Clinical benefit of ixazomib plus lenalidomide-dexamethasone in myeloma patients with non-canonical NF-?B pathway activation.
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ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Evaluating potential relationships between progression-free survival (PFS) and tumor gene expression patterns and mutational status was an exploratory objective of the phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM1 study (NCT01564537) of ixazomib-lenalidomide-dexamethasone (IRd) vs placebo-Rd in 722 patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM). METHODS:We utilized gene expression and mutation data from screening bone marrow aspirates to identify tumors with non-canonical nuclear factor-?B (NF-?B) signaling pathway activation. RESULTS:DNA/RNA sequencing data were available for 339 (47.0%)/399 (55.2%) patients; 49/339 (14.5%) patients had non-canonical NF-?B pathway gene mutations (tumor-necrosis-factor receptor-associated factor 2, 3 [TRAF2, TRAF3], baculoviral-inhibitor-of-apoptosis repeat-containing 2/3 [BIRC2/3]), and PFS was significantly longer with IRd vs placebo-Rd in these patients (hazard ratio [HR] 0.23). In patients with lower TRAF3 expression (median not reached vs 11 months, HR 0.47) and higher NF-?B-inducing kinase (NIK) expression (median not reached vs 14 months, HR 0.45), both associated with non-canonical NF-?B pathway activation, PFS was significantly longer with IRd vs placebo-Rd. TRAF3 expression was decreased in patients harboring t(4;14) and 1q21 amplification, suggesting increased non-canonical NF-?B pathway activation. CONCLUSIONS:Adding ixazomib to Rd provides clinical benefit in MM tumors with increased non-canonical NF-?B pathway activity. This is a potential mechanism for activity in 1q21 amplified high-risk tumors.
SUBMITTER: Dash AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7497066 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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