A window of opportunity study of potential tumor and soluble biomarkers of response to preoperative erlotinib in early stage non-small cell lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Erlotinib is highly active in EGFR mutant NSCLC, but may benefit some with wild-type tumors. We examined pre-operative erlotinib in early stage NSCLC to assess response and correlation with potential biomarkers.

RESULTS: Twenty-five patients were enrolled; 22 received erlotinib treatment and were evaluable (median follow-up 4.4 years). Histology was predominantly adenocarcinoma although 31% had squamous carcinoma. PET response was observed in 2 patients (9%), both with squamous carcinoma. Most (20/22) had stable disease (RECIST), with frequent minor radiographic regression and histologic findings of fibrosis/necrosis including in squamous histology. Only two had EGFR mutations identified, one with minor radiographic response and the other stable disease after 4 weeks of EGFR TKI. High pre-treatment serum levels of TGF-α correlated with primary resistance to erlotinib (p = 0.02), whereas high post-treatment soluble EGFR levels correlated with response (p = 0.03). EGFR, PTEN, cMET and AXL expression did not correlate with tumor response.

METHODS: Clinical stage IA-IIB NSCLC patients received erlotinib 150 mg daily for 4 weeks followed by resection. Tumor response was assessed using CT, PET and pathological response. Tumor genotype was established using Sequenom Mass ARRAY; EGFR, PTEN, cMET and AXL expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry, circulating markers of EGFR activation (TGF-α, amphiregulin, epiregulin, EGFR ECD) by ELISA and EGFR, MET copy number by FISH.

CONCLUSIONS: Erlotinib appears to demonstrate activity in EGFR wild-type tumors including squamous carcinoma. Further research is needed to characterize those wild-type patients that may benefit from EGFR TKI and predictive biomarkers including TGF-α, EGFR copy and others.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 7(2016), 18 vom: 03. Mai, Seite 25632-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sacher, Adrian G [VerfasserIn]
Le, Lisa W [VerfasserIn]
Lara-Guerra, Humberto [VerfasserIn]
Waddell, Thomas K [VerfasserIn]
Sakashita, Shingo [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tong [VerfasserIn]
Kamel-Reid, Suzanne [VerfasserIn]
Salvarrey, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
Darling, Gail [VerfasserIn]
Yasufuku, Kazuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Keshavjee, Shaf [VerfasserIn]
de Perrot, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Shepherd, Frances A [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Geoffrey [VerfasserIn]
Tsao, Ming Sound [VerfasserIn]
Leighl, Natasha B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antineoplastic Agents
Biomarkers, Tumor
Clinical Trial
DA87705X9K
Erlotinib
Erlotinib Hydrochloride
Journal Article
NSCLC
Preoperative window study

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.01.2018

Date Revised 13.11.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.8350

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM25892313X