Treatment effects (TEs) of EGFR monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) patients (pts) with KRAS, NRAS, and BRAF mutation (MT) status: Individual patient data (IPD) meta-analysis of randomized trials from the ARCAD database.

Authors

Christos Stelios Karapetis

Christos Stelios Karapetis

Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

Christos Stelios Karapetis , Heshan Liu , Michael Sorich , Jack Fiskum , Axel Grothey , Eric Van Cutsem , Tim Maughan , Jean-Yves Douillard , Derek J. Jonker , Carsten Bokemeyer , Alberto F. Sobrero , Benoist Chibaudel , John Raymond Zalcberg , Richard Adams , Marc E. Buyse , Aimery De Gramont , Qian Shi

Organizations

Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia, Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia, Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, West Cancer Center, Germantown, TN, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom, Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest-René Gauducheau, Nantes, France, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy, Department of Medical Oncology, Franco-British Institute, Levallois Perret, France, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom, International Drug Development Institute, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Franco-British Institute, Levallois-Perret, France, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Research Funding

Other
National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Project Grant

Background: EGFR mAbs have become incorporated into clinical practice for the management of mCRC over the last decade. KRAS and NRAS mutations are used as predictive biomarkers and BRAF V600E mutations are associated with an adverse prognosis. The observed TE within biomarker subpopulations has varied between studies. Methods: IPD from randomized trials with head-to-head comparison between EGFR mAb versus no EGFR mAb (chemotherapy alone or BSC) in mCRC, across all lines of therapy (first, second and later), were pooled. Biomarker subpopulations are defined in the table. Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were compared between groups by Cox model, stratified by studies and adjusted by age, gender, and performance status. TEs were estimated by adjusted hazard ratio (HRadj) and 95% confidence interval (CI). Within each biomarker subgroup, EGFR mAb efficacy was explored according to multiple exploratory factors, including line of therapy, type of backbone chemo, gender, sidedness and site of metastasis. Interaction tests were performed. P-values < 0.01 were considered statistically significant to account for multiple comparisons. Results: 5729 pts from 8 studies with data available for ≥ 1 biomarker were analysed. PFS benefits (median 9.2 mos in EGFR mAbs, 8.0 mos in no EGFR mAbs) were confirmed in triple-WT pts, but not for OS (refer to table). No OS/PFS benefits were observed for pts with any of the MT tumors. Exploratory analyses showed a potential detrimental TE of EGFR mAbs in KRAS MT mCRC with liver metastasis (OS: HRadj 1.22, p = .003, pinteraction .0056; PFS: HRadj 1.24, p = .0009, pinteraction .0008). These results were confirmed within the subgroup of pts with all 3 biomarkers available. Conclusions: This is the largest IPD analysis to explore the predictive value of RAS/BRAF biomarkers in mCRC. Our findings demonstrate that there is no evidence of efficacy of EGFR mAbs in KRAS, BRAF and/or NRAS MT mCRC. EGFR mAbs might have a detrimental effect in KRAS MT mCRC with liver metastases.

N of trials (N of pts)OS
PFS
HRadj (95% CI)pHRadj (95% CI)p
KRAS MT8 (2397)1.07 (.98, 1.16).131.05 (.96, 1.14).30
NRAS MT3 (88)1.35 (.81, 2.24).241.61 (.97, 2.65).062
BRAF MT6 (232).94 (.70, 1.25).65.90 (.67, 1.21).49
Triple WT3 (1039).93 (.81, 1.07).30.75 (.66, .85)< .0001

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Colorectal and Anal

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Colorectal and Anal

Sub Track

Epidemiology/Outcomes

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 4090)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.4090

Abstract #

4090

Poster Bd #

82

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