Liquid and tissue profiling of targetable co-mutations with KRAS in non-small cell lung cancer.

Authors

Nitesh Rohatgi

Nitesh Rohatgi

Fortis Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India

Nitesh Rohatgi , Ullas Batra , Kumar Prabhash , Datar Limited , Vineet Datta , Darshana Patil , Ankur Bahl , Dadasaheb B Akolkar

Organizations

Fortis Cancer Institute, New Delhi, India, Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India, Datar Cancer Genetics, Nasik, India, Datar Genetics Limited, Nashik, India, Datar Cancer Genetics, Nashik, India, Datar Cancer Genetics Limited, Nashik, India

Research Funding

No funding received
None.

Background: The primary objective of this study was to understand the co-occurrence of KRAS with other actionable drivers in Indian lung cancers patients, and to assess the utility of liquid biopsy in this cohort. Methods: We evaluated single nucleotide alterations, copy number alterations, and fusions in 507 tumor tissue and 1271 blood specimens with targeted NGS panels in NSCLC patients. Results: In tissue-based analysis (n = 507), KRAS mutations were detected in 68 (13.4%) samples. Of these, 63 (92.6%) samples did not show the presence of any targetable co-mutations. Targetable co-mutations were detected in 5 (7.4%), with concomitant EGFR mutations in all 5 samples(100%) and BRAF mutations in 2 samples (33.3%) In the liquid biopsy (n = 1271) analysis, KRAS mutations were observed in 94 (7.4%) samples. The liquid biopsy analysis showed higher presence of targetable co-mutations in 11.7% (n = 11). EGFR was the most common co-occurring targetable gene observed in 9 samples (81.8%). Mutations in BRAF were detected in 3 (27.3%) samples. ERBB2 Exon 20 insertion was detected in 1 sample (9.1%). No ALK, RET or ROS1 fusions were seen in our KRAS positive cohort. In the tissue cohort, one newly diagnosed adenocarcinoma case showed primary co-mutations in EGFR (Exon 19del VAF 76.8%) and KRAS (G13D VAF 10.5%), impacting utility of EGFR TKI as the first line therapy. Another EGFR Exon 19 del patient developed KRAS G12D mutation as an acquired resistance mutation post Osimertinib therapy. In the liquid biopsy cohort (n = 11), the KRAS positive cohort had four newly diagnosed patients with 3 having EGFR and 1 with BRAF co-mutation. Among the patients with prior therapy, one patient at presentations had EGFR Exon 19 deletion and developed EGFR T790M at progression on Afatinib. The baseline tissue did not have coexisting KRAS mutation. Fresh tissue biopsy was performed at the progression on Osimertinib. The noteworthy finding was the KRAS G12C (VAF 0.36%) presence in liquid biopsy but absences in the simultaneous fresh tissue sample. The EGFR Exon 19 was present at lesser frequency than KRAS in the liquid (VAF 0.23%). In the patients from liquid biopsy cohort with Osimertinib therapy (n = 4), all presented with KRAS as acquired resistance mutation. One among these also showed concomitant EGFR C797S mutation. Conclusions: KRAS mutation virtually makes it unlikely for other targetable mutations to coexist. It makes it thus compelling to further study the role of liquid biopsy with KRAS first and decide if chemotherapy with IO can be started considering the standard of care is to wait for the entire targeted panel before initiating IO. Equally its important to include KRAS in the lung panel and although small the concomitant KRAS may compromise the efficacy to TKI. Liquid biopsy is a promising alternative for detection of actionable alterations, including KRAS and can be harnessed for longitudinal profiling, monitoring tumor evolution and treatment outcome.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Lung Cancer—Non-Small Cell Metastatic

Track

Lung Cancer

Sub Track

Metastatic Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr e21201)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e21201

Abstract #

e21201

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