Driver mutations to predict for poorer outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with concurrent chemoradiation and consolidation durvalumab.

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8528-8528
Author(s):  
Yufei Liu ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Waree Rinsurongkawong ◽  
Xiuning Le ◽  
Carl Michael Gay ◽  
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8528 Background: The use of durvalumab after chemoradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients significantly improves overall survival. However, it is unclear whether this benefit applies to all genetic subtypes of lung cancer. We hypothesize that patients with driver mutation NSCLC may derive less benefit from consolidation durvalumab. Methods: Using the Genomic Marker-Guided Therapy Initiative (GEMINI) database at MD Anderson, we identified 134 patients who were treated with chemoradiation followed by durvalumab for NSCLC. We segregated patients with driver mutations to targetable (EGFR, ALK translocation, ROS1 fusion, MET exon 14 skipping, RET fusion, and/or BRAF) (N = 24) and those driven by canonical KRAS mutations (N = 26). The rest (N = 84) had none of these mutations. We gathered demographic, treatment, and outcome data and compared progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) using the Kaplan-Meier method. We used multivariate regression analysis to account for demographic and treatment variables. Results: For our cohort, median age at diagnosis was 64.8, 52% were female (n = 70), and median follow up was 1.5 years. 86% of patients have a history of smoking (n = 115). 21% had squamous cell histology (n = 28). 2 patients had stage IIA disease, 6 had stage IIB, 48 had stage IIIA, 56 had stage IIIB, 13 had stage IIIC, and 9 had stage IV. 73 patients had progression after durvalumab and 37 patients died. Patients with driver mutations had significantly worse median PFS compared to those without driver mutations (8.9 mo vs 26.6 mo; HR 2.62 p < 0.001). Patients with KRAS mutations had particularly poor PFS (Median 7.9 mo, HR 3.34, p < 0.001), while patients with targetable driver mutations trended to worse PFS (Median 14.5 mo, HR 1.96, p = 0.056). The median OS for the cohort was 4.8 yrs with no significant differences based on driver mutation status. On multivariate analysis, only driver mutation status was associated with PFS, but not OS. For patients with first progression, we found the targetable driver group to have significantly improved time to second objective progression (PFS2) compared to the KRAS (HR 0.28, p = 0.011) or non-mutated group (HR 0.38, p = 0.025). All patients in the targetable driver group received targeted therapy after first progression. Conclusions: Our results suggest that patients with driver mutations have worse PFS compared to patients without these mutations after chemoradiation. However, patients with targetable oncogene driver mutations have significantly improved prognosis after initial progression compared to the other groups, likely due to targeted therapy, suggesting that these therapies, including novel approaches towards KRAS mutants, should be further explored in this setting.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luiz H. Araujo ◽  
Bianca Souza ◽  
Laura Leite ◽  
Sabrina Parma ◽  
Natália Lopes ◽  
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Abstract Background: KRAS is the most frequently mutated oncogene in cancer, however efforts to develop targeted therapies have been largely unsuccessful. Recently, two small-molecule inhibitors, AMG 510 and MRTX849, have shown promising activity in KRAS G12C-mutant solid tumors. The current study aims to assess the molecular profile of KRAS G12C in colorectal (CRC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tested in a clinical certified laboratory.Methods: CRC and NSCLC samples submitted for KRAS testing between 2017 and 2019 were reviewed. CRC samples were tested for KRAS and NRAS by pyrosequencing, while NSCLC samples were submitted to next generation sequencing of KRAS, NRAS, EGFR, and BRAF. Results: The dataset comprised 4,897 CRC and 4,686 NSCLC samples. Among CRC samples, KRAS was mutated in 2,354 (48.1%). Most frequent codon 12 mutations were G12D in 731 samples (15.2%) and G12V in 462 (9.6%), followed by G12C in 167 (3.4%). KRAS mutations were more frequent in females than males (p=0.003), however this difference was exclusive of non-G12C mutants (p<0.001). KRAS mutation frequency was lower in the