Dan Zhao1, Isa Mambetsariev1, Haiqing Li2, Chen Chen3, Jeremy Fricke1, Patricia Fann1, Prakash Kulkarni1, Yan Xing4, Peter P Lee5, Andrea Bild1, Erminia Massarelli1, Marianna Koczywas1, Karen Reckamp1, Ravi Salgia6. 1. Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. 2. Center for Informatics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA; Department of Computational & Quantitative Medicine, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. 3. Center for Informatics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. 4. Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. Electronic address: yxing@coh.org. 5. Department of Immuno-Oncology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA. 6. Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA; Division of Medical Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA. Electronic address: rsalgia@coh.org.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have changed the landscape of lung cancer therapy. However significant proportions of patients have primary or acquired resistance to ICIs. Molecular characterization is critical for patient selection and overcoming resistance to checkpoint inhibitors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the molecular characteristics associated with ICIs outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All advanced stage NSCLC patients at City of Hope who received ICIs (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, atezolizumab, and durvalumab) were identified retrospectively. Overall survival (OS, from the start of the ICIs), Pathology and information on genomic alterations (GAs) including next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, tumor mutation burden (TMB), and Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) levels were collected. Chi-square and Fisher's exact test, Log-rank test were used for comparison of demographics, and survival curves respectively. Univariate and multivariate COX proportional hazards model was used for survival analysis. RESULTS: 346 NSCLC patients were identified. Univariate and multivariate analysis found the association of OS with PD-L1 level ≥50% (Hazard ratio [HR], 0.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.06-0.59; P < 0.01), EGFR (HR 7.38; 95% CI, 1.15-47.42; P < 0.05), and TET2 (HR 0.15; 95% CI, 0.03-0.90; P < 0.05). The median OS was not reached [NR] for the 12 patients who had genomic alterations (GAs) in TET2 (12/108, 11%) versus (vs) 11.5 months in TET2 negative patients (98/108, 89%). Interestingly, GAs in TET2 and FANCA were mutually exclusive and patients who had GAs in FANCA gene (6%) had shorter OS (5.5 months vs 14.5 months, Log-rank test, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: We described the clinical and molecular features of NSCLC patients treated with ICIs. The association of GAs in TET2 with longer OS and its mutual exclusivity with FANCA GAs were insightful for developing novel therapeutic strategies to improve ICIs outcomes in NSCLC.
OBJECTIVES: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have changed the landscape of lung cancer therapy. However significant proportions of patients have primary or acquired resistance to ICIs. Molecular characterization is critical for patient selection and overcoming resistance to checkpoint inhibitors. The purpose of this study is to investigate the molecular characteristics associated with ICIs outcomes in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All advanced stage NSCLCpatients at City of Hope who received ICIs (pembrolizumab, nivolumab, atezolizumab, and durvalumab) were identified retrospectively. Overall survival (OS, from the start of the ICIs), Pathology and information on genomic alterations (GAs) including next-generation sequencing (NGS) data, tumor mutation burden (TMB), and Programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) levels were collected. Chi-square and Fisher's exact test, Log-rank test were used for comparison of demographics, and survival curves respectively. Univariate and multivariate COX proportional hazards model was used for survival analysis. RESULTS: 346 NSCLCpatients were identified. Univariate and multivariate analysis found the association of OS with PD-L1 level ≥50% (Hazard ratio [HR], 0.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.06-0.59; P < 0.01), EGFR (HR 7.38; 95% CI, 1.15-47.42; P < 0.05), and TET2 (HR 0.15; 95% CI, 0.03-0.90; P < 0.05). The median OS was not reached [NR] for the 12 patients who had genomic alterations (GAs) in TET2 (12/108, 11%) versus (vs) 11.5 months in TET2 negative patients (98/108, 89%). Interestingly, GAs in TET2 and FANCA were mutually exclusive and patients who had GAs in FANCA gene (6%) had shorter OS (5.5 months vs 14.5 months, Log-rank test, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: We described the clinical and molecular features of NSCLCpatients treated with ICIs. The association of GAs in TET2 with longer OS and its mutual exclusivity with FANCA GAs were insightful for developing novel therapeutic strategies to improve ICIs outcomes in NSCLC.
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