TY - JOUR
T1 - Egfr and MET amplifications determine response to HER2 inhibition in ERBB2-amplified esophagogastric cancer
AU - Sanchez-Vega, Francisco
AU - Hechtman, Jaclyn F.
AU - Castel, Pau
AU - Ku, Geoffrey Y.
AU - Tuvy, Yaelle
AU - Won, Helen
AU - Fong, Christopher J.
AU - Bouvier, Nancy
AU - Nanjangud, Gouri J.
AU - Soong, Joanne
AU - Vakiani, Efsevia
AU - Schattner, Mark
AU - Kelsen, David P.
AU - Lefkowitz, Robert A.
AU - Brown, Karen
AU - Lacouture, Mario E.
AU - Capanu, Marinela
AU - Mattar, Marissa
AU - Qeriqi, Besnik
AU - Cecchi, Fabiola
AU - Tian, Yuan
AU - Hembrough, Todd
AU - Nagy, Rebecca J.
AU - Lanman, Richard B.
AU - Larson, Steven M.
AU - Pandit-Taskar, Neeta
AU - Schöder, Heiko
AU - Donahue, Christine A.Iacobuzio
AU - Ilson, David H.
AU - Weber, Wolfgang A.
AU - Berger, Michael F.
AU - De Stanchina, Elisa
AU - Taylor, Barry S.
AU - Lewis, Jason S.
AU - Solit, David B.
AU - Carrasquillo, Jorge A.
AU - Scaltriti, Maurizio
AU - Schultz, Nikolaus
AU - Janjigian, Yelena Y.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Association for Cancer Research.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The anti-HER2 antibody trastuzumab is standard care for advanced esophagogastric (EG) cancer with ERBB2 (HER2) amplification or overexpression, but intrinsic and acquired resistance are common. We conducted a phase II study of afatinib, an irreversible pan-HER kinase inhibitor, in trastuzumab-resistant EG cancer. We analyzed pretreatment tumor biopsies and, in select cases, performed comprehensive characterization of postmortem metastatic specimens following acquisition of drug resistance. Afatinib response was associated with coamplification of EGFR and ERBB2. Heterogeneous 89 Zr-trastuzumab PET uptake was associated with genomic heterogeneity and mixed clinical response to afatinib. Resistance to afatinib was associated with selection for tumor cells lacking EGFR amplification or with acquisition of MET amplification, which could be detected in plasma cell-free DNA. The combination of afatinib and a MET inhibitor induced complete tumor regression in ERBB2 and MET coamplified patient-derived xenograft models established from a metastatic lesion progressing on afatinib. Collectively, differential intrapatient and interpatient expression of HER2, EGFR, and MET may determine clinical response to HER kinase inhibitors in ERBB2-amplified EG cancer. Significance: Analysis of patients with ERBB2-amplified, trastuzumab-resistant EG cancer who were treated with the HER kinase inhibitor afatinib revealed that sensitivity and resistance to therapy were associated with EGFR/ERBB2 coamplification and MET amplification, respectively. HER2-directed PET imaging and cell-free DNA sequencing could help guide strategies to overcome the emergence of resistant clones.
AB - The anti-HER2 antibody trastuzumab is standard care for advanced esophagogastric (EG) cancer with ERBB2 (HER2) amplification or overexpression, but intrinsic and acquired resistance are common. We conducted a phase II study of afatinib, an irreversible pan-HER kinase inhibitor, in trastuzumab-resistant EG cancer. We analyzed pretreatment tumor biopsies and, in select cases, performed comprehensive characterization of postmortem metastatic specimens following acquisition of drug resistance. Afatinib response was associated with coamplification of EGFR and ERBB2. Heterogeneous 89 Zr-trastuzumab PET uptake was associated with genomic heterogeneity and mixed clinical response to afatinib. Resistance to afatinib was associated with selection for tumor cells lacking EGFR amplification or with acquisition of MET amplification, which could be detected in plasma cell-free DNA. The combination of afatinib and a MET inhibitor induced complete tumor regression in ERBB2 and MET coamplified patient-derived xenograft models established from a metastatic lesion progressing on afatinib. Collectively, differential intrapatient and interpatient expression of HER2, EGFR, and MET may determine clinical response to HER kinase inhibitors in ERBB2-amplified EG cancer. Significance: Analysis of patients with ERBB2-amplified, trastuzumab-resistant EG cancer who were treated with the HER kinase inhibitor afatinib revealed that sensitivity and resistance to therapy were associated with EGFR/ERBB2 coamplification and MET amplification, respectively. HER2-directed PET imaging and cell-free DNA sequencing could help guide strategies to overcome the emergence of resistant clones.
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U2 - 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-0598
DO - 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-18-0598
M3 - Article
C2 - 30463996
AN - SCOPUS:85061252180
SN - 2159-8274
VL - 9-2
SP - 199
EP - 209
JO - Cancer Discovery
JF - Cancer Discovery
ER -
