Response to pazopanib in two pediatric patients with pretreated relapsing synovial sarcoma

Tumori. 2017 Jan 21;103(1):e1-e3. doi: 10.5301/tj.5000548.

Abstract

Pazopanib is an oral multikinase inhibitor that has proved effective in adults treated for relapsing soft tissue sarcoma and synovial sarcoma in particular. Two cases are reported here of pediatric patients with pretreated relapsing synovial sarcoma whose tumors showed a prolonged response to pazopanib given on compassionate grounds. These results suggest that new agents found effective in adult patients might achieve similar results in adolescents with the same disease. Facilitating the availability of new drugs for children and adolescents is a major challenge for pediatric oncologists.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / adverse effects
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Indazoles
  • Male
  • Pyrimidines / adverse effects
  • Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
  • Recurrence
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / drug therapy*
  • Sarcoma, Synovial / pathology
  • Sulfonamides / adverse effects
  • Sulfonamides / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Indazoles
  • Pyrimidines
  • Sulfonamides
  • pazopanib