Journal Article

Vorasidenib and ivosidenib in IDH1-mutant low-grade glioma: a randomized, perioperative phase 1 trial

Maher, Elizabeth A., Arrillaga-Romany, Isabel, Peters, Katherine B., Rosenblum, Marc K., Toubouti, Youssef, Mellinghoff, Ingo K., Pandya, Shuchi S., Lu, Min, Taylor, Jennie W., Hassan, Islam, Steelman, Lori, Chun, Saewon, Ellingson, Benjamin M., Clarke, Jennifer L., Choe, Sung, Tassinari, Ania, Wen, Patrick Y., Le, Kha, Schoenfeld, Steven, Cloughesy, Timothy F.

2023

Overview

Vorasidenib and ivosidenib inhibit mutant forms of isocitrate dehydrogenase (mIDH) and have shown preliminary clinical activity against m IDH glioma. We evaluated both agents in a perioperative phase 1 trial to explore the mechanism of action in recurrent low-grade glioma (IGG) and select a molecule for phase 3 testing. Primary end-point was concentration of d -2-hydroxyglutarate (2-HG), the metabolic product of mIDH enzymes, measured in tumor tissue from 49 patients with m IDH1 -R132H nonenhancing gliomas following randomized treatment with vorasidenib (50 mg or 10 mg once daily, q.d.), ivosidenib (500 mg q.d. or 250 mg twice daily) or no treatment before surgery. Tumor 2-HG concentrations were reduced by 92.6% (95% credible interval (CrI), 76.1–97.6) and 91.1% (95% CrI, 72.0–97.0) in patients treated with vorasidenib 50 mg q.d. and ivosidenib 500 mg q.d., respectively. Both agents were well tolerated and follow-up is ongoing. In exploratory analyses, 2-HG reduction was associated with increased DNA 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, reversal of ‘proneural’ and ‘stemness’ gene expression signatures, decreased tumor cell proliferation and immune cell activation. Vorasidenib, which showed brain penetrance and more consistent 2-HG suppression than ivosidenib, was advanced to phase 3 testing in patients with m IDH LGGs. Funded by Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Servier Pharmaceuticals LLC; ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT03343197. The dual IDH1/IDH2 inhibitor vorasidenib exhibited better brain permeability and target engagement than ivosidenib in a pilot perioperative randomized clinical trial in patients with IDH1-mutant glioma.

• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group US,Nature Publishing Group
• Subject: 631/67/1922 / 692/308/153 / Biomedical and Life Sciences / Biomedicine / Brain / Brain cancer / Brain Neoplasms - drug therapy / Brain Neoplasms - genetics / Brain tumors / Cancer Research / Cell activation / Cell proliferation / Drug dosages / Enzymes / Gene expression / Glioma / Glioma - drug therapy / Glioma - genetics / Humans / Immune system / Immunoglobulin G / Infectious Diseases / Isocitrate dehydrogenase / Isocitrate Dehydrogenase - genetics / Magnetic resonance imaging / Medicine / Metabolic Diseases / Metabolism / Molecular Medicine / Mutants / Mutation / Mutation - genetics / Neurosciences / Patients / Permeability / Pharmaceutical Preparations / Pharmaceuticals / Pyridines - adverse effects / Radiation / Surgery / Tumors