Case Report

Early Use of Dinutuximab Beta in Patients with High-Risk Neuroblastoma

Table 1

Key details of the patients’ diagnosis, treatment, and outcome.

Patient 1Patient 2Patient 3

Age at diagnosis2 years and 10 months8 months2 years

Date of diagnosis04 June 201804 September 201918 December 2019

INSS stage444

MYCN statusMYCN amplifiedMYCN amplifiedMYCN and DDX1 amplified

Primary tumorLeft adrenal glandLeft adrenal glandLeft adrenal gland

Metastases(i) Multiple enlarged abdominal and pelvic lymph nodes
(ii) Solid CNS lesions and leptomeningeal thickening
(iii) BM involvement
(i) Enlarged para-aortic and paracaval lymph nodes
(ii) BM involvement
(i) Metastasis in mandibula
(ii) Enlarged cervical and tonsilar lymph nodes
(iii)  BM involvement

Treatment(i)  8 cycles of COJEC
(ii) 1 cycle of DB
(iii) 2 cycles of TVD
(iv) Surgery
(v) 1 cycle of TVD
(vi) 1 cycle of DB
(vii) BuMel + ASCT
(viii) 4 cycles of DB
(i) 8 cycles of COJEC
(ii) 1 cycle of DB
(iii)  Surgery
(iv) 1 cycle of DB
(v) BuMel + ASCT
(i) 7 cycles of COJEC
(ii) 3 cycles of I/T and DB
(iii) Surgery
(iv) BuMel + ASCT

Current statusComplete remissionComplete remissionComplete remission

I/T was administered on days 1−5 and DB on days 6−16 of each 21-day cycle. ASCT: autologous stem cell transplant; BM: bone marrow; BuMel: busulfan and melphalan; CNS: central nervous system; COJEC: cisplatin (C), vincristine (O), carboplatin (J), etoposide (E), and cyclophosphamide (C); DB: dinutuximab beta; D: doxorubicin; INSS: International Neuroblastoma Staging System; I/T: irinotecan/temozolomide; T: topotecan; V: vincristine.