South and North regions (p=0.003), but again KRAS G12C did not differ significantly (p=0.80). In NSCLC, KRAS mutations were found in 1,004 samples (21.4%). As opposed to CRC samples, G12C was the most common mutation in KRAS, in 346 cases (7.4%). The frequency of KRAS G12C was higher in the South and Southeast regions (p=0.012), and lower in patients younger than 50 years (p<0.001). KRAS G12C mutations were largely mutually exclusive with other driver mutations; only 11 NSCLC (3.2%) and 3 CRC (1.8%) cases had relevant co-mutations. Conclusions: KRAS G12C presents in frequencies higher than several other driver mutations, represent a large volume of patients in absolute numbers. KRAS testing should be considered in all CRC and NSCLC patients, independently of clinical or demographic characteristics.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-231
Author(s):  
Jimin Zhang ◽  
Zhihui Lin

AbstractThe oncogenic driver mutations have been found that not only have potential sensitivity to epidermal growth factor receptor but also can inhibit anaplastic lymphoma kinase tyrosine kinase; more and more interest has been evoked in discovering additional targets to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recently, many novel underlying oncogenic gene alterations have been identified, such as HER2 insertions, BRAF mutations, PIK3 mutations, FGFR1 amplifications, DDR2 mutations, KRAS mutations, MET amplification, ROS1 rearrangements, ALK rearrangements, and RET rearrangements. In this review, we will discuss the discovery of these potential targets and the application of each in NSCLC and of small molecular inhibitors on these potential targets.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Milan Zhang ◽  
Weifeng Ma ◽  
Huiqin Liu ◽  
Yushu Jiang ◽  
Lingzhi Qin ◽  
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Osimertinib has demonstrated promising efficacy against leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) associated with T790M-positive non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the effect of cerebrospinal fluid’s (CSF’s) epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) T790M mutation on osimertinib efficacy remains unclear.Seventy-eight patients were studied with EGFR-mutated NSCLC and LM. Case data were collected and EGFR mutation status of circulating cell-free DNA from paired CSF, and plasma of 23 patients with LM was detected using droplet digital PCR. The median overall survival (mOS) was 8.08 months (95% CI: 6.07–10.09) in the study. Forty-four osimertinib-treated patients had an improved mOS of 13.15 (95% CI: 5.74–20.57) and a median progression-free survival (PFS) of 9.50 months (95% CI: 6.77–12.23) when compared with patients treated with first- or second-generation EGFR-TKI (mOS = 3.00 months (95% CI: 1.32–4.68) and median PFS = 1.50 months (95% CI: 0.00–3.14)). In the osimertinib group, mOS values for CSF with and without T790M mutation were 22.15 months (95% CI: 9.44–34.87) and 13.39 months (95% CI: 7.01–19.76), respectively, with no statistical differences. Regardless of the CSF T790M mutation status, osimertinib demonstrated significant efficacy against LM associated with NSCLC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 175883592096584
Author(s):  
Caichen Li ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Zhanhong Xie ◽  
Feng Zhu ◽  
Bo Cheng ◽  
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Background: Programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression with respect to genetic alternations has not been well established in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially in the Asian population. Methods: We reviewed 1370 NSCLC patients from a prospectively maintained database. Immunohistochemistry was performed on tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) using the VENTANA (SP142) anti-PD-L1 antibody. The tumor proportion score (TPS) cutoff values were set at ⩾1% and ⩾50%, and the immune proportion score (IPS) cutoff values were set at ⩾1% and ⩾10%. Results: In tumor cells, PD-L1 positivity was observed in 405 (29.6%), 122 (8.9%), and 27 (2.0%) patients with TPS cutoff values at ⩾1% and ⩾50%. Contrastingly, TILs of 1154 (84.2%) and 346 (25.3%) patients stained positive at IPS cutoff values of ⩾1% and ⩾50%, respectively. PD-L1 expression was more common in patients who were mutation-negative irrespective of the TPS cutoff values and tumor size. PD-L1 expression in tumor cells was less frequent in patients harboring EGFR