Clinico-pathological and genomic features of NRAS- or HRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) identified in large-scale genomic screening project (LC-SCRUM-Asia).

Authors

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Yutaro Tamiya

National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan

Yutaro Tamiya , Shingo Matsumoto , Takaya Ikeda , Kiyotaka Yoh , Terufumi Kato , Kazumi Nishino , Masahiro Kodani , Atsushi Nakamura , Naoki Furuya , Shoichi Kuyama , Shingo Miyamoto , Ryo Toyozawa , Masato Shingyoji , Tomoyuki Naito , Satoshi Oizumi , Hiroshi Tanaka , Hibiki Udagawa , Kaname Nosaki , Yoshitaka Zenke , Koichi Goto

Organizations

National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa-Shi, Chiba, Japan, Department of Thoracic Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Sendai, Japan, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Iwakuni Clinical Center, Iwakuni, Japan, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan, Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo, Japan, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan

Research Funding

Other Government Agency
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

Background: RAS (KRAS, NRAS and HRAS) is a targetable oncogene family in several cancers, including NSCLC, and the clinical development of various RAS-targeted therapies are ongoing. However, the clinical relevance of uncommon RAS mutations, such as NRAS and HRAS mutations, in NSCLC patients (pts) remains unclear. Methods: In a large-scale genomic screening project (LC-SCRUM-Asia), we have prospectively analyzed lung cancer pts for genomic alterations by a targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) system, Oncomine Comprehensive Assay. We evaluated clinico-pathological and genomic characteristics in NRAS- or HRAS-mutated NSCLC pts comparing with those in KRAS-mutated pts based on the LC-SCRUM-Asia database. Results: Since March 2015 to December 2020, 9131 NSCLC pts were enrolled in the LC-SCRUM-Asia, and 8374 of them (92%) were successfully analyzed by NGS. The RAS mutation frequencies were 1134 KRAS (14%), 50 NRAS (0.6%), and 15 HRAS (0.2%). The most frequent variant of NRAS and HRAS mutations was Q61X (78%) and G13X (80%), respectively, whereas that of KRAS was G12X (84%). Patient characteristics were summarized in Table. Male was significantly frequent in NRAS- than in KRAS-group (p=0.03), and smokers were frequent in all the three groups (overall, 79%). The majority of NRAS (70%) and KRAS mutations (89%) were detected in adenocarcinoma (Ad), whereas 60% of HRAS mutations were in squamous cell carcinoma (Sq). Tumor mutation burden (TMB) was significantly higher in NRAS-mutated tumors than in KRAS-mutated tumors (p=0.03). Concomitant TP53 mutations were significantly frequent in HRAS-mutated pts than in KRAS-mutated pts (53% vs. 30%, p=0.05), and STK11 mutations were also tended to be frequent in HRAS-mutated pts than in KRAS-mutated pts (20 vs. 7%, p=0.10). Therapeutic efficacy of PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors was not different among the three groups in the current follow-up data, but HRAS-mutated tumors did not respond to PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors (response rate, 0%; median PFS, 1.6 months). Conclusions:NRAS- or HRAS-mutated NSCLCs were different from KRAS-mutated NSCLCs in clinico-pathological and genomic profiles. In particular, the immunotherapies were not effective for HRAS-mutated NSCLCs.

KRAS
NRAS
HRAS
N=1134 (%)
N=50 (%)
p-value
(vs. KRAS)
N=15 (%)
p-value
(vs. KRAS)
Age
Median [range]
69 [25-91]
69 [36-87]
0.67
67 [30-84]
0.64
Sex
Male
737 (65)
40 (80)
0.03
13 (87)
0.10
Smoking status
Ever
895 (79)
41 (82)
0.72
13 (87)
0.75
Histology
Ad
1008 (89)
35 (70)
<0.01
4 (27)
<0.01
Sq
42 (4)
1 (2)
9 (60)
Other
84 (7)
14 (28)
2 (13)
TMB (N=477)
Mean [SD]
6.2 [9.4]
9.4 [11.6]
0.03
7.4 [8.4]
0.70

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

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 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr 9054)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.9054

Abstract #

9054

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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