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[Antiangiogenic treatment of pediatric CNS tumors in Hungary with the Kieran schedule].
Magyar Onkologia 2013 December
In Hungary a new oral antiangiogenic treatment was introduced in cases of primary chemoresistant or recurrent pediatric CNS tumors, called Kieran schedule. The early results of this treatment were analyzed. From 2010 at Semmelweis University on individual decisions a daily combined per oral treatment was introduced in pediatric patients with recurrent or progressive CNS tumor (Kieran schedule: thalidomid, celecoxib, etoposid and cyclophosphamid). Efficacy of therapy was analyzed in terms of demographic data, histology, side effects and tolerability in a retrospective manner. From 2010 through 2013, twenty patients were treated with Kieran schedule (medulloblastoma: 3, ependymoma: 5, anaplastic astrocytoma: 2, GBM: 4, plexus choroideus carcinoma: 1, central primitive neuroectodermal tumor: 1, optic glioma: 2, brainstem tumor: 2). Median treatment time and median progression-free survival were 0.60 and 0.61 years, respectively. Based on the preliminary analysis of a limited cohort of patients, the therapy was efficient in those cases of medulloblastoma, ependymoma, high-grade and optic gliomas, where the expected survival time was more than 3 months at start of treatment. Side effects were slight myelosuppresion in terms of previous therapy, 16% transient ischemic attack (TIA)-like episodes. During therapy patients could live their everyday life. Kieran schedule was well-tolerable and efficient with good quality of life in certain cases of pediatric CNS tumors.
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