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Study Description

This is a 2-arm, randomized, open-label, multicenter, global, Phase 3 trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of tovorafenib monotherapy versus standard of care (SoC) chemotherapy in patients with pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG) harboring an activating rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma (RAF) alteration requiring front-line systemic therapy.

Approximately 400 treatment-naïve low-grade glioma patients will be randomized 1:1 to either tovorafenib (Arm 1) or an Investigator's choice of SoC chemotherapy (Arm 2).

Arm 1 (tovorafenib): treatment cycles will repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression. Patients will continue tovorafenib until any of the following occurs: disease progression based on Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO-LGG) criteria, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent to treatment, or end of study.

Arm 2 (Investigator's Choice of SoC Chemotherapy): patients will receive one of 3 SoC chemotherapy options selected by the treating Investigator: Children's Oncology Group - Vincristine/Carboplatin (COG-V/C) regimen, International Society for Paediatric Oncology - Low-Grade Glioma Vincristine/Carboplatin (SIOPe-LGG-V/C) regimen, or vinblastine (VBL) regimen. The choice of SoC chemotherapy regimen will be selected prior to patient randomization. Treatment will continue until completion of therapy or until any of the following occurs: disease progression based on RANO-LGG criteria, unacceptable toxicity, withdrawal of consent to treatment, or end of study.

Patients who discontinue treatment due to disease progression will have (1) radiographic evidence of progressive disease based on RANO-LGG, as determined by the Investigator and confirmed by the IRC, or (2) clinical progression based on RANO-LGG criteria determined by the Investigator. Investigators are encouraged to discuss cases of clinical progression and early radiographic progression without clinical symptom with the Sponsor Medical Monitor prior to treatment discontinuation or initiation of a different form of treatment for the malignancy. Patients may continue therapy beyond progressive disease

Inclusion Criteria

• Less than 25 years of age with LGG with known activating RAF alteration
• Histopathologic diagnosis of glioma or glioneuronal tumor
• At least one measurable lesion as defined by RANO criteria
• Meet indication for first-line systemic therapy

Exclusion Criteria

• Patient has any of the following tumor-histological findings:

  1. Schwannoma
  2. Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (Tuberous Sclerosis)
  3. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, even if histologically diagnosed as World Health Organization (WHO) Grade I-II
• Patient's tumor has additional pathogenic molecular alterations
• Known or suspected diagnosis of neurofibromatosis Type 1 or 2 (NF-1/NF-2)
• Prior or ongoing nonsurgical anticancer therapy for this indication (eg, chemotherapy, oral/intravenous targeted therapy) including radiation