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ABSTRACT: Purpose
The evaluation of plasma testing for the EGFR resistance mutation T790M in NSCLC patients has not been broadly explored. We investigated the detection of EGFR activating and T790M mutations in matched tumor tissue and plasma, mostly from patients with acquired resistance to first-generation EGFR inhibitors.Experimental design
Samples were obtained from two studies, an observational study and a phase I trial of rociletinib, a mutant-selective inhibitor of EGFR that targets both activating mutations and T790M. Plasma testing was performed with the cobas EGFR plasma test and BEAMing.Results
The positive percent agreement (PPA) between cobas plasma and tumor results was 73% (55/75) for activating mutations and 64% (21/33) for T790M. The PPA between BEAMing plasma and tumor results was 82% (49/60) for activating mutations and 73% (33/45) for T790M. Presence of extrathoracic (M1b) versus intrathoracic (M1a/M0) disease was found to be strongly associated with ability to identify EGFR mutations in plasma (P < 0.001). Rociletinib objective response rates (ORR) were 52% [95% confidence interval (CI), 31 - 74%] for cobas tumor T790M-positive and 44% (95% CI, 25 - 63%) for BEAMing plasma T790M-positive patients. A drop in plasma-mutant EGFR levels to ≤10 molecules/mL was seen by day 21 of treatment in 7 of 8 patients with documented partial response.Conclusions
These findings suggest the cobas and BEAMing plasma tests can be useful tools for noninvasive assessment and monitoring of the T790M resistance mutation in NSCLC, and could complement tumor testing by identifying T790M mutations missed because of tumor heterogeneity or biopsy inadequacy. Clin Cancer Res; 22(10); 2386-95. ©2016 AACR.
SUBMITTER: Karlovich C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6886231 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karlovich Chris C Goldman Jonathan W JW Sun Jong-Mu JM Mann Elaina E Sequist Lecia V LV Konopa Krzysztof K Wen Wei W Angenendt Philipp P Horn Leora L Spigel David D Soria Jean-Charles JC Solomon Benjamin B Camidge D Ross DR Gadgeel Shirish S Paweletz Cloud C Wu Lin L Chien Sean S O'Donnell Patrick P Matheny Shannon S Despain Darrin D Rolfe Lindsey L Raponi Mitch M Allen Andrew R AR Park Keunchil K Wakelee Heather H
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<h4>Purpose</h4>The evaluation of plasma testing for the EGFR resistance mutation T790M in NSCLC patients has not been broadly explored. We investigated the detection of EGFR activating and T790M mutations in matched tumor tissue and plasma, mostly from patients with acquired resistance to first-generation EGFR inhibitors.<h4>Experimental design</h4>Samples were obtained from two studies, an observational study and a phase I trial of rociletinib, a mutant-selective inhibitor of EGFR that targets ...[more]