Genetic profiling and the response to RET inhibitors in RET fusion positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) identified by international genomic screening project (LC-SCRUM-Asia).

Authors

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Kaname Nosaki

National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan

Kaname Nosaki , Shingo Matsumoto , Kiyotaka Yoh , Takaya Ikeda , Yuichiro Ohe , Masahiro Kodani , Noriko Yanagitani , Kazumi Nishino , Masato Shingyoji , Shinji Takeuchi , Yoshitaka Zenke , Hibiki Udagawa , Keisuke Kirita , Seiji Niho , Koichi Goto

Organizations

National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan, Cancer Institute Hospital of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Research Funding

No funding received
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Background: RET fusions are targetable oncogenic drivers in 1 – 2 % of NSCLC, yet no RET inhibitors are approved. Selective RET inhibitors, such as LOXO-292 and BLU-667, are currently in development. The impact of co-occurring mutation on outcome in RET-TKI therapy remains largely unknown. Methods: In an international genome screening project in Asia (LC-SCRUM-Asia), 161 cancer-related genes have been analyzed by a next-generation sequencing (NGS) system, Oncomine™ Comprehensive Assay. The therapeutic efficacy and survival of RET fusion+ NSCLC were evaluated using a large-scale clinicogenomic database in the LC-SCRUM-Japan. Results: From Feb 2013 to Dec 2019, a total of 7177 patients with non-squamous NSCLC were enrolled. RET fusion were detected in 167 patients (2.3 %). Median age was 61 years (range: 29 - 85), 60 % were female, 61 % were never-smokers, 99 % had adenocarcinoma, and 78 % had stage IIIB/IV disease. Based on our database, the median overall survival was 37 months. 62 patients received RET inhibitor therapy. RET fusions was identified by NGS assay (KIF5B-RET: 75, CCDC6-RET: 30, Others: 2) in 107 patients. Co-occurring genomic alterations were detected in 62 (58 %) patients, the median number of co-mutations was 1 (range 0 - 4). The most common co-occurring mutations in tumor involved TP53 (31; 29 %), STK11 (6; 6 %), CDKN2A (5; 5 %) and TSC2 (5; 5 %). In 23 patients treated with RET inhibitor (unapproved drugs), there was a strong association between co-occurring mutation and time to treatment discontinuation (TTD) in RET inhibitor therapy; HR 2.75 (95%CI 1.71 - 15.6, P = 0.0096). Conclusions:RET rearrangements continue to represent a rare but high unmet need disease. Co-occurring mutation was significantly associated with shorter TTD. Our data is the largest cohort of advanced-stage RET fusion+ NSCLC profiled by NGS to date. Co-occurring mutation should be evaluated in the development of novel targeted therapies for RET fusion+ NSCLC.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 9557)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.9557

Abstract #

9557

Poster Bd #

323

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