The circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) alteration level predicts therapeutic response in metastatic breast cancer : Novel prognostic indexes based on ctDNA

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PURPOSE: Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has good clinical guiding value for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. This study aimed to apply a novel genetic analysis approach for therapeutic prediction based on ctDNA alterations.

METHOD: This nonrandomized, multicenter study recruited 223 MBC patients (NCT05079074). Plasma samples were collected for target-capture deep sequencing of ctDNA at baseline, after the 2nd cycle of treatment, and when progressive disease (PD) was evaluated. Samples were categorized into four levels according to the number of ctDNA alterations: level 1 (no alterations), level 2 (1-2 alterations), level 3 (3-4 alterations) and level 4 (≥5 alterations). According to ctDNA alteration level and variant allele frequency (VAF), a novel ctDNA-level Response Evaluation Criterion in Solid Tumors (ctle-RECIST) was established to assess treatment response and predict progression-free survival (PFS).

RESULTS: The median PFS in level 1 (6.63 months) patients was significantly longer than that in level 2-4 patients (level 2: 5.70 months; level 3-4: 4.90 months, p < 0.05). After 2 cycles of treatment, based on ctle-RECIST, the median PFS of level-based disease control rate (lev-DCR) patients was significantly longer than that of level-based PD (lev-PD) patients [HR 2.42 (1.52-3.85), p < 0.001]. In addition, we found that ctDNA level assessment could be a good supplement to radiologic assessment. The median PFS in the dual-DCR group tended to be longer than that in the single-DCR group [HR 1.41 (0.93-2.13), p = 0.107].

CONCLUSION: The ctDNA alteration level and ctle-RECIST could be novel biomarkers of prognosis and could complement radiologic assessment in MBC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:65

Enthalten in:

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 65(2022) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 116-123

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Binliang [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Zheyu [VerfasserIn]
Ran, Jialu [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Can [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, Quchang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Breast cancer
Circulating Tumor DNA
Circulating tumor DNA
DNA, Neoplasm
Genetic alterations
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Progression-free survival (PFS)

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Date Completed 14.09.2022

Date Revised 14.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.breast.2022.07.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM344457842