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Association of personalized and tumor-informed ctDNA with patient survival outcomes in pancreatic adenocarcinoma

  • Gregory P. Botta
  • , Maen Abdelrahim
  • , Ronald L. Drengler
  • , Vasily N. Aushev
  • , Abdullah Esmail
  • , George Laliotis
  • , Chris M. Brewer
  • , Giby V. George
  • , Steven M. Abbate
  • , Sreenivasa R. Chandana
  • , Mohamedtaki A. Tejani
  • , Midhun Malla
  • , Dhruv Bansal
  • , Samuel Rivero-Hinojosa
  • , Erik Spickard
  • , Nicole McCormick
  • , Michael Cecchini
  • , Jill Lacy
  • , Naomi Fei
  • , Pashtoon Murtaza Kasi
  • Anup Kasi, Farshid Dayyani, Diana L. Hanna, Shruti Sharma, Meenakshi Malhotra, Alexey Aleshin, Minetta C. Liu, Adham Jurdi

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Abstract

Introduction: Personalized and tumor-informed circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) testing is feasible and allows for molecular residual disease (MRD) identification in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: In this retrospective analysis of commercial cases from multiple US institutions, personalized, tumor-informed, whole-exome sequenced, and germline-controlled ctDNA levels were quantified and analyzed in patients with PDAC. Plasma samples (n = 1329) from 298 clinically validated patients were collected at diagnosis, perioperatively (MRD-window; within 2-12 weeks after surgery, before therapy), and during surveillance (>12 weeks post-surgery if no ACT or starting 4 weeks post-ACT) from November 2019 to March 2023. Results: Of the initially diagnosed patients with stages I-III PDAC who went for resection, the median follow-up time from surgery was 13 months (range 0.1-214). Positive ctDNA detection rates were 29% (29/100) and 29.6% (45/152) during the MRD and surveillance windows, respectively. Positive ctDNA detection was significantly associated with shorter DFS within the MRD window (median DFS of 6.37 months for ctDNA-positive vs 33.31 months for ctDNA-negative patients; HR: 5.45, P < .0001) as well as during the surveillance period (median DFS: 11.40 months for ctDNA-positive vs NR for ctDNA-negative; HR: 12.38, P < .0001). Additionally, DFS was significantly better with KRAS wildtype status followed by KRASG12R (HR: 0.99, P = .97), KRASG12D (HR: 1.42, P = .194), and worse with KRASG12V (HR: 2.19, P = .002) status. In multivariate analysis, ctDNA detection at surveillance was found to be the most significant prognostic factor for recurrence (HR: 24.28, P < .001). Conclusions: Perioperative tumor-informed ctDNA detection in PDAC is feasible across all stages and is associated with patient survival outcomes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)859-869
Number of pages11
JournalOncologist
Volume29
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • KRAS
  • ctDNA
  • molecular residual disease
  • pancreatic adenocarcinoma

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