Analysis of correlations between driver mutations and biomarkers with response to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Authors

null

Jiang Yio

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Jiang Yio , Brian Wolf , Amber Yang , Ashrei Y. Bayewitz , Yiqing Xu

Organizations

Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Coney Island Hospital, Coney Island, NY

Research Funding

No funding received
None

Background: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) performs genomic profiling on tumor tissue and provides information on mutations on 300+ selected genes. While driver mutations have targeted therapy options, apt therapies for passenger mutations are not clearly defined. The level of PD-L1 expression and the total mutation burden (TMB) score for NSCLC have independent predictive values in response to check-point inhibition immunotherapy. Using NGS data, we aimed to evaluate the correlations of driver mutations and other biomarkers with immunotherapy response. Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis on the NGS results for NSCLC patients treated between November 2011 and February 2018. Patients were identified from the Foundation Medicine Company database and were linked to records at our cancer center. Patients’ demographics and treatment data were assessed. Results: 99 NSCLC patients (44 males and 55 females) were included with a median age of 65 (range 32-89). Races included Asian (n=42), Caucasian (n= 40), African American (n=8), and Hispanic (n=7). 49 patients possessed driver mutations, which were EGFR (n=22), ALK (n=5), RET (n=5), ROS (n=2), BRAF (n=5), MET amplification (n=5), BRCA 1 or 2 (n=4), and NTRK (n=2); 3 patients had both a driver and a non-driver mutation. In the entire cohort, 40 patients (58 total, 69%) had PD-L1 tumor proportion score (TPS) > 0% and 31 (53%) had TPS ≥10%. 30 patients (48 total, 63%) had TMB <10 and 18 (37%) had TMB ≥10. Patients with driver mutations had a lower probability of high TMB (p=0.007), but no difference in PD-L1 expression (p=0.61). PD-L1 TPS score had no correlation with TMB high or low scores (Table). In patients with driver mutations, other mutations were detected by NGS. In EGFR+ patients, the most common additional mutations were TP53 and CDKN2A/B. 23 patients received immunotherapy; the response rate in non-mutation carriers was 45.4% (5/11). Among the 7 patients with an EGFR mutation, 4 had PD-L1 TPS ≥30% and none had TMB ≥10; based on RECIST 1.1, stable disease (SD) was the best response in 2 patients. One patient with a BRAF mutation and another patient with an ALK mutation had partial responses (PR); both had TMB ≥ 10. Conclusions: NGS provides additional information in NSCLC patients with driver mutations. In patients with driver mutations, while PD-L1 expression may not be associated with response to immunotherapy, a high TMB level may be a predictive biomarker, which warrants further study.


Smoking
PD-L1 ≥1
PD-L1≥10
TMB ≥10
Response to immunotherapy

PR/total received
Non driver mutation

N=50
37/50
18/27
13/27
13/22
6/18
EGFR mutation

N= 22
8/22
12/17
9/17
1/16
0/8
ALK mutation

N= 5
0/5
3/3
3/3
1/3
1/1
Other mutations

N= 22
14/22
7/11
6/11
3/7
1/4

Disclaimer

This material on this page is ©2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology, all rights reserved. Licensing available upon request. For more information, please contact licensing@asco.org

Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Biologic Correlates

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 15; abstr e21022)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.15_suppl.e21022

Abstract #

e21022

Abstract Disclosures