Association of circulating tumor cell chromosomal instability with worse outcomes in men with mCRPC treated with abiraterone or enzalutamide.

Authors

Landon Brown

Landon Carter Brown

Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC

Landon Carter Brown , Susan Halabi , Joseph Schonhoft , Jun Luo , David M. Nanus , Paraskevi Giannakakou , Daniel Costin Danila , Patrick Healy , Monika Anand , Jason Somarelli , Howard I. Scher , Rick Wenstrup , William R. Berry , Scott T. Tagawa , Emmanuel S. Antonarakis , Daniel J. George , Andrew J. Armstrong , Russell Zelig Szmulewitz

Organizations

Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, Epic Sciences, Inc., San Diego, CA, James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York, NY, Weill Cornell Medicine/Meyer Cancer Center, New York, NY, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Duke University, Durham, NC, Epic Sciences, San Diego, CA, Duke University School of Medicine, Cary, NC, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Research Funding

Other Foundation
Prostate Cancer Foundation, Other Foundation, U.S. National Institutes of Health

Background: While AR-V7 is a known driver of hormonal resistance, most men with mCRPC lack AR-V7 detection and commonly experience cross-resistance to abiraterone and enzalutamide (abi/enza). Loss of AR dependence through neuroendocrine (NE) differentiation or chromosomal instability (CIN) may explain AR therapy cross-resistance in additional men. Methods: PROPHECY was a multicenter prospective study of men with poor risk mCRPC starting abi/enza. We assessed Epic CTC AR-V7, CIN and NE phenotypes before abi/enza and at progression. Radiographic/clinical progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were associated with CIN (>3 CTCs) and NE (>3 CTCs) CTC phenotypes using the proportional hazards model adjusting for Cellsearch CTC, AR-V7, and clinical risk score. Results: 118 men with mCRPC starting on abi/enza were enrolled; 106 had evaluable CTCs for AR-V7, CIN, and NE on the Epic platform. Of these, 22.6% and 9.4% of men exhibited high CTC CIN and NE scores, respectively. High pre-treatment CIN and NE phenotypic scores were observed in 63 and 27% of AR-V7 (+) and in 17 and 7% of AR-V7 (-) men. CTC CIN phenotype but not NE phenotype was associated with a lower confirmed PSA response rate and OS (TABLE) with abi/enza, adjusting for CTC number, AR-V7 and risk score. Conclusions: A high chromosomal instability CTC phenotype is associated with worse outcomes in men with mCRPC treated with abi/enza and warrants further study as a prognostic or predictive biomarker. Clinical trial information: NCT02269982

Chromosomal Instability Phenotype
n=106
Neuroendocrine Phenotype
n= 106
PositiveNegativePositiveNegative
All Men24 (22.6%)82 (77.4%)10 (9.4%)96 (90.6%)
Epic Nuclear AR-V7 (+)7 (63.6%)4 (36.3%)3 (27.3%)8 (72.3%)
Median PFS (mo; 95% CI)4.1 (2.4-5.7)6.6 (4.1-8.5)3.3 (1.1-5.7)5.9 (4.1-7.8)
HR* (95% CI)2.1 (1.3-3.5)2.1 (1.1-4.1)
HR**(95% CI)1.1 (0.6-2.3)1.0 (0.4-2.4)
Median OS (mo; 95% CI)11.5 (7.2-14.9)25.0 (18.5-28.0)8.3 (1.3-25.0)20.0 (16.9-25.8)
HR*(95% CI)3.4 (2.0-5.6)2.4 (1.2-4.7)
HR** (95% CI)2.1 (1.1-4.1)0.8 (0.4-1.8)
≥ 50% confirmed PSA
decline (95% CI)
16% (3-40)30% (19-42)25% (3-65)27% (17-38)

*univariate, **adjusted for Cellsearch CTCs (>5), AR-V7, risk score

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Prostate Cancer

Track

Prostate Cancer - Advanced,Prostate Cancer - Localized

Sub Track

Tumor Biology, Biomarkers, and Pathology

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02269982

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 6; abstr 183)

Abstract #

183

Poster Bd #

H19

Abstract Disclosures