Circulating tumor DNA analysis and functional imaging provide complementary approaches for comprehensive disease monitoring in metastatic melanoma

Wong, Stephen Q; Raleigh, Jeanette M; Callahan, Jason; Vergara, Ismael A; Ftouni, Sarah; Hatzimihalis, Athena; Colebatch, Andrew J; Li, Jason; Semple, Timothy; Doig, Kenneth; Mintoff, Christopher; Sinha, Devbarna; Yeh, Paul; Silva, Maria Joao; Alsop, Kathryn; Thorne, Heather; Bowtell, David D; Gyorki, David E; Arnau, Gisela Mir; Cullinane, Carleen; Kee, Damien; Brady, Benjamin; Kelleher, Fergal; Dawson, Mark A; Papenfuss, Anthony T; Shackleton, Mark; Hicks, Rodney J; McArthur, Grant A; Sandhu, Shahneen; Dawson, Sarah-Jane

Author(s): Wong, Stephen Q; Raleigh, Jeanette M; Callahan, Jason; Vergara, Ismael A; Ftouni, Sarah; Hatzimihalis, Athena; Colebatch, Andrew J; Li, Jason; Semple, Timothy; Doig, Kenneth; Mintoff, Christopher; Sinha, Devbarna; Yeh, Paul; Silva, Maria Joao; Alsop, Kathryn; Thorne, Heather; Bowtell, David D; Gyorki, David E; Arnau, Gisela Mir; Cullinane, Carleen; Kee, Damien; Brady, Benjamin; Kelleher, Fergal; Dawson, Mark A; Papenfuss, Anthony T; Shackleton, Mark; Hicks, Rodney J; McArthur, Grant A; Sandhu, Shahneen; Dawson, Sarah-Jane;
Details: Publication Year 2017-11-01,Volume 1,Issue #1,Page 1-14
Journal Title: JCO Precision Oncology
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: PurposeCirculating tumor DNA (ctDNA) allows noninvasive disease monitoring across a range of malignancies. In metastatic melanoma, the extent to which ctDNA reflects changes in metabolic disease burden assessed by 18F-labeled fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is unknown. We assessed the role of ctDNA analysis in combination with FDG-PET to monitor tumor burden and genomic heterogeneity throughout treatment.Patients and MethodsWe performed a comprehensive analysis of serial ctDNA and FDG-PET in 52 patients who received systemic therapy for metastatic melanoma. Next-generation sequencing and digital polymerase chain reaction were used to analyze plasma samples from the cohort.ResultsctDNA levels were monitored across patients with mutant BRAF, NRAS, and BRAF/NRAS wild type disease. Mutant BRAF and NRAS ctDNA levels correlated closely with changes in metabolic disease burden throughout treatment. TERT promoter mutant ctDNA levels also paralleled changes in tumor burden, which provide an alternative marker for disease monitoring. Of note, subcutaneous and cerebral disease sites were not well represented in plasma. Early changes in ctDNA and metabolic disease burden were important indicators of treatment response. Patients with an early decrease in ctDNA post-treatment had improved progression-free survival compared with patients in whom ctDNA levels remained unchanged or increased over time (hazard ratio, 2.6; P = .05). ctDNA analysis contributed key molecular information through the identification of putative resistance mechanisms to targeted therapy. A detailed comparison of the genomic architecture of plasma and multiregional tumor biopsy specimens at autopsy revealed the ability of ctDNA to comprehensively capture genomic heterogeneity across multiple disease sites.ConclusionThe findings highlight the powerful role of ctDNA in metastatic melanoma as a complementary modality to functional imaging that allows real-time monitoring of both tumor burden and genomic changes throughout therapy.
Publisher: American Society of Clinical Oncology
Research Division(s): Bioinformatics
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1200/PO.16.00009
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