Early Detection of Molecular Residual Disease and Risk Stratification for Children with Acute Myeloid Leukemia via Circulating Tumor DNA

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PURPOSE: Patient-tailored minimal residual disease (MRD) monitoring based on circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) sequencing of leukemia-specific mutations enables early detection of relapse for pre-emptive treatment, but its utilization in pediatric acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is scarce. Thus, we aim to examine the role of ctDNA as a prognostic biomarker in monitoring response to the treatment of pediatric AML.

EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: A prospective longitudinal study with 50 children with AML was launched, and sequential bone marrow (BM) and matched plasma samples were collected. The concordance of mutations by next-generation sequencing-based BM-DNA and ctDNA was evaluated. In addition, progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were estimated.

RESULTS: In 195 sample pairs from 50 patients, the concordance of leukemia-specific mutations between ctDNA and BM-DNA was 92.8%. Patients with undetectable ctDNA were linked to improved OS and PFS versus detectable ctDNA in the last sampling (both P < 0.001). Patients who cleared their ctDNA post three cycles of treatment had similar PFS compared with persistently negative ctDNA (P = 0.728). In addition, patients with >3 log reduction but without clearance in ctDNA were associated with an improved PFS as were patients with ctDNA clearance (P = 0.564).

CONCLUSIONS: Thus, ctDNA-based MRD monitoring appears to be a promising option to complement the overall assessment of pediatric patients with AML, wherein patients with continuous ctDNA negativity have the option for treatment de-escalation in subsequent therapy. Importantly, patients with >3 log reduction but without clearance in ctDNA may not require an aggressive treatment plan due to improved survival, but this needs further study to delineate.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 30(2024), 6 vom: 15. März, Seite 1143-1151

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Li-Peng [VerfasserIn]
Zong, Su-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ao-Li [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Yuan-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Qi, Ben-Quan [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Li-Xian [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Wen-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiao-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yu-Mei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Ye [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ying-Chi [VerfasserIn]
Ruan, Min [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiao-Fan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Circulating Tumor DNA
Journal Article

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Date Completed 18.03.2024

Date Revised 18.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-2589

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36661200X