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    JCSE01 - Joint IASLC-CSCO-CAALC Session (ID 63)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Joint IASLC-CSCO-CAALC Session
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    • Presentations: 2
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      JCSE01.14 - Higher Prevalence of EGFR Mutations Significantly Correlates with Lower PD-L1 Expression in Chinese Lung Adenocarcinoma (ID 3428)

      07:00 - 11:15  |  Presenting Author(s): Shiyue Zhang

      • Abstract
      • Slides

      Abstract
      Background
      EGFR mutations are more prevalent in lung adenocarcinoma compared with other non-small cell lung cancer and are more prevalent in East Asians compared with the other populations. At the same time, we observed lower PD-L1 Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma patients (pts) compared with that in Chinese lung squamous cell carcinoma pts and we also observed the proportion of PD-L1 positive (TPS >= 1%) in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts was lower than that in other multicenter cohorts. Then we hypothesize that the higher prevalence of EGFR mutations in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts correlates with lower PD-L1 expression.

      Methods
      The Origimed-based lung adenocarcinoma cohort was a retrospective cohort consisted of more than one thousand Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts who underwent both NGS panel sequencing and PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) in a College of American Pathologists (CAP) certified and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory during the year 2017 and 2018. Antibodies used in the PD-L1 IHC assay included 28-8 (sample size = 883) and 22C3 (sample size = 158). Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) was applied. All the slides were reviewed by the same senior pathologist. All the EGFR mutations were manually reviewed in Integrated Genomics Viewer for confirmation. After confirmation, each pts was assigned to EGFR positive group or EGFR negative group. Fisher' s exact test and Student' s t-test were applied.

      Results
      For antibody 28-8, PD-L1 IHC was positive (TPS >= 1%) in 18% (66/370) EGFR positive pts and was positive in 35% (180/513) EGFR negative pts (fisher exact test p value = 1.6e-5). For antibody 22C3, PD-L1 IHC was positive (TPS >= 1%) in 14% (9/64) EGFR positive pts and was positive in 45% (42/94) EGFR negative pts (fisher exact test p value = 3.8e-3). And we observed a significantly lower PD-L1 TPS in EGFR positive pts for both antibodies (t-test p value = 3.5e-11 for PD-L1 antibody 28-8; t-test p value = 6.0e-5 for PD-L1 antibody 22C3).

      Conclusion
      The observation demonstrated that lower PD-L1 TPS in Chinese Lung Adenocarcinoma pts was significantly correlated with East-Asian-specific high prevalence of EGFR mutations. The observation reassured that EGFR mutation status should be examined simultaneously with PD-L1 IHC in lung adenocarcinoma pts because it was a confounding factor for predicting immunotherapy outcome using PD-L1 TPS. The observation partly explained the generally higher PD-L1 TPS in Chinese lung squamous carcinoma pts compared with that in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts.

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      JCSE01.25 - TP53/KMT2C Co-Mutation as a Novel Biomarker for Immunotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients (ID 3862)

      07:00 - 11:15  |  Author(s): Shiyue Zhang

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      Abstract
      Background
      Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown remarkable antitumor effects in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), however only a subset of patients respond. Genomic alterations (GAs) detected by targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly used in clinical practice, but its correlation with recognized immune biomarkers and predictive value for ICIs response in NSCLC is unclear.

      Methods
      FFPE tumor and matched blood samples of 637 NSCLC patients (84 squamous cell and 553 non-squamous cell) were collected for targeted NGS panel sequencing from December 2017 to January 2019. GAs including single nucleotide variations, short and long insertions/deletions, copy number variations and gene rearrangements were assessed. TMB high (TMB-H) was defined as ≥10 muts/Mb. Positive PD-L1 expression was defined as ≥1% of tumor cells with membranous staining (22C3/28-8, DAKO). Genomic data and ICIs treatment outcome from a 240 NSCLC patient cohort was derived from cBioPortal (MSKCC, J Clin Oncol 2018).

      Results
      In 637 NSCLC patients, the prevalence of PD-L1≥1% was 26.5% and the median TMB was 4.6 muts/Mb (IQR, 2.3-10). Recurrent TP53, KRAS, LRP1B and KEAP1 mutations were significantly correlated with higher TMB (p value). TP53, KRAS and KEAP1 mutations were significantly enriched in the TMB-H/PD-L1+ subset while STK11 mutations were enriched in TMB-H/PD-L1- subset (p value). KMT2C, also known as MLL3, belongs to the mixed‐lineage leukemia (MLL) family of histone methyltransferases and its GAs was found in 5% of our cohort. Tumors with KMT2C and TP53 co-mutations (co-MUT) had a significantly higher TMB (15.1 muts/Mb) than TP53/KMT2C single-MUT (8.7 muts/Mb) and TP53/KMT2C co-WT (3.1 muts/Mb) tumors. Moreover, TMB-H/PD-L1+ subset was enriched in KMT2C and TP53 co-MUT (25%) comparing to TP53/KMT2C single-MUT (14.7%) and TP53/KMT2C co-WT (3.3%) tumors. Survival analysis from public clinical trials confirmed that patients with TP53/KMT2C co-MUT had remarkable clinical benefit to ICIs in both progression free survival (PFS) and durable clinical benefit (DCB). The median PFS was 7.3, 4.2 and 2.5 months for TP53/KMT2C co-MUT, TP53/KMT2C single-MUT and TP53/KMT2C co-WT patients, respectively (p=0.0032). TP53/KMT2C co-MUT was an independent variable of PFS (TP53/KMT2C co-MUT vs. TP53/KMT2C co-WT, HR: 0.47, 95%CI: 0.25-0.89, p=0.0199). Furthermore, TP53 with KMT2C or KRAS co-MUT expanded the patient population benefiting from ICIs (mPFS = 7.2 months, p=0.00042; DCB = 51.2%, p= 0.0195).

