Clinical next generation sequencing (NGS) to reveal high frequency of alterations to guide targeted therapy in lung cancer patients.

Authors

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Siraj M. Ali

Foundation Medicine, Inc., Cambridge, MA

Siraj M. Ali , Norma Alonzo Palma , Kai Wang , Jeffrey S. Ross , Philip J. Stephens , Roman Yelensky , Gary A. Palmer , Doron Lipson , Vincent A. Miller

Organizations

Foundation Medicine, Inc., Cambridge, MA, Foundation Medicine, Cambridge, MA, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: Cancer genomic profiling via NGS in a clinical setting can reveal additional actionable genomic alterations (GA) in patients with lung cancer (LC) previously tested only by hotspot analysis and leading to unanticipated avenues of targeted treatment. Methods: We performed an NGS-based diagnostic test (FoundationOne) to characterize all classes of GA across 3,320 exons of 182 cancer-related genes and 37 introns of 14 genes frequently rearranged in cancer on 386 LC FFPE specimens in a CLIA-certified lab (Foundation Medicine). Specimens included fine needle aspirates, core needle biopsies, and malignant effusions. 95% of cases were NSCLC (367/386). Actionable GAs are defined as those linked to targeted anti-cancer therapies approved or being evaluated in clinical trials. NGS confirmed known hotspot results for EGFR, KRAS and EML4:ALK in 100% of cases. Results: Genomic profiles were generated from 364/386 (94%) of lung cancer cases, identifying 1205 GA, averaging 3.31 alterations per tumor (range 0 to 10). 85% of tumors (310) harbored at least one actionable GA, with a mean of 1.79 GA per tumor (range 0 to 6). In 68% of tumors (248), at least one GA was detected that would be missed by current ‘hotspot assays’. ERBB2 harbored base substitutions or indels in 1.3% of cases. BRAF and C-Kit were altered at frequencies of 2% and 1% respectively. The mTOR/PI3K pathway is likely to be activated via alterations in tumor suppressors STK11 (11%), NF1 (6%) and PTEN (4%), as well as by alterations of PIK3CA (10%) and in AKT1/2/3 (4%), suggesting possible benefit from mTOR/PI3K inhibitors. The Hedgehog pathway (PTCH1/SMO/SUFU) was altered in 2% of cases. ALK and RET were rearranged in 4% and 2% of cases, respectively, with several cases initially diagnosed negative by FISH testing. Conclusions: Profiling the tumor genomes of 364 LC patients led to the identification of a series of GA not detectable by hotspot testing that could significantly inform targeted treatment decisions. Moreover, actionable GA appeared in unexpected tumor type, i.e. an EGFR mutation in a SCLC, reinforcing the likely utility of clinical cancer genomic profiling for the personalized treatment of LC patients.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2013 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Discussion Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer - Non-small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl; abstr 8020)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2013.31.15_suppl.8020

Abstract #

8020

Poster Bd #

9

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