Immunogenomic characterization of biliary tract cancers: Biomarker enrichment for benefit to immune checkpoint blockade.

Authors

Wungki Park

Wungki Park

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY

Wungki Park , Fergus Keane , Chaitanya Bandlamudi , Mark Donoghue , Paulino Tallón de Lara , James J. Harding , Danny Khalil , Zoe McKinnell , Michelle Sterpi , Will Cao , Imane H. El Dika , Vinod P. Balachandran , Kevin Soares , Anna M. Varghese , Kenneth H. Yu , David Paul Kelsen , Christine A Iacobuzio-Donahue , Ghassan K. Abou-Alfa , David B. Solit , Eileen Mary O'Reilly

Organizations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Icahn School of Medicine At Mount Sinai / St. Luke's Roosevelt, New York, NY, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY

Research Funding

U.S. National Institutes of Health
Other Foundation

Background: Several immunomodulatory molecules (PD-L1, B7H4, and CD276) have been associated with biliary tract cancer (BTC) subgroups, suggesting potential value to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) in this lethal disease. Phase II monotherapy (pembrolizumab or nivolumab), and combination (atezolizumab and cobimetinib) ICB trials reported low response rates in unselected advanced BTC with a wide range of responses. A recent randomized phase III trial (TOPAZ-1) reported an overall survival (OS) benefit among patients (pts) with advanced BTC treated with chemotherapy and anti-PD-L1 ICB. However, no correlation between PD-L1 expression and OS was noted and biomarker enrichment strategy in BTC for immunotherapy remains a key to optimize OS. Methods: From our comprehensive clinico-genomic database for BTC at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK), a retrospective genomic landscape and neoantigen analysis was performed using MSK-IMPACT. Potential immunogenic subgroups were evaluated: homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) defined by pathogenic alterations in BRCA1/2, PALB2, and BAP1, microsatellite stability high (MSI-H) defined by MSIsensor score ≥10, and tumor mutation burden (TMB)>10. Clinical outcomes with anti-PD-1 ICB were evaluated. Results: Among N=1,190 pts with BTC, N=1,346 samples were sequenced between 03/2014 and 01/2022. Key actionable alterations included (%): IDH1, 2 (13, 3), FGFR2 fusions (9), ERBB2 amplification (5), BRAF V600E (2), RNF43 (2), POLE (2), NTRK1 fusion (<1). There were N=230 (17%) patients with putatively more immunogenic BTC (iBTC) identified by HRD [BRCA1/2 (1, 2.4), PALB2 (1), BAP1 (9)], TMB>10, and MSI-H. Frequency, location (intrahepatic, ICC; extrahepatic, ECC; gallbladder, GBC), TMB, and genomic instability score (GIS) are summarized (Table). Among iBTC subgroup, N=32 pts received ICB. Their median follow up was 29.1 months. Median lines of prior therapy was 3. Median PFS was 5.6 M (95%CI: 1.2-10.1) and OS was 33.4 M (23.1-43.6). Conclusion: A subgroup of BTC pts (iBTC) benefit from ICB. Apart from MSI-H and TMB>10, other genomically-defined subgroups such as HRD may benefit from ICB. Prospective studies are needed to evaluate a better biomarker enrichment strategy beyond PD-L1 and TMB, that can represent other immunogenic aspects of tumor neoantigen and microenvironment.

Pts N=1,190 (100%)
iBTC: 207 (17%)
983 (83%)
MSI-H
MSS/TMB>10
HRD without TMB>10
Others
16 (1.3)
37 (3)
154 (13)
983 (83)
ICC:ECC:GBC
N (%)
7:5:4
(44:31:25)
11:10:16
(30:27:43)
118:18:18
(66:12:12)
557:182:221
(58:19:23)
Median TMB
(min-max)
34
(7–75)
14.5
(10.5–28.3)
3.3
(0.8–9.5)
2.6
(1–8.3)
Mean GIS
(min-max)
9.5 (7–17)
17.4 (6–27)
13.5 (3–51)
12.6 (1–46)

No ICB mOS M (95%CI)
10.2
(9.6–NR)
17.3
(6.5–NR)
18
(13–24.1)
13.7
(11.7–15.8)
ICB N=32
N=9
N=8
N=4
N=11
ICB mOS M (95%CI)
69 (11–NR)
42 (35–50)
28 (3–52)
20 (6–35)
ICB mPFS M
(95%CI)
20 (11–NR)
14 (6–21)
2 (0–5)
3 (1–4)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Track

Gastrointestinal Cancer—Gastroesophageal, Pancreatic, and Hepatobiliary

Sub Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 16; abstr 4083)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.16_suppl.4083

Abstract #

4083

Poster Bd #

71

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