Tumor-agnostic and cross-indication actionable alterations in <i>IDH</i> -wildtype glioma: Precision oncology opportunities in an aggressive disease.
Abstract
e14060 Background: Gliomas have few approved targeted therapies. Given frequent blood-brain-barrier disruption in gliomas, molecular targets with FDA-approved therapies in other solid tumors represent relevant precision-oncology opportunity. Methods: A total of 235 glioma tumor tissue samples underwent targeted next-generation sequencing at Datar Cancer Genetics. Clinical actionability was assessed using ESCAT. Subgroup analyses were performed based on IDH status. Results: Of 235 samples, 6 were grade I (2.6%), 17 grade II (7.2%), 38 grade III (16.2%), and 159 grade IV (67.8%); grade was unavailable in 15 (6.4%). Overall, 43.8% (103/235) harbored ≥1 tumor-agnostic or cross-indication actionable alteration with an FDA-approved therapy in solid tumors. Tumor-agnostic biomarkers included TMB-H (11.6%; 16/138), dMMR (1.7%; 2/116), BRAF V600E (4.9%; 11/225), and NTRK fusions (0.6%; 1/178); HER2 amplifications and RET fusions were not detected. Canonical CNS alterations included IDH1/2 (24.0%; 54/225), TERT promoter (36.1%; 73/202), TP53 (42.4%; 95/224), H3F3A (3.8%; 7/185), ATRX (8.2%; 18/219), EGFR amplification (21.2%; 43/203), CDKN2A/2B loss (18.8%; 38/202), EGFRvIII (12.9%; 23/178), and EGFR mutations (10.7%; 24/225). Cross-indication alterations involved PI3K-AKT-mTOR ( PIK3CA 8.4% [19/225], PTEN 18.3% [41/224]) and FGFR (4.3%; 10/235); KIAA1549-BRAF and PTPRZ1-MET fusions were each detected in 1.1% (2/178). ESCAT Tier I alterations were present in 29% (69/235) and Tier II–III in 56% (132/235). Though incidence of tumor-agnostic biomarkers was similar in IDH -mutant and IDH -wildtype ( IDH -WT) gliomas (13.0% [7/54] vs 11.6% [21/181]), the cross-indication biomarkers were enriched in IDH -WT gliomas (40.9% [74/181] vs 20.4% [11/54]). In grade IV gliomas, cross-indication biomarkers were more frequent in IDH -WT than IDH -mutant tumors (45.3% [62/137] vs 18.2% [4/22]), with similar findings in combined grade III–IV gliomas (42.9% [66/154] vs 25.6% [11/43]). Conclusions: Despite poorer prognosis, IDH -WT gliomas are enriched for cross-indication actionable alterations, reflecting biological actionability without established clinical benefit, and supporting comprehensive molecular profiling to guide indication-expanded therapies, clinical trial enrolment, and prospective interventional basket trials. Tumor-agnostic and cross-indication actionable alterations in gliomas. Biomarker Overall % (n/N) IDH -WT (%) IDH -Mutant (%) Approved Indication PTEN mutations 18.3 (41/224) 21.8 7.4 Breast FGFR1/2/3 alterations 4.3 (10/235) 5.5 0.0 Multiple ERBB2 mutations 0.0 (0/179) 0.0 0.0 Multiple BRCA1/2 mutations 0.6 (1/156) 0.8 0.0 Multiple PIK3CA mutations 8.4 (19/225) 7.6 11.1 Breast TMB-H 11.6 (16/138) 8.9 23.1 Tumor-agnostic dMMR/MSI-H 1.7 (2/116) 2.0 0.0 Tumor-agnostic NTRK fusions 0.6 (1/178) 0.7 0.0 Tumor-agnostic
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Journal of Clinical Oncology
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Authors (18)
Nitesh Rohatgi
Fortis Memorial Research Institute Gurugram, Gurugram, India
Darshana Suresh Patil
Datar Cancer Genetics, Nashik, India
Kunjahari Medhi
Medanta, The Medicity, Gurugram, India
Priya Tiwari
Artemis Hospitals, Delhi, India
Shina Goyal
Max Super Speciality Hospital Dwarka, New Delhi, India
Sewanti Atul Limaye
Medical & Precision Oncology, Clinical and Translational Oncology Research, Sir HN Reliance Foundation, Mumbai, India
Rajeev Vijayakumar
Gleneagles BGS Hospital, Bangalore, India
Satish Sharma
Bhagwan Mahavir Manipal Hospital, Ranchi, India
Tara Chand Gupta
Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Centre, Jaipur, India
Vijay Anand Reddy
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
Rajan Datar
Datar Cancer Genetics, Nashik, India
Piers N. Plowman
Royal College of Physicians, London, United Kingdom
Ananth Pai
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India
Paula Dobosz
Department of Pathomorphology and Clinical Immunology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Shriniwas Subhash Kulkarni
Sahyadri Hospital, Pune, India
Padman Vamadevan
Astron Health, Wallington, United Kingdom
Harsh Vardhan Atreya
Medanta Hospital, Lucknow, India
Vivek Agarwala
Narayana Health, NSH-Howrah & RTIICS, Kolkata, India