New hope for kids with rare brain tumors? early trial launches in japan

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria * Participants must be 6 months to 25 years of age, inclusive, with at least two generations of Japanese ancestry at the time of signing the informed assent/consent. * Participants must have relapsed or progressive low-grade glioma with a documented known activating BRAF alteration, including BRAF V600 mutations and KIAA1549:BRAF fusions, as identified through molecular assays as routinely performed at Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments-certified or other similarly certified laboratories. * Participants must have histopathologic verification of malignancy at either original diagnosis or relapse. * Participants must have received at least one line of prior systemic therapy and have documented evidence of radiographic progression. * Participants must have at least one evaluable and/or measurable lesion (imaging must be performed within 28 days of initiation of treatment) as defined by Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology-high grade glioma criteria (T1 weighted lesion that can be reproducibly measured in at least two dimensions of at least 10 mm, visible on ≥2 axial slices that are preferably, at most, 5 mm apart with 0 mm skip). * Participants must have fully recovered from the acute toxic effects of all prior anticancer chemotherapy * Chronic toxicities from prior anticancer therapy must be stable and at National Cancer Institute (NCI) Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) Version 5.0 Grade ≤2; ongoing retinopathy must be ≤1. * Participants must have adequate hematologic, hepatic and renal function * Participants receiving steroids for tumour-associated symptoms must be on a stable dose (e.g. no initial/loading dose, no increase or decrease) for 14 days prior to C1D1. * Participants must be able to swallow tablets or liquid or administer through gastric access via a feeding tube (12 Fr or greater). Exclusion Criteria * Participant's tumour has an additional previously known or expected to be activating molecular alteration(s) (e.g. histone mutation, isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 and 2 mutations, fibroblast growth factor receptor mutations or fusions, MYBL v-myb avian myeloblastosis viral oncogene homolog-like alterations, neurofibromatosis type-1 somatic or germline mutations). * Participant has symptoms of clinical progression without radiographically recurrent or radiographically progressive disease. * Participant has known or suspected diagnosis of neurofibromatosis type 1 via genetic testing or current diagnostic criteria. * Participant has history of any major disease (e.g. confirmed or suspected diagnosis of interstitial lung disease), other than the primary malignancy under study, that in the opinion of the investigator might interfere with safe protocol participation. * Participant has a history or current evidence of central serous retinopathy (CSR), retinal vein occlusion (RVO), or ophthalmopathy present at baseline that would be considered a risk factor for CSR or RVO. Ophthalmological findings secondary to long-standing optic pathway glioma (such as visual loss, optic nerve pallor or strabismus) will NOT be considered significant abnormalities for the purposes of this study. * Participant has major surgery within 14 days (2 weeks) prior to Cycle 1 Day 1 (does not include central venous access, cyst fenestration or cyst drainage, or ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement or revision). * Participant has clinically significant active cardiovascular disease, history of myocardial infarction, deep vein thrombosis/pulmonary embolism within 6 months prior to C1D1, ongoing cardiomyopathy or current prolonged QT interval corrected for heart rate by Fridericia's formula interval \>470 milliseconds based on triplicate electrocardiogram (ECG) average. * Participant has nausea and vomiting NCI-CTCAE v5.0 Grade ≥2, malabsorption requiring supplementation or significant bowel or stomach resection that would preclude adequate absorption of tovorafenib. * Participant is neurologically unstable despite adequate treatment (e.g. uncontrolled seizures). * Concomitant medications that are strong inhibitors or inducers of CYP2C8 within 14 days before initiation of therapy. Concomitant medications that are substrates of breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) with a narrow therapeutic index within 14 days before initiation of therapy. * Participant has any clinically significant skin toxicity at Screening that in the opinion of the investigator would increase risk of severe skin toxicity when using investigational product.