Prognostic value of BRAF V600E and KRAS exon 2 mutations in microsatellite stable (MSS), stage III colon cancers (CC) from patients (pts) treated with adjuvant FOLFOX+/- cetuximab: A pooled analysis of 3934 pts from the PETACC8 and N0147 trials.

Authors

Julien Taieb

Julien Taieb

Paris Descartes University, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France

Julien Taieb , Karine Le Malicot , Frederique Madeleine Penault-Llorca , Olivier Bouche Sr., Qian Shi , Stephen N. Thibodeau , Josep Tabernero , Enrico Mini , Richard M. Goldberg , Gunnar Folprecht , Jean-Luc Van Laethem , Daniel J. Sargent , Steven R. Alberts , Pierre Laurent-Puig , Frank A. Sinicrope

Organizations

Paris Descartes University, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France, Fédération Francophone de la Cancérologie Digestive Faculté de Médecine, Dijon, France, Centre Jean Perrin, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Robert Debré, Reims, France, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, Columbus, OH, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany, Erasme Univ Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium, UMR-S1147, INSERM, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: The prognostic value of BRAF and KRAS mutations in resected CC pts remains controversial due to published studies that include stage II & III, microsatellite instability (MSI) and MSS, colon and rectal tumors, and variable treatment regimens. We examined this question in prospectively collected biospecimens from MSS stage III CC pts receiving adjuvant FOLFOX +/- cetuximab. Methods: Tumors were analyzed for BRAF V600E and KRAS exon 2 mutations, only MSS tumors were included. Three groups were defined: BRAF Mutant, KRAS Mutant and double wild-type (WT). The analytic strategy estimated study- and arm-specific prognostic effects to assess homogeneity of results, and then analysis of pooled data. Associations of mutations with time-to-recurrence (TTR), survival after relapse (SAR) and overall survival (OS) were analysed using a stratified Cox proportional hazards model. Multivariate models were adjusted for treatment and covariates (age, sex, tumor grade, T/N stage, tumor location, ECOG PS). Results: Of the 5,577 pts enrolled, 3,934 tumors were MSS and evaluable for BRAF and KRAS; 279 pts were BRAF Mutant, 1,450 KRAS Mutant, and 2,205 WT. Both mutations were linked to shorter TTR and OS vs WT, and results were confirmed in multivariate analyses (table). Median SAR was 2.57, 2.09 and 1.0 year in WT, KRAS Mutant (HR: 1.20- 95%CI: 1.01-1.44, p < 0.0001) and BRAF mutant (HR: 3.01-95%CI: 2.32-3.93, p < 0.0001), respectively. No interaction was found between treatment (with or without cetuximab) and KRAS/BRAFmutations for TTR (p = 0.38) or OS (p = 0.16). Conclusions: In a large pooled analysis of pts with resected stage III MSS colon cancers receiving adjuvant FOLFOX, BRAFV600E or KRAS exon 2 mutations, including codons 12 or 13, are independent predictors of significantly shorter TTR, SAR and OS. Future clinical trials in the adjuvant setting should consider these mutations as important stratification factors.

TTR
OS
3 y rateHR (95% CI)p3 y rateHR (95% CI)p
WT80.0%91.4%
BRAF V600E69.7%1.49 [1.19,1.87]0.000573.9%1.72 [1.33,2.22]< .0001
KRAS Exon 269.5%1.60 [1.40,1.83]< .000186.3%1.52 [1.29,1.79]< .0001

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2015 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal (Colorectal) Cancer

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Colorectal and Anal

Sub Track

Colorectal Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 33, 2015 (suppl; abstr 3507)

DOI

10.1200/jco.2015.33.15_suppl.3507

Abstract #

3507

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