Plasma biomarkers to predict clinical outcomes of FOLFIRI plus ramucirumab (RAM) as second-line treatment for RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer: JACCRO CC-16AR.

Authors

Yu Sunakawa

Yu Sunakawa

Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan;

Yu Sunakawa , Hisateru Yasui , Manabu Shiozawa , Hiroyuki Takeda , Naoya Akazawa , Tamotsu Sagawa , Kazuhiro Shiraishi , Yoshihiro Okita , Hiroyuki Okuyama , Satoshi Yuki , Shoko Yanaka , Koutatsu Matsushima , Koki Miyakawa , Ayana Kobara , Wataru Ichikawa , Masashi Fujii , Akihito Tsuji

Organizations

Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan; , Department of Medical Oncology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan; , Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan; , Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Sendai City Medical Center Sendai Open Hospital, Sendai, Japan; , Division of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo, Japan; , Department of Medical Oncology, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan; , Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Takamatsu, Japan; , Department of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kita-Gun Miki-Cho, Japan; , Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; , G&G Science Co., Ltd., Fukushima, Japan; , Sysmex Corp., Kobe, Japan; , Division of Medical Oncology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan; , Japan Clinical Cancer Research Organization, Tokyo, Japan;

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Eli Lilly

Background: Angiogenesis-factors (AFs) have been reported as prognostic biomarkers for metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). RAS status in circulating-tumor DNA (ctDNA) is considered to be associated with resistance and potential efficacy of re-challenge treatment of anti-EGFR antibody in mCRC with RAS wild-type tumors. However, there were few evidence to prospectively evaluate the dynamic change of AFs and association of RAS status in ctDNA with clinical outcomes in anti-angiogenic therapies after anti-EGFR therapy for mCRC. Methods: Plasma samples were collected at pre-, day 15 after, and post-treatments in the pre-planned biomarker study of the JACCRO CC-16 trial which evaluated 2nd-line FOLFIRI plus RAM after anti-EGFR therapy in mCRC patients with RAS wild-type tumors (UMIN000034885). In 42 enrolled patients (median age, 68-y; ECOG PS 0/1, 31/11; all pts with left-sided tumors; median PFS, 6.8 months; median OS, 21.4 months; ORR, 10.3 %), some AFs (VEGF-A, VEGF-D, PlGF, HGF, IL-8, and angiopoietin-2) and RAS status in plasma were measured using the multiplex assay with Luminex technology and OncoBEAM RAS CRC Kit, respectively. The associations between clinical outcomes and AFs/RAS status were investigated at timepoint of pre-treatment, using t-test and log-rank test. The median value was used as the cut-off value of AFs for high or low. The associations between AFs and RAS status were investigated using Brunner-Munzel test. Results: AFs and RAS status were evaluable in 38 and 41 patients, respectively. The OS was significantly longer in patients with IL-8 low compared to patients with IL-8 high (32.2 vs. 14.5 months, HR 0.36, p= 0.024). However, there was no difference in PFS between patients with IL-8 high and low. On the contrary, RAS mutations were detected at pre-treatment in 18 (44%) patients: KRAS codon12 83%, codon13 17%, codon61 67%, codon117 6%, codon146 11%, NRAS codon12 39%, codon61 78% in RAS mutations. Median PFS was 6.4 months in patients with RAS mutations in ctDNA, while it was 7.4 months in patients without RAS mutations (p = 0.10). Median OS was significantly longer in patients without RAS mutations compared to patients with RAS mutations (25.4 vs. 14.5 months, HR 0.39, p = 0.024). The ORR was 14.3% and 5.6% in patients without RAS mutations and with RAS mutations, respectively. In an exploratory analysis regarding the relationship between AFs and RAS status, IL-8 level was significantly higher in patients with RAS mutations than those without in ctDNA. Conclusions: This biomarker study demonstrated the associations between clinical outcomes and IL-8/RAS status in blood before treatment in RAS wild-type mCRC treated with 2nd-line FOLFIRI plus RAM after anti-EGFR antibody therapy. Clinical trial information: UMIN000034885.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session C: Cancers of the Colon, Rectum, and Anus

Track

Colorectal Cancer,Anal Cancer

Sub Track

Translational Research

Clinical Trial Registration Number

UMIN000034885

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 4; abstr 177)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.4_suppl.177

Abstract #

177

Poster Bd #

J17

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