Department of Oncology, University of Turin, AOU S. Luigi Gonzaga, Orbassano, TO, Italy.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2022 Dec;23(12):1699-1720. doi: 10.1007/s11864-022-01033-4. Epub 2022 Nov 17.
KRASp.G12C mutation occurs in 12% of newly diagnosed advanced NSCLC and has recently emerged as a positive predictive biomarker for the selection of advanced NSCLC patients who may respond to novel KRASp.G12C inhibitors. The recent discovery of a new binding pocket under the effector region of KRAS G12C oncoprotein has made direct pharmacological inhibition of the KRASp.G12 mutation possible, leading to the clinical development of a new series of direct selective inhibitors, with a potential major impact on patients' survival and quality of life. Promising efficacy and tolerability data emerging from the early phase CodeBreak trial have already supported the regulatory approval of sotorasib as first in class targeted treatment for the second-line treatment of KRASp.G12C-positive NSCLC population, following immunotherapy-based first-line therapies, while the randomized phase III CodeBreak 200 clinical study has recently confirmed a significant superiority of sotorasib over docetaxel in terms of progression-free survival and quality of life. However, KRAS mutant NSCLC is a high heterogeneous disease characterized by a high rate of co-mutations, most frequently involving P53, STK11, and KEAP1 genes, which significantly modulate the composition of the tumor microenvironment and consequently affect clinical responses to both immunotherapy and targeted inhibitors now available in clinical practice. Both pre-clinical and clinical translational series have recently revealed a wide spectrum of resistance mechanisms occurring under selective KRASG12C inhibitors, including both on-target and off-target molecular alterations as well as morphological switching, negatively affecting the antitumor activity of these drugs when used as single agent therapies. The understanding of such biological background along with the emergence of pre-clinical data provided a strong rational to investigate different combination strategies, including the inhibition of SHP2, SOS1, and KRAS G12C downstream effectors, as well as the addition of immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy to targeted therapy. The preliminary results of these trials have recently suggested a promising activity of SHP2 inhibitors in the front-line setting, while toxicity issues limited the concurrent administration of immune-checkpoint inhibitors and sotorasib. The identification of predictive genomic/immunological biomarkers will be crucial to understand how to optimally sequencing/combining different drugs and ultimately personalize treatment strategies under clinical investigation, to definitively increase the survival outcomes of KRASp.G12C mutant advanced NSCLC patients.
KRASp.G12C 突变发生在新诊断的晚期 NSCLC 中的 12%,最近已成为选择可能对新型 KRASp.G12C 抑制剂有反应的晚期 NSCLC 患者的阳性预测生物标志物。最近在 KRAS G12C 癌蛋白的效应区域下发现了一个新的结合口袋,这使得直接对 KRASp.G12 突变进行药理学抑制成为可能,从而导致了一系列新型直接选择性抑制剂的临床开发,这可能对患者的生存和生活质量产生重大影响。早期 CodeBreak 试验中出现的有前途的疗效和耐受性数据已经支持监管部门批准索托拉西布作为 KRASp.G12C 阳性 NSCLC 人群二线治疗的首个靶向治疗药物,紧随免疫治疗为基础的一线治疗,而随机 III 期 CodeBreak 200 临床研究最近证实,在无进展生存期和生活质量方面,索托拉西布明显优于多西他赛。然而,KRAS 突变型 NSCLC 是一种高度异质性疾病,其特征是高频共突变,最常涉及 P53、STK11 和 KEAP1 基因,这些基因显著调节肿瘤微环境的组成,从而影响目前临床实践中免疫治疗和靶向抑制剂的临床反应。临床前和临床转化系列最近揭示了在选择性 KRASG12C 抑制剂下发生的广泛的耐药机制谱,包括靶内和靶外的分子改变以及形态转换,当作为单一药物治疗时,这些药物的抗肿瘤活性受到负面影响。对这些生物学背景的了解以及临床前数据的出现为研究不同的联合策略提供了强有力的依据,包括抑制 SHP2、SOS1 和 KRAS G12C 下游效应物,以及将免疫治疗和/或化疗添加到靶向治疗中。这些试验的初步结果最近表明 SHP2 抑制剂在一线治疗中的活性有希望,而毒性问题限制了免疫检查点抑制剂和索托拉西布的同时给药。鉴定预测性基因组/免疫学生物标志物对于了解如何最佳地对不同药物进行排序/联合以及最终在临床研究中实现个体化治疗策略以明确提高 KRASp.G12C 突变晚期 NSCLC 患者的生存结果至关重要。
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