Blood-based tumor mutational burden from circulating tumor DNA and immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced prostate cancer.

Authors

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Grant Rauterkus

Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA

Grant Rauterkus , Agreen Hadadi , Reagan Barnett , Caroline Weipert , Leylah Drusbosky , Xin Gao , Michael B. Lilly , Alan Haruo Bryce , Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi , Pedro C. Barata , Mehmet Asim Bilen

Organizations

Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Guardant Health, Redwood City, CA, Guardant Health, Inc., Redwood City, CA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, LA, Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Research Funding

No funding received

Background: A prior study of patients with advanced cancers treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) associated improved overall survival with tissue tumor mutational burden above the 80th percentile in each histology (tTMB-H). TMB can also reliably be calculated via liquid biopsy (bTMB), and trends higher than tTMB in analogous tumors. Here, we generate a plasma-informed benchmark for bTMB-H in advanced prostate cancer and report preliminary data from an ongoing multi-institutional case series of patients treated with ICI. Methods: Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) next generation sequencing (NGS) results from 3,504 patients with advanced prostate cancer who received a Guardant360 liquid biopsy within a 12-month period were analyzed. The 80th percentile of TMB was defined as the benchmark for bTMB-H in this cohort, and prevalence of microsatellite instability (MSI-H) was determined. Subsequently, clinical data were collected from patients across five institutions who received pembrolizumab based on bTMB scores or other tumor characteristics (i.e. CDK12 mutation). Results: Overall, mean and median bTMB were calculated as 12.34 mut/Mb and 8.61 mut/Mb, respectively (range: 0 – 1164.75 mut/Mb). The 80th percentile of bTMB was 13.4 mut/Mb and the 90th percentile was 16.6 mut/Mb. 2.6% of patients were both MSI-H and bTMB-H. No patients with bTMB < 13.4 mut/Mb (TMB-L) were found to be MSI-H. Ten patients from five institutions received pembrolizumab (8 monotherapy) after a median of 4.5 lines of prior therapy (Table). Four patients were MSI-H. The 3 patients in the cohort with PSA decreases > 50% had both MSI-H and bTMB ≥ 13.4 mut/Mb. Per RECIST criteria, disease was controlled (CR, PR, SD) in 6 of 7 (86%) patients with bTMB scores ≥ 13.4 mut/Mb. Conclusions: These data continue to affirm that ctDNA NGS is a practical and cost-effective means of assessing potential predictors of ICI activity in patients with advanced prostate cancer. Preliminary data from this growing cohort of patients who have received ICI guided by bTMB scores and other molecular parameters identified via ctDNA NGS, including MSI-H, demonstrate a clinical benefit from therapy. Further studies are warranted for contextualizing individual tumor bTMB scores with established, pathology-specific benchmarks.

Patient
Age
bTMB (mut/Mb)
Days from G360 to start of ICI
Pre- ICI PSA
Days on ICI (ongoing*)
Decrease in PSA >50%
ORR
1
65
36.36
35
700.53
53*
N/A
PR
2
70
184.49
13
0.01
134*
N/A
PR
3
67
59.82
15
10.2
55*
Yes
N/A
4
73
16.59
39
7.5
76*
No
SD
5
65
13.4
12
125
63*
No
SD
6
83
3.83
48
6.75
64
N/A
PD
7
81
19.33
20
14.53
131
Yes
PR
8
88
14.35
121
7.2
221
Yes
PR
9
74
24.84
42
92.3
63
No
PD
10
63
9.57
7
31.8
24
No
N/A

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Prostate Cancer

Track

Prostate Cancer - Advanced,Prostate Cancer - Localized

Sub Track

Translational Research, Tumor Biology, Biomarkers, and Pathology

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 6; abstr 165)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.6_suppl.165

Abstract #

165

Poster Bd #

J6

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