ctDNA dynamics : a novel indicator to track resistance in metastatic breast cancer treated with anti-HER2 therapy

BACKGROUND: Most studies utilizing circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) to monitor disease interrogated only one or a few genes and failed to develop workable criteria to inform clinical practice. We evaluated the feasibility of detecting resistance to anti-HER2 therapy by serial gene-panel ctDNA sequencing.

RESULTS: Primary therapeutic resistance was identified in 6 out of 14 patients with events of progressive disease. For this subset comparison of pre- and post-treatment ctDNA assay results revealed that HER2 amplification concurred with disease progression (4/6, 66.7%). Mutations in TP53 (3/6, 50.0%) and genes implicated in the PI3K/mTOR pathway (3/6, 50.0%) were also dominant markers of resistance. Together, resistance to HER2 blockade should be indicated during treatment if any of the following situations applies: 1) recurrence or persistence of HER2 amplification in the blood; 2) emergence or ≥20% increase in the fraction of mutations in any of these resistance-related genes including TP53/PIK3CA/MTOR/PTEN. Compared with CT scans, dynamic ctDNA profiling utilizing pre-defined criteria was sensitive in identifying drug resistance (sensitivity 85.7%, specificity 55.0%), with a concordance rate up to 82.1%. Besides, the ctDNA criteria had a discriminating role in the prognosis of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.

METHODS: 52 plasma samples were prospectively collected from 18 patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who were treated with an oral anti-HER1/HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitor (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01937689). ctDNA was assayed by gene-panel target-capture next-generation sequencing.

CONCLUSIONS: Longitudinal gene-panel ctDNA sequencing could be exploited to determine resistance and guide the precise administration of anti-HER2 targeted therapy in the metastatic setting.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

Enthalten in:

Oncotarget - 7(2016), 40 vom: 04. Okt., Seite 66020-66031

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Wenjie [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Yanfang [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Xia, Xuefeng [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Shanshan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiao [VerfasserIn]
Guan, Xiuwen [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Zongbi [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Haili [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Binghe [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acrylamides
Aminoquinolines
Anti-HER2 therapy
Biomarkers, Tumor
Circulating Tumor DNA
Circulating tumor DNA
Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases
DNA, Neoplasm
Dynamics
EC 2.7.1.137
EC 2.7.10.1
EC 2.7.11.1
EC 3.1.3.67
ERBB2 protein, human
Journal Article
Metastatic breast cancer
PIK3CA protein, human
PTEN Phosphohydrolase
PTEN protein, human
Progression
Pyrotinib
Receptor, ErbB-2
TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 12.03.2018

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01937689

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/oncotarget.11791

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM264119037