Virtual Library
Start Your Search
A. Warth
Author of
-
+
MA16 - Novel Strategies in Targeted Therapy (ID 407)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Mini Oral Session
- Track: Chemotherapy/Targeted Therapy/Immunotherapy
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:G. Purkalne, J. Von Pawel
- Coordinates: 12/07/2016, 14:20 - 15:50, Strauss 2
-
+
MA16.03 - Global RET Registry (GLORY): Activity of RET-Directed Targeted Therapies in RET-Rearranged Lung Cancers (ID 4325)
14:20 - 15:50 | Author(s): A. Warth
- Abstract
- Presentation
Background:
GLORY is a global registry of patients with RET-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In order to complement ongoing prospective studies, the registry’s goal is to provide data on the efficacy of RET-directed targeted therapies administered outside the context of a clinical trial. We previously reported results from our first interim analysis (Gautschi, ASCO 2016). Following additional accrual into the registry, updated results are presented here, with a focus on an expanded efficacy analysis of various RET inhibitors.
Methods:
A global, multicenter network of thoracic oncologists identified patients with pathologically-confirmed NSCLC harboring a RET rearrangement. Molecular profiling was performed locally via RT-PCR, FISH, or next-generation sequencing. Anonymized data including clinical, pathologic, and molecular features were collected centrally and analyzed by an independent statistician. Response to RET tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) administered off-protocol was determined by RECIST1.1 (data cutoff date: April 15, 2016). In the subgroup of patients who received RET TKI therapy, the objectives were to determine overall response rate (ORR, primary objective), progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS).
Results:
165 patients with RET-rearranged NSCLC from 29 centers in Europe, Asia, and the USA were accrued. The median age was 61 years (range 28-89 years). The majority of patients were female (52%), never smokers (63%), with lung adenocarcinomas (98%) and advanced disease (91%). The most frequent metastasic sites were lymph nodes (82%), bone (51%) and lung (32%). KIF5B-RET was the most commonly identified fusion (70%). 53 patients received at least one RET-TKI outside of a clinical protocol, including cabozantinib (21), vandetanib (11), sunitinib (10), sorafenib (2), alectinib (2), lenvatinib (2), nintedanib (2), ponatinib (2) and regorafenib (1). In patients who were evaluable for response (n=50), the ORR was 37% for cabozantinib, 18% for vandetanib, and 22% for sunitinib. Median PFS was 3.6, 2.9, and 2.2 months and median OS was 4.9, 10.2, and 6.8 months for cabozantinib, vandetanib, and sunitinib, respectively. Responses were also observed with nintedanib and lenvatinib. Among patients who received more than one TKI (n=10), 3 partial responses were achieved after prior treatment with a different TKI.
Conclusion:
RET inhibitors are active in individual patients with RET-rearranged NSCLC, however, novel therapeutic approaches are warranted with the hope of improving current clinical outcomes. GLORY remains the largest dataset of patients with RET-rearranged NSCLC, and continues to accrue patients.
Only Members that have purchased this event or have registered via an access code will be able to view this content. To view this presentation, please login, select "Add to Cart" and proceed to checkout. If you would like to become a member of IASLC, please click here.
-
+
P1.02 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 454)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Biology/Pathology
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 12/05/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
-
+
P1.02-025 - Evaluation of NGS and RT-PCR Methods for ALK Assessment in European NSCLC Patients: Results from the ETOP Lungscape Project (ID 5001)
14:30 - 15:45 | Author(s): A. Warth
- Abstract
Background:
The reported prevalence of ALK rearrangement in NSCLC ranges from 2%-7%, depending on population and detection method. The primary standard diagnostic method is fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Recently, immunohistochemistry (IHC) has also proven to be a reproducible and sensitive technique. Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) has been advocated and most recently the advent of targeted Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) for ALK and other fusions has become possible. This is one of the first studies comparing all 4 techniques in resected NSCLC from the large ETOP Lungscape cohort.
Methods:
96 cases from the ETOP Lungscape iBiobank (N=2709) selected based on any degree of IHC staining (clone 5A4 antibody, Novocastra, UK) were examined by FISH (Abbott Molecular, Inc.; Blackhall, JCO 2014), central RT-PCR and NGS. H-score 120 is used as cutoff for IHC+. For both RT-PCR and NGS, RNA was extracted from the same formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues. For RT-PCR, primers were used covering the most frequent ALK translocations. For NGS, the Oncomine™ Solid Tumour Fusion Transcript Kit was used, allowing simultaneous sequencing of 70 ALK, RET and ROS1 specific fusion transcripts associated with NSCLC, as well as novel ALK translocations using 5’-3’ ALK gene expression ‘Imbalance Assay’.
