Middle East and North Africa Registry to Characterize Rate of RAS Testing Status in Newly Diagnosed Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Rat sarcoma virus mutational status guides first-line treatment in metastatic colorectal cancer. This study was a multi center, multi-country ambispective, observational study in the Middle East and North Africa assessing regional rat sarcoma virus testing practices in newly diagnosed patients.

METHODS: The retrospective arm (2011-2014) included adults with metastatic colorectal cancer who had initiated first-line therapy with ≥1 post-baseline visit and survival data. The prospective arm (2014-2019) enrolled newly diagnosed patients with histologically proven metastatic colorectal cancer with ≥1 measurable lesion per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors, and tissue availability for biomarker analysis. Data look-back and follow-up were 2 years; the rate of RAS mutation was evaluated.

RESULTS: RAS testing was ordered for patients in retrospective (326/417) and prospective (407/500) studies. In the former, testing was typically prescribed after first-line treatment initiation, significantly more in patients with stage IV disease (P < .005), resulting in the addition of targeted therapy (41.8% anti-epidermal growth factor receptor, 30.2% anti-vascular endothelial growth factor) in wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer, and significantly impacted the treatment of left-sided tumors (P = .037). In the latter, 58.4% were RAS wild-type; 41.6% were RAS mutant. Non-prescription of RAS testing was attributed to test unavailability, financial, or medical rea sons; predictors of testing prescription were older age, primary tumor in ascending colon, and high tumor grade. RAS status knowledge resulted in the addition of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (20.4%) or anti-epidermal growth factor receptor therapy (21.2%).

CONCLUSION: Before 2014, RAS testing in patients with colorectal cancer in the Middle East and North Africa was often performed after first-line treatment. Testing is more routine in newly diagnosed patients, potentially shifting early treatment patterns.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology - 34(2023), 2 vom: 09. Feb., Seite 118-127

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Oukkal, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Bouzid, Kamel [VerfasserIn]
Bounedjar, Adda [VerfasserIn]
Alnajar, Abdulsalam [VerfasserIn]
Taleb, Fouad Abou [VerfasserIn]
Alsharm, Abdullah [VerfasserIn]
Mahfouf, Hassen [VerfasserIn]
Larbaoui, Blaha [VerfasserIn]
Abdelaziz, Amr [VerfasserIn]
Ouamer, Assia [VerfasserIn]
Bashir, Linah [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

EC 3.6.5.2
Endothelial Growth Factors
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
Receptors, Growth Factor

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Date Completed 03.03.2023

Date Revised 12.04.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5152/tjg.2022.22106

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM349579032