Detection of MET amplification (METamp) in patients with EGFR mutant (m) NSCLC after first-line (1L) osimertinib.

Authors

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Helena Alexandra Yu

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Helena Alexandra Yu , Keith Kerr , Christian Diego Rolfo , Jian Fang , Giovanna Finocchiaro , Kam-Hung Wong , Remi Veillon , Terufumi Kato , James Chih-Hsin Yang , Ernest Nadal , Jo Raskin , Xiuning Le , Niki Karachaliou , Barbara Ellers-Lenz , Aurora OBrate , Christopher Stroh , Nadine Piske , Carsten Boesler , Jinji Yang , Julien Mazieres

Organizations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Department of Pathology, Aberdeen University Medical School & Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Center for Thoracic Oncology, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Medical System & Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY, Department of Thoracic Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital, Beijing, China, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy, Department of Clinical Oncology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CHU Bordeaux, Service Des Maladies Respiratoires, Bordeaux, France, Department of Thoracic Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, National Taiwan University Cancer Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, L'Hospitalet, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Pulmonology and Thoracic Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium, Department of Thoracic Head and Neck Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Global Clinical Development, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Department of Biostatistics, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Global Medical Affairs, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Companion Diagnostics & Biomarker Strategy, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Clinical Biomarkers & Technologies, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, Department of Oncology, Guangdong Lung Cancer Institute, Guangdong General Hospital and Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China, CHU de Toulouse, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Background: METamp is a common resistance mechanism to osimertinib in patients with EGFRm NSCLC and is associated with sensitivity to MET TKIs. Reported METamp rates vary considerably depending on the type of biopsy and assay used. Here, we report a large comprehensive analysis of METamp detected by TBx FISH (FISH+) and/or LBx NGS (L+) after 1L osimertinib. Methods: During prescreening of the INSIGHT 2 study (NCT03940703) of tepotinib + osimertinib in post 1L osimertinib patients (pts) with EGFRm NSCLC, METamp was centrally assessed by TBx FISH (MET GCN ≥5 and/or MET/CEP7≥2) and/or by LBx NGS (MET plasma GCN ≥2.3; Archer). Results: Of 472 pre-screened pts (64% female, 57% Asian, 97% adenocarcinoma), 350 provided TBx and 443 provided LBx. After excluding 36 TBx and 7 LBx ‘not analyzed/not evaluable’ samples, there were 314 TBx (163 from primary tumors, 151 from metastases) and 436 LBx samples with METamp results (positive or negative). Overall, FISH+ METamp was detected in 159/314 pts (50.6%), with similar FISH+ rates in the primary tumor (77/163, 47.2%) and metastases (82/151, 54.3%). FISH+ METamp detection by region was: 43.6% (82/188) in Asia, 61.5% (72/117) in Europe, and 55.6% (5/9) in the US. When limiting analysis to sites without reported local prescreening, the overall FISH+ METamp rate was 46.5% (93/200) and by region was: 43.5% (60/138) in Asia, 52.7% (29/55) in Europe, and 57.1% (4/7) in the US. In 159 FISH+ pts, median GCN was 11.8 (range 5.0–50.6) and median MET/CEP7 ratio was 2.3 (range 0.8–12.7). Mean TBx turn-around time (TAT) from shipment to results was 6.8 days. Overall, L+ METamp was detected in 51/436 pts (11.7%). In 35 L+ pts who were also FISH+, the median GCN was 16.6 (range 5.3–45.3) and median MET/CEP7 ratio was 4.5 (range 1.0–12.7). 299 pts had both central TBx FISH and LBx NGS results (Table), of whom 152 (50.8%) were FISH+ and 38 (12.7%) were L+. LBx NGS identified METamp with high specificity (negative percentage agreement [NPA] 98.0%) but low sensitivity (positive percentage agreement [PPA] 23.0%) compared with TBx FISH: only 3/38 L+ samples were FISH− but 117/152 FISH+ samples (77.0%) were L−. Clinical activity of tepotinib + osimertinib was comparable in FISH+ and L+ pts. Conclusions: In this large comprehensive analysis, FISH+ METamp was detected in ~50% of pts progressing on 1L osimertinib, while L+ METamp was detected in only 11.7% of pts. METamp, which is the most common mechanism of resistance post 1L osimertinib, can frequently be undetected by using LBx NGS only. Given high specificity but low sensitivity of LBx, L+ pts can receive a MET TKI while a negative METamp result by LBx should be confirmed by FISH. FISH allows optimal identification of METamp post 1L osimertinib, can be delivered in a clinically meaningful timeframe, and may allow more pts to benefit from an oral MET TKI. Clinical trial information: NCT03940703.

Pts with central TBx and LBx resultsTBx FISH
FISH+FISH−Total
LBx NGSL+35338
L−117144261
Total152147299

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 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

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT03940703

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 9074)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.9074

Abstract #

9074

Poster Bd #

62

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