Patients with Recurrent Gliomas and FGFR Alterations: A Multicenter Phase II Study

Purpose: FGFR genomic alterations (amplification, mutations, and/or fusions) occur in ~8% of gliomas, particularly FGFR1 and FGFR3. We conducted a multicenter open-label, single-arm, phase II study of a selective FGFR1–3 inhibitor, infigratinib (BGJ398), in patients with FGFR-altered recurrent gliomas. Patients and Methods: Adults with recurrent/progressive gliomas harboring FGFR alterations received oral infigratinib 125 mg on days 1 to 21 of 28-day cycles. The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed 6-month progression-free survival (PFS) rate by Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology criteria. Comprehensive genomic profiling was performed on available pretreatment archival tissue to explore additional molecular correlations with efficacy. Results: Among 26 patients, the 6-month PFS rate was 16.0% [95% confidence interval (CI), 5.0–32.5], median PFS was 1.7 months (95% CI, 1.1–2.8), and objective response rate was 3.8%. However, 4 patients had durable disease control lasting longer than 1 year. Among these, 3 had tumors harboring activating point mutations at analogous positions of FGFR1 (K656E; n = 2) or FGFR3 (K650E; n = 1) in pretreatment tissue; an FGFR3-TACC3 fusion was detected in the other. Hyperphosphatemia was the most frequently reported treatment-related adverse event (all-grade, 76.9%; grade 3, 3.8%) and is a known on-target toxicity of FGFR inhibitors. Conclusions: FGFR inhibitor monotherapy with infigratinib had limited efficacy in a population of patients with recurrent gliomas and different FGFR genetic alterations, but durable disease control lasting more than 1 year was observed in patients with tumors harboring FGFR1 or FGFR3 point mutations or FGFR3-TACC3 fusions. A follow-up study with refined biomarker inclusion criteria and centralized FGFR testing is warranted

CODEL: Phase III study of RT, RT + Temozolomide (TMZ), or TMZ for newly-diagnosed 1p/19q Codeleted Oligodendroglioma. Analysis from the initial study design

BACKGROUND We report the analysis involving patients treated on the initial CODEL design. METHODS Adults (>18) with newly-diagnosed 1p/19q WHO grade III oligodendroglioma were randomized to RT (5940 cGy) alone (Arm A); RT with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ) (Arm B); or TMZ alone (Arm C). Primary endpoint was overall survival (OS), Arm A versus B. Secondary comparisons were performed for OS and progression-free survival (PFS), comparing pooled RT arms versus TMZ-alone arm. RESULTS Thirty-six patients were randomized equally. At median follow-up of 7.5 years, 83.3% (10/12) TMZ-alone patients progressed, versus 37.5% (9/24) on the RT arms. PFS was significantly shorter in TMZ-alone patients compared to RT-treated patients (HR=3.12; 95% CI: 1.26, 7.69; p=0.014). Death from disease progression occurred in 3/12 (25%) of TMZ-alone patients and 4/24 (16.7%) on the RT Arms. OS did not statistically differ between arms (comparison underpowered). After adjustment for IDH status (mutated/wildtype) in a Cox regression model utilizing IDH and RT treatment status as co-variables (Arm C vs pooled Arms A+B), PFS remained shorter for patients not receiving RT, (HR= 3.33; 95% CI: 1.31, 8.45; p=0.011), but not OS ((HR = 2.78; 95% CI 0.58, 13.22, p=0.20). Grade 3+ adverse events occurred in 25%, 42% and 33% of patients (Arms A, B, and C). There were no differences between Arms in neurocognitive decline comparing baseline to 3 months. CONCLUSIONS TMZ-alone patients experienced significantly shorter PFS than patients treated on the RT Arms. The ongoing CODEL trial has been redesigned to compare RT+PCV versus RT+TMZ