Off-label prescribing of immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy at a single pediatric cancer center.
Ajami GikandiSusan N ChiKee Kiat YeoAllison F O'NeillDavid S ShulmanSteven G DuBoisNatalie B CollinsPublished in: Cancer medicine (2024)
At our institution, ICI was most commonly prescribed in the relapsed/refractory setting to patients with metastatic disease. The treatment was generally well-tolerated in the pediatric population. The overall response rate was low, and the majority of patients eventually experienced disease progression. A few patients, however, had durable treatment responses. Further studies are needed to identify which pediatric patients are most likely to benefit from ICI.