Efficacy of biomarker-matched therapy in clinical trials for advanced gastrointestinal cancers: A pooled analysis of SCRUM-Japan studies.

Authors

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Tadayoshi Hashimoto

Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology/Translational Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan

Tadayoshi Hashimoto , Takao Fujisawa , Nozomu Machida , Akitaka Makiyama , Shogen Boku , Shigenori Kadowaki , Naoki Takahashi , Eiji Oki , Chigusa Morizane , Yu Sunakawa , Yoshito Komatsu , Naohiro Okano , Taito Esaki , Takashi Ohta , Takeshi Kato , Hiroshi Ozaki , Naoko Iida , Yoshiaki Nakamura , Hideaki Bando , Takayuki Yoshino

Organizations

Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology/Translational Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, Department of Head and Neck Medical Oncology/Translational Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan, Cancer Center, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan, Cancer Treatment Center, Kansai Medical University Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Department of Clinical Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan, Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Clinical Oncology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hokkaido University Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, Kyorin University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Gastrointestinal and Medical Oncology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Clinical Oncology, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan, Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan, Translational Research Support Office, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Japan

Research Funding

No funding sources reported

Background: We conduct the SCRUM-Japan MONSTAR-SCREEN, a nationwide molecular profiling project to facilitate the enrollment of patients with advanced solid tumors into matched clinical trials based on identified biomarkers. Here, we investigated clinical outcomes of patients with gastrointestinal cancers in this project. Methods: The SCRUM-Japan GI-SCREEN was launched for gastrointestinal cancers in 2015, followed by GOZILA, MONSTAR-SCREEN-1, and MONSTAR-SCREEN-2 for advanced solid tumors. The used profiling assay for genomic alterations was Oncomine Comprehensive Assay for tumor tissue in GI-SCREEN, Guardant360 for plasma in GOZILA, FoundationOne CDx for tissue and FoundationOne Liquid CDx for plasma in MONSTAR-SCREEN-1, and CARIS MI Profile for tissue in MONSTAR-SCREEN-2. Patients were treated in clinical trials or practice based on identified biomarkers. We analyzed data from patients with gastrointestinal cancers in this project. Results: Of 11,408 patients enrolled in our project as of May 22, 2023, 555 (5.0%) were enrolled in matched clinical trials based on identified biomarkers. The major cancer types that had matched clinical trials included colorectal (63.2%), biliary tract (12.4%), gastric (n=9.2%), esophageal (n=6.5%), and pancreatic cancer (n=4.7%). The objective response rate (ORR), median progression-free survival, and median overall survival (OS) for patients in matched trials were 27.8% (95% CI, 24.0% to 31.9%), 3.0 months (95% CI, 2.8 to 3.7 months), and 14.4 months (95% CI, 13.0 to 16.1). The major treatment lines in which investigational drugs were administered were third (24.6%) and fourth (16.0%) line. Evaluating by each drug target given to at least 20 patients, therapies targeting HER2 had the highest ORR of 46%, followed by PD-1/PD-L1 (33%), BRAF (30%), and MEK (28%). Antibody-drug conjugates demonstrated the highest ORR with 48.8%, followed by monoclonal antibodies at 37.7% and small molecule inhibitors at 23.0%. Overall, patients who received matched therapy in clinical trials or practice had significantly longer OS than those who did not (hazard ratio, 0.76; 95% CI 0.69 to 0.84; P <0.01). Conclusions: Our nationwide molecular profiling project has facilitated the enrollment of patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancers in clinical trials. Furthermore, it demonstrated a survival benefit by providing patients matching targeted therapy.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Cancers of the Esophagus and Stomach and Other Gastrointestinal Cancers

Track

Esophageal and Gastric Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Translational Research

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 3; abstr 753)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.3_suppl.753

Abstract #

753

Poster Bd #

M8

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