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Maya Suzuki1,2, Yuhki Koga1,3, Terumi Kawasaki2
1Department of Pediatrics. Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Programs allowing access to investigational drugs and off-label drug use for serious diseases have often been applied to pediatric cancers. A clinical study conducted under the Japanese "Patient-Proposed Healthcare Services" evaluated the efficacy and safety of dabrafenib plus trametinib in children with BRAF V600 mutant glioma (jRCTs071210071). This study successfully provided unapproved and off-label medications to four enrolled patients, two with low-grade glioma and two with high-grade glioma (median age: 10.5 years), until regulatory approval. The timeframe and data collection from such access programs need to be optimized for pediatric patients in accordance with the healthcare system of each nation.
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