Results:
NGS provided results for 90 cases, while RT-PCR for 77. Overall, 70 cases have results for all 4 methods, with fully concordant 60 (85.7%) cases (49 ALK-, 11 ALK+). Before employing the ‘Imbalance Assay', in 5 of the remaining 10 cases, NGS differs from the other methods (3 NGS-, 2 NGS+), while in the other 5, NGS agrees with RT-PCR in all, IHC in 2, and FISH in 1. Using the concordant result of at least two of the three methods as true negative/positive, the specificity and sensitivity of the fourth is 96/94/100/96% and 94/94/89/72% for IHC/FISH/RT-PCR/NGS, respectively (incorporating imbalance: NGS sensitivity=83%). Imbalance scores are presented here for 18 NGS- cases: 9 ‘NGS-/FISH+/IHC+’, 9 ‘NGS-/FISH-/IHC-‘. Among the ‘NGS-/FISH+/IHC+’, there is strong evidence of imbalance in 4 cases (score’s range: 0.0144-0.0555), uncertain in 5 (range: 0.0030-0.0087), and no evidence (scores≤0.0004) in the 9 negative cases.
Conclusion:
NGS is a useful screening tool for ALK rearrangement status, superior to RT-PCR when RNA yield is limited. When using NGS, it is critically important to integrate the 5’-3’ imbalance assay and to confirm with one or more additional methods in the ‘imbalance’ cases. Data further highlight the possibility of missing actionable rearrangements when only one screening methodology is available.
-
+
P2.01 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 461)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Biology/Pathology
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 12/06/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
-
+
P2.01-034 - The Pregnancy Associated Endometrial Protein Glycodelin as a Biomarker for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (ID 5422)
14:30 - 15:45 | Author(s): A. Warth
- Abstract
Background:
Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare and aggressive tumor with a short survival time arising from the mesothelial cells of the pleura. MPM is mainly associated with asbestos exposure and a strong inflammatory reaction. The common treatment of MPM combines macroscopic complete resection and adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy, respectively. Soluble mesothelin and osteopontin are current available biomarker for malignant mesothelioma with moderate sensitivity and specificity. Glycodelin is an immune system modulator well described during pregnancy. It is involved in invasion of the trophoblast and in regulation of the immunotolerance between the maternal immune system and the fetus.
Methods:
With a commercial ELISA, we measured the glycodelin serum concentrations of patients with MPM. In addition, we analyzed the glycodelin gene expression using quantitative PCR and stained glycodelin in formalin-fixed paraffin embedded tissue slides.
Results:
We found high glycodelin concentrations in the serum of patients with MPM compared to benign lung diseases. Patients with high glycodelin serum concentrations exhibited a worse overall survival. Moreover, glycodelin serum levels correlated with tumor response to treatment. A comparison of soluble mesothelin-related proteins (SMRP) and glycodelin in the serum of a large patient cohort demonstrated that the detection of both soluble factors can increase the reliable diagnostic of MPM. Glycodelin mRNA and protein was highly expressed in MPM tumors compared to normal lung tissue.
Conclusion:
In this study, we first described the expression of glycodelin in MPM. Altogether, glycodelin seems to be a new potential serum biomarker for the aggressive malignant pleural mesothelioma.
-
+
P3.01 - Poster Session with Presenters Present (ID 469)
- Event: WCLC 2016
- Type: Poster Presenters Present
- Track: Biology/Pathology
- Presentations: 2
- Moderators:
- Coordinates: 12/07/2016, 14:30 - 15:45, Hall B (Poster Area)
-
+
P3.01-009 - A Prospective Study of 'Spread through a Knife Surface' (STAKS) in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Resection Specimens (ID 4694)
14:30 - 15:45 | Author(s): A. Warth
- Abstract
Background:
An extraneous tissue contaminant on a slide is called a floater. Spread Through Air Spaces (STAS) is in the WHO classification considered as a form of invasion in lung adenocarcinoma. The artifactual spread of tissue fragments during lung specimen sectioning was recently described and termed Spreading Through A Knife Surface (STAKS).1 The purpose of this study was to prospectively examine lung resection specimens for the presence and frequency of STAKS.
