ICO Bellvitge, Hospitalet Llobregat/Spain.
Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
JCO Precis Oncol. 2021 Nov;5:93-102. doi: 10.1200/PO.20.00241.
Treatment guidelines for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) recommend broad molecular profiling for targeted therapy selection. This study prospectively assessed comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS) of cell-free circulating tumor DNA (cfDNA) compared with standard-of-care (SOC) tissue-based testing to identify guideline-recommended alterations in aNSCLC.
Patients with treatment-naïve aNSCLC were tested using a well-validated NGS cfDNA panel, and results were compared with SOC tissue testing. The primary objective was noninferiority of cfDNA vs. tissue analysis for the detection of two guideline-recommended biomarkers ( and ) and an additional six actionable biomarkers. Secondary analyses included tissue versus cfDNA biomarker discovery, overall response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS) to targeted therapy, and positive predictive value (PPV) of cfDNA.
The primary objective was met with cfDNA identifying actionable mutations in 46 patients versus 48 by tissue ( < .05). In total, 0/186 patients were genotyped for all eight biomarkers with tissue, compared with 90.8% using cfDNA. Targetable alterations or were identified in 80.7% when cfDNA was used first versus 57.1% when tissue was used first. PPV for cfDNA-detected was 100.0% (25/25). ORR and PFS in patients receiving targeted therapy based on tissue or cfDNA were similar to those previously reported.
This prospective study confirms a previous report that comprehensive cfDNA testing is noninferior to SOC tissue testing in detecting aNSCLC-recommended biomarkers. Furthermore, cfDNA-based first-line therapy produced outcomes similar to tissue-based testing, demonstrating the clinical utility of comprehensive cfDNA genotyping as the initial genotyping modality in patients with treatment-naïve aNSCLC when tissue is insufficient or when all actionable biomarkers cannot be rapidly assessed.
晚期非小细胞肺癌(aNSCLC)的治疗指南建议广泛进行分子谱分析,以选择靶向治疗。本研究前瞻性评估了与标准护理(SOC)组织检测相比,细胞游离循环肿瘤 DNA(cfDNA)的综合下一代测序(NGS),以鉴定 aNSCLC 中指南推荐的改变。
对未经治疗的 aNSCLC 患者进行了经过良好验证的 NGS cfDNA 面板检测,并将结果与 SOC 组织检测进行了比较。主要目的是非劣效性 cfDNA 与组织分析在检测两种指南推荐的生物标志物(和)和另外六种可操作的生物标志物方面。次要分析包括组织与 cfDNA 生物标志物发现、总反应率(ORR)、靶向治疗无进展生存期(PFS)和 cfDNA 的阳性预测值(PPV)。
主要目的是 cfDNA 在 46 名患者中鉴定出 48 名患者的可操作突变(<.05)。总共,186 名患者中有 0 名通过组织进行了所有八种生物标志物的基因分型,而通过 cfDNA 进行了 90.8%。当首先使用 cfDNA 时,可靶向改变或被鉴定为 80.7%,而当首先使用组织时,仅为 57.1%。cfDNA 检测到的 PPV 为 100.0%(25/25)。基于组织或 cfDNA 接受靶向治疗的患者的 ORR 和 PFS 与先前报道的相似。
这项前瞻性研究证实了先前的一项报告,即综合 cfDNA 检测在检测 aNSCLC 推荐的生物标志物方面不劣于 SOC 组织检测。此外,基于 cfDNA 的一线治疗产生的结果与基于组织的检测相似,这表明在组织不足或无法快速评估所有可操作的生物标志物时,综合 cfDNA 基因分型作为治疗初治 aNSCLC 患者的初始基因分型方式具有临床实用性。