ReNeu: A Pivotal, Phase IIb Trial of Mirdametinib in Adults and Children With Symptomatic Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Associated Plexiform Neurofibroma

M Michael D. Weber (SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc, Stamford, CT) A Armend Lokku (SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc, Stamford, CT) L L. Mary Smith (SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc, Stamford, CT) N Nicholas K. Foreman R Reuben Antony (University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA) C Cynthia J. Campen (Stanford/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA) P P. Leia Nghiemphu (Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) A Ahmed Raslan A Alpa Sidhu (University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA) A Ana Aguilar-Bonilla (Orlando Health, Inc, Orlando, FL) A Andrea T. Franson (C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI) A Andrew Walter A Angela C. Hirbe (Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) B Brian Van Tine C Carl Koschmann C Christopher L. Moertel (Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) C Cynthia Campen D Daniela A. Bota (University of California, Irvine, CA) D David Schiff (31Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA) D David Viskochil (University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT) D Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic (Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA) F Fouad M. Hajjar (AdventHealth for Children, Orlando, FL) G Gurcharanjeet Kaur (New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY) H Hans H. Shuhaiber (University of Florida Clinical Research Center, Gainesville, FL) J Jamie K. Capal J John Slopis J Jonathan Gill J Julia Meade (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA) K Kathryn Nevel (Indiana University Health/Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IL) L Laura K. Metrock (University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL) K Kevin Bielamowicz (The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR) L Laura J. Klesse L Lauren Weintraub (Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY) L Leia Nghiemphu L Lindsay Kilburn M Maciej M. Mrugala M Mary Lou Schmidt (University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL) M Miriam Bornhorst N Nagma Dalvi (Montefiore Medical Center/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York City, NY) N Nathan J. Robison (Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA) N Nick K. Foreman P Paul L. Moots (Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN) P Prakash Ambady (Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR) P Punita Gupta (St Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ) R Radhika Dhamija R Rene Y. McNall-Knapp (University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK) R Rueben Antony R Ryan D. Roberts (Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH) R Ryan Merrell S Sarah Chagnon (Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Norfolk, VA) S Stacie Stapleton (Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, FL) S Stefania Maraka (University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL) T Timothy R. Gershon T Tobias Walbert (Henry Ford Health, Michigan State and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI) Z Ziad Khatib (Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL) Z Zsila Sadighi (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX)

Abstract

PURPOSE Pharmacologic therapies for neurofibromatosis type 1-associated plexiform neurofibromas (NF1-PNs) are limited; currently, none are US Food and Drug Administration–approved for adults. METHODS ReNeu is an open-label, multicenter, pivotal, phase IIb trial of mirdametinib in 58 adults (≥18 years of age) and 56 children (2 to 17 years of age) with NF1-PN causing significant morbidities. Patients received mirdametinib capsules or tablets for oral suspension (2 mg/m 2 twice daily, maximum 4 mg twice daily), regardless of food intake, in 3 weeks on/1 week off 28-day cycles. The primary end point was confirmed objective response rate (ORR; proportion of patients with a ≥20% reduction of target PN volume from baseline on consecutive scans during the 24-cycle treatment phase) assessed by blinded independent central review (BICR) of volumetric magnetic resonance imaging. RESULTS Twenty-four of 58 adults (41%) and 29 of 56 children (52%) had a BICR-confirmed objective response during the 24-cycle treatment phase; in addition, two adults and one child had confirmed responses during long-term follow-up. Median (range) target PN volumetric best response was –41% (−90 to 13) in adults and –42% (−91 to 48) in children. Both cohorts reported significant and clinically meaningful improvement in patient- or parent proxy-reported outcome measures of worst tumor pain severity, pain interference, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that began early and were sustained during treatment. The most commonly reported treatment-related adverse events were dermatitis acneiform, diarrhea, and nausea in adults and dermatitis acneiform, diarrhea, and paronychia in children. CONCLUSION In ReNeu, the largest multicenter NF1-PN trial reported to date, mirdametinib treatment demonstrated significant confirmed ORRs by BICR, deep and durable PN volume reductions, and early, sustained, and clinically meaningful improvement in pain and HRQOL. Mirdametinib was well-tolerated in adults and children.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 43, Issue 6
Published February 20, 2025
Pages 716-729
ISSN 0732-183X
Publisher Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Journal Info

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISSN: 0732-183X Health Sciences

Authors (56)

M

Michael D. Weber

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc, Stamford, CT

A

Armend Lokku

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc, Stamford, CT

L

L. Mary Smith

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc, Stamford, CT

N

Nicholas K. Foreman

R

Reuben Antony

University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

C

Cynthia J. Campen

Stanford/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, CA

P

P. Leia Nghiemphu

Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

A

Ahmed Raslan

A

Alpa Sidhu

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA

A

Ana Aguilar-Bonilla

Orlando Health, Inc, Orlando, FL

A

Andrea T. Franson

C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI

A

Andrew Walter

A

Angela C. Hirbe

Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

B

Brian Van Tine

C

Carl Koschmann

C

Christopher L. Moertel

Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

C

Cynthia Campen

D

Daniela A. Bota

University of California, Irvine, CA

D

David Schiff

31Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

D

David Viskochil

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

D

Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic

Christopher L. Moertel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; Angela C. Hirbe, MD, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO; Laura J. Klesse, MD, PhD, University of Texas Southwestern/Children's Health, Dallas, TX; P. Leia Nghiemphu, MD, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; Dusica Babovic-Vuksanovic, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; and Timothy R. Gershon, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

F

Fouad M. Hajjar

AdventHealth for Children, Orlando, FL

G

Gurcharanjeet Kaur

New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY

H

Hans H. Shuhaiber

University of Florida Clinical Research Center, Gainesville, FL

J

Jamie K. Capal

J

John Slopis

J

Jonathan Gill

J

Julia Meade

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

K

Kathryn Nevel

Indiana University Health/Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IL

L

Laura K. Metrock

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

K

Kevin Bielamowicz

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR

L

Laura J. Klesse

L

Lauren Weintraub

Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY

L

Leia Nghiemphu

L

Lindsay Kilburn

M

Maciej M. Mrugala

M

Mary Lou Schmidt

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

M

Miriam Bornhorst

N

Nagma Dalvi

Montefiore Medical Center/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York City, NY

N

Nathan J. Robison

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

N

Nick K. Foreman

P

Paul L. Moots

Vanderbilt University Medical Center/Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN

P

Prakash Ambady

Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR

P

Punita Gupta

St Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, NJ

R

Radhika Dhamija

R

Rene Y. McNall-Knapp

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

R

Rueben Antony

R

Ryan D. Roberts

Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH

R

Ryan Merrell

S

Sarah Chagnon

Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters, Norfolk, VA

S

Stacie Stapleton

Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg, FL

S

Stefania Maraka

University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

T

Timothy R. Gershon

T

Tobias Walbert

Henry Ford Health, Michigan State and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

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Ziad Khatib

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL

Z

Zsila Sadighi

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX