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Corral Sánchez MD, Jiménez Carrascoso R, Rubio Aparicio P, Plaza López de Sabando D, Sastre Urgelles A, Pozo-Kreilinger JJ, López Gutiérrez JC, Gómez Cervantes M, Ortiz Cruz EJ, Pérez-Martínez A. Therapeutic strategies and clinical evolution of patients with infantile fibrosarcoma: a unique paediatric case series. Clin Transl Oncol 2023; 25:3307-3311. [PMID: 37097530 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-023-03175-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Infantile fibrosarcoma is the most frequent soft tissue sarcoma in newborns or children under one year of age. This tumour often implies high local aggressiveness and surgical morbidity. The large majority of these patients carry the ETV6-NTRK3 oncogenic fusion. Hence, the TRK inhibitor larotrectinib emerged as an efficacious and safe alternative to chemotherapy for NTRK fusion-positive and metastatic or unresectable tumours. However, real-world evidence is still required for updating soft-tissue sarcoma practice guidelines. OBJECTIVE To report our experience with the use of larotrectinib in pediatric patients. METHODS Our case series shows the clinical evolution of 8 patients with infantile fibrosarcoma under different treatments. All patients enrolled in this study received informed consent for any treatment. RESULTS Three patients received larotrectinib in first line. No surgery was needed with larotrectinib, which led to the rapid and safe remission of tumours, even in unusual anatomical locations. No significant adverse effects were observed with larotrectinib. CONCLUSION Our case series supports that larotrectinib may be a therapeutic option for newborn and infant patients with infantile fibrosarcoma, especially in uncommon locations.
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- María Dolores Corral Sánchez
- Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
- Research Institute Hospital la Paz, idiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
- Research Institute Hospital la Paz, idiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Instituto del Niño Y del Adolescente, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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- Orthopaedic Service, Musculoskeletal Tumor Section, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Haematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.
- Research Institute Hospital la Paz, idiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.
- Paediatric Department, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
- Hematopoietic Transplantation and Cell Therapy, Translational Research in Paediatric Oncology, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research (IdiPAZ), Madrid, Spain.
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Corral Sánchez MD, Galán Gómez V, Sastre Urgelles A, Plaza López de Sabando D, Rubio Aparicio P, Martínez Martínez L, Alonso Gamarra E, Pozo Kreilinger JJ, Regojo Zapata RM, López Gutiérrez JC, Antolín Alvarado E, Gómez Martín F, Sánchez Torres AM, Marín Manzano E, González Del Valle L, Pérez-Martínez A. Treatment of infantile fibrosarcoma associated to an abdominal aortic aneurysm with larotrectinib: a case report. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2021; 38:504-509. [PMID: 33622165 DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2021.1889730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) is a rare pediatric tumor which often presents the ETV6-NTRK3 gene fusion. NTRK3 encodes the neurotrophin-3 growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase, a druggable therapeutic target. Selective tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) inhibitors, such as larotrectinib, have shown efficacy and safety in the treatment of IFS. We report a case of an abdominal IFS diagnosed in a newborn associated with an aortic aneurysm that was successfully treated with larotrectinib without relevant adverse effects.
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Service, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Corral Sánchez MD, Fernández Casanova L, Pérez-Martínez A. Beyond CAR-T cells: Natural killer cells immunotherapy. Med Clin (Barc) 2019; 154:134-141. [PMID: 31771858 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2019.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Children and adolescents suffering from refractory leukaemia, relapse after stem cell transplantation, solid metastatic tumour or refractory to conventional treatments still condition a dismal prognosis. The critical role of the immune system in the immunosurveillance of cancer is becoming relevant with the development of new treatments such as the checkpoint inhibitor drugs and genetic modified T lymphocytes, tisagenlecleucel or axicabtagene ciloleucel. In addition, other immunotherapies are being developed such as cell therapy with natural killer (NK) lymphocytes. The rapid and potent cytotoxic activity of NK cells respecting healthy cells and the possibility of expansion, manipulating them and combining them with other treatments, make these cells a powerful therapeutic tool to be developed, with a very high safety profile. Furthermore, new strategies are being developed to increase the therapeutic benefit of NK cells such as genetic manipulation for the expression of chimeric antigen receptors.
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- Servicio de Hemato-Oncología Pediátrica, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España; Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPAZ), Madrid, España.
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Hernández A, Zamora J, González N, Salazar E, Sánchez MDC. Anhydrobiosis quotient: a novel approach to evaluate stability in desiccated bacterial cells. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 107:436-42. [PMID: 19291234 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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AIM The major objective of this study was the development of a methodology to quantify the anhydrobiotic ability of bacteria and its application to evaluate the stability of desiccated bacterial cells using the biocontrol agent Tsukamurella paurometabola C-924 as a model of anhydrobiote. METHODS AND RESULTS Tsukamurella paurometabola C-924 was desiccated by spray-drying. Samples of desiccated cells were stored at several temperatures and viability and residual moisture were measured at different intervals of time. The term anhydrobiosis quotient (epsilon) was defined, and a scale of anhydrobiotic ability for classifying micro-organisms in terms of tolerance to desiccation was established (1 < or = epsilon < or = 15). The anhydrobiosis quotient was used to evaluate the stability of the anhydrobiotic cells. As a main result, changes in the anhydrobiosis quotient at several temperatures were fitted using a reparameterized Weibull model, which was found to be robust for the prediction of the stability at 4 degrees C. CONCLUSIONS A novel methodology was developed to evaluate the desiccated state in bacteria. The anhydrobiosis quotient allows the quantitative estimation of the anhydrobiotic ability, and the mathematical model developed allows the prediction of the desiccated state of bacterial populations. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The new methodology could be applied in studying the anhydrobiosis state of bacterial populations as a predictive tool for industrial and environmental microbiology.
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- A Hernández
- Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Camagüey, Cuba.
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