mutations (18.8% TPS ⩾ 1% and 4.6% TPS ⩾ 50%). Conversely, PD-L1 expression was high in the presence of KRAS mutations (47.3% TPS ⩾ 1% and 22.5% TPS ⩾ 50%). Overall, KRAS, BRAF, PICK3A, MET mutations and ROS1 and RET translocations were more frequent, while EGFR and HER2 mutations and ALK translocations were less frequent compared with the overall PD-L1 expression levels. Although the difference between TILs among the PD-L1-positive cases was comparatively small, PD-L1 positivity was less prevalent in EGFR-mutated tumors and more common in those with KRAS mutations, ROS1 translocations, BRAF mutations, or MET mutations. Conclusion: Our study showed the heterogeneity in PD-L1 expression with respect to nine major oncogenic drivers in China. Future studies are warranted to further clarify the association between PD-L1 expression and driver mutations in NSCLC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 21-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Demiray ◽  
A Yaren ◽  
N Karagenç ◽  
F Bir ◽  
AG Demiray ◽  
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Abstract In this study, profiles of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and Kirsten ras sarcoma (KRAS) mutations and response to erlotinib therapy have been investigated in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). DNA from 300 patients with NSCLC was extracted from paraf-fin-embedded tissues. After the extracted DNA was sequenced by pyrosequencing method, a total of 97 (32.0%) patients out of 300 were detected to carry an EGFR mutation and 75 (25.0%) patients out of 300 carried a KRAS mutation; 20 (6.6%) patients were detected to carry both of EGFR and KRAS mutations. The EGFR mutations were found to be statistically significant in female patients (48.0 women vs. 28.0% men, non smokers (49.0 vs. 26.0%) and adenocarcinoma (37.8 vs. squamous 26.8%). The overall rate of survival in patients receiving erlotinib therapy than in patients who did not. In patients without the KRAS mutation, the median overall survival rate was 161 ± 30 weeks with erlotinib therapy and 90 ± 13 weeks in patients without erlotinib therapy. In patients having KRAS mutation, the median overall survival was 98 ± 16 weeks with erlotinib therapy and 34 ± 16 weeks with no erlotinib therapy. In our study, we once again demonstrated that the presence of these mutations affected response to erlotinib therapy. The KRAS mutations negatively affected survival rate with and without erlotinib therapy.


2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Miriam T. Jacobs ◽  
Nisha A. Mohindra ◽  
Lindsey Shantzer ◽  
Ingrid L. Chen ◽  
Hardeep Phull ◽  
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Purpose To evaluate the clinical outcome of patients with non–small-cell lung cancer treated by targeting low variant allelic frequency (VAF) driver mutations identified through cell-free DNA (cfDNA) next-generation sequencing (NGS). Detection of driver mutations in cancer is critically important in the age of targeted therapy, where both tumor-based as well as cfDNA sequencing methods have been used for therapeutic decision making. We hypothesized that VAF should not be predictive of response and that low VAF alterations detected by cfDNA NGS can respond to targeted therapy. Patients and Methods A multicenter retrospective case review was performed to identify patients with non–small-cell lung cancer who received targeted molecular therapy on the basis of findings of low VAF alterations in cfDNA NGS. Mutations at low VAF were defined as < 0.2% mutated cfDNA molecules in a background of wild-type cfDNA. Results One hundred seventy-two patients underwent cfDNA NGS testing. Of the 172 patients, 12 were identified as having low VAF driver alterations and were considered for targeted therapy. The median progression-free survival (PFS) for all patients was 52 weeks (range, 17 to 88 weeks). For patients with EGFR exon 19 deletion (n = 7), the median PFS was 52 weeks (range, 17 to 60.5 weeks). For patients with EML4-ALK fusions (n = 3), the median PFS was 60 weeks (range, 18 to 88 weeks). The median overall survival for all patients after diagnosis was 57.6 weeks. Conclusion Targeted treatment response for driver mutations detected by cfDNA may be independent of VAF, even in relation to other higher VAF aberrations in plasma, and directly dependent on the underlying disease biology and ability to treat the patient with appropriate targeted therapy.


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