Methods:
A prospective, multi-institutional study of NSCLC lobectomy and pneumonectomy resection specimen was performed from January 1 –July 1, 2016. Prosection, sampling and scoring of displaced fragments was undertaken in a systematic manner. The first cut was made with a clean long knife, the second cut was made in a parallel plane to the first cut, without cleaning the knife. Four tissue blocks were sampled: Block 1: first cut, upper part; Block 2: first cut, lower part; Block 3: second cut, upper part; Block 4: second cut, lower part. From these formalin fixed and paraffin embedded tissue blocks a superficial complete H&E stained slide was examined for the presence of displaced tissue fragments at 10x or 20x. A displaced fragment was scored as STAKS if the tissue fragment was at least 0.5 mm from the tumor or if it was on the pleural surface in the plane of the second cut. Benign and malignant STAKS were separately noted.
Results:
A total of 41 resection specimen were included in this study. The mean number of malignant STAKS for blocks 1-4 was 0.36, 1.44, 1.86 and 1.95, respectively and for benign STAKS the mean number was 0.11, 0.11, 0.13 and 0.25, respectively. Almost all STAKS were intra-alveolar. Comparison of malignant STAKS in block 1 (before the tumor was reached) with blocks 2-4 (containing tumor) was significant with p-values (p=0.003 Friedman’s test and post-hoc comparisons p=0.031, p=0.002 and p=0.005, respectively). For benign STAKS no difference was identified (p=0.23). The chance of malignant STAKS seemed to be higher when tumor was cut fresh than when cut after formalin fixation.
Conclusion:
The morphologic definition of STAKS is not different from STAS. This prospective study confirms the presence of benign and malignant STAKS. The presence of malignant STAKS is an artifact and increases with each and every knife cut during tissue sectioning. 1) Thunnissen et al. ArchPatholLabMed2016,140(212-220)
-
+
P3.01-021 - Reproducibility of Comprehensive Histologic Assessment and Refining Histologic Criteria in P Staging of Multiple Tumour Nodules (ID 5365)
14:30 - 15:45 | Author(s): A. Warth
- Abstract
Background:
Multiple tumor nodules (MTNs) are being encountered, with increasing frequency with the 8[th] TNM staging system recommending classification as separate primary lung cancers (SPLC) or intrapulmonary metastases (IM). Pathological staging requires assessment of morphological features, with criteria of Martini and Melamed supplanted by comprehensive histologic assessment of tumour type, predominant pattern, other histologic patterns and cytologic features. With publication of the 2015 WHO classification of lung tumours, we assessed the reproducibility of comprehensive histologic assessment and also sought to identify the most useful histological features.
Methods:
We conducted an online survey in which pathologists reviewed a sequential cohort of resected multifocal tumours to determine whether they were SPLC, IM, or a combination. Specific histological features for each nodule were entered into the database by the observing pathologist (tumour type, predominant adenocarcinoma pattern, and histological features including presence of lepidic growth, intra-alveolar cell clusters, cell size, mitotic rate, nuclear pleomorphism, nucleolar size and pleomorphism, nuclear inclusions, necrosis pattern, vascular invasion, mucin content, keratinization, clear cell change, cytoplasmic granules¸ lymphocytosis, macrophage response, acute inflammation and emperipolesis). Results were statistically analyzed for concordance with submitting diagnosis (gold standard) and among pathologists. Consistency of each feature was correlated with final determination of SPLC vs. IM status (p staging) by chi square analysis and Fisher exact test.
Results:
Seventeen pathologists evaluated 126 tumors from 48 patients. Kappa score on overall assessment of primary v. metastatic status was 0.60. There was good agreement as measured by Cohen’s Kappa (0.64, p<0.0001) between WHO histological patterns in individual cases with SPLC or IM status but proportions for histology and SPT or IM status were not identical (McNemar's test, p<0.0001) and additional histological features were assessed. There was marked variation in p values among the specific histological features. The strongest correlations (<0.05) between p staging status and histological features were with nuclear pleomorphism, cell size, acinus formation, nucleolar size, mitotic rate, nuclear inclusions, intra-alveolar clusters and necrosis pattern. Correlation between lymphocytosis, mucin content, lepidic growth, vascular invasion, macrophage response, clear cell change, acute inflammation keratinization and emperipolesis did not reach a p value of 0.05.
Conclusion:
Comprehensive histologic assessment shows good reproducibility between practicing lung pathologists. In addition to main tumour type and predominant patterns, nuclear pleomorphism, cell size, acinus formation, nucleolar size, and mitotic rate appear to be useful in distinguishing between SPLC and IM.