      Conclusion
      This study provides evidence that TP53/KMT2C co-MUT may serve as a predictive biomarker for ICIs in NSCLC. GAs detected by targeted NGS could illuminate insight for immunotherapy.

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    P1.09 - Pathology (ID 173)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Pathology
    • Presentations: 1
    • Now Available
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/08/2019, 09:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.09-33 - More than 40% of Locally Advanced or Metastatic NSCLC Patients Without EGFR/ALK Alterations Have PD-L1 TPS >= 1% in China (Now Available) (ID 2955)

      09:45 - 18:00  |  Presenting Author(s): Shiyue Zhang

      • Abstract
      • Slides

      Background

      Very recently, it was suggested that pembrolizumab monotherapy can be extended as first-line therapy to patients (pts) with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without sensitizing EGFR or ALK alterations and with low PD-L1 Tumor Proportion Score (TPS). Then screening the subset of pts with PD-L1 TPS >= 1% from all the EGFR-, ALK- locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC pts became important. However, less was known about the percentage of this subset in China. We investigated this percentage taking advantage of the retrospective NSCLC cohort collected by Origimed.

      Method

      The Origimed-based NSCLC cohort was a retrospective cohort consisted of more than one thousand Chinese NSCLC pts who underwent both NGS panel sequencing and PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) in a College of American Pathologists (CAP) certified and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory during the year 2017 and 2018. Antibodies used in the PD-L1 IHC assay included 22C3 and 28-8. TPS was applied. All the slides were reviewed by the same senior pathologist. All the EGFR and ALK alterations were manually reviewed in Integrated Genomics Viewer for confirmation. Stage III or IV at diagnosis was used as an approximation to the criteria "locally advanced or metastatic".

      Result

      Excluding sensitizing EGFR/ALK alteration carriers, there were totally 27 locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC pts whose 22C3 PD-L1 TPS were available and 202 locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC pts whose 28-8 PD-L1 TPS were available in the cohort. Among them, 55.6% (15/27) 22C3 stained samples had TPS >= 1%, and 40.6% (82/202) 28-8 stained samples had TPS >= 1%.

      Conclusion

      More than 40% of locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC pts without EGFR/ALK alterations have PD-L1 TPS >= 1% in China. These pts may benefit from first-line pembrolizumab monotherapy.

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    P2.04 - Immuno-oncology (ID 167)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Immuno-oncology
    • Presentations: 1
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.04-20 - TP53/KMT2C Co-Mutation as a Novel Biomarker for Immunotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients (ID 2081)

      10:15 - 18:15  |  Author(s): Shiyue Zhang

      • Abstract
      • Slides

      Background

      Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have shown remarkable antitumor effects in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), however only a subset of patients respond. Genomic alterations (GAs) detected by targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) is increasingly used in clinical practice, but its correlation with recognized immune biomarkers and predictive value for ICIs response in NSCLC is unclear.

      Method

      FFPE tumor and matched blood samples of 637 NSCLC patients (84 squamous cell and 553 non-squamous cell) were collected for targeted NGS panel sequencing from December 2017 to January 2019. GAs including single nucleotide variations, short and long insertions/deletions, copy number variations and gene rearrangements were assessed. TMB high (TMB-H) was defined as ≥10 muts/Mb. Positive PD-L1 expression was defined as ≥1% of tumor cells with membranous staining (22C3/28-8, DAKO). Genomic data and ICIs treatment outcome from a 240 NSCLC patient cohort was derived from cBioPortal (MSKCC, J Clin Oncol 2018).

      Result

      In 637 NSCLC patients, the prevalence of PD-L1≥1% was 26.5% and the median TMB was 4.6 muts/Mb (IQR, 2.3-10). Recurrent TP53, KRAS, LRP1B and KEAP1 mutations were significantly correlated with higher TMB (p value). TP53, KRAS and KEAP1 mutations were significantly enriched in the TMB-H/PD-L1+ subset while STK11 mutations were enriched in TMB-H/PD-L1- subset (p value). KMT2C, also known as MLL3, belongs to the mixed‐lineage leukemia (MLL) family of histone methyltransferases and its GAs was found in 5% of our cohort. Tumors with KMT2C and TP53 co-mutations (co-MUT) had a significantly higher TMB (15.1 muts/Mb) than TP53/KMT2C single-MUT (8.7 muts/Mb) and TP53/KMT2C co-WT (3.1 muts/Mb) tumors. Moreover, TMB-H/PD-L1+ subset was enriched in KMT2C and TP53 co-MUT (25%) comparing to TP53/KMT2C single-MUT (14.7%) and TP53/KMT2C co-WT (3.3%) tumors. Survival analysis from public clinical trials confirmed that patients with TP53/KMT2C co-MUT had remarkable clinical benefit to ICIs in both progression free survival (PFS) and durable clinical benefit (DCB). The median PFS was 7.3, 4.2 and 2.5 months for TP53/KMT2C co-MUT, TP53/KMT2C single-MUT and TP53/KMT2C co-WT patients, respectively (p=0.0032). TP53/KMT2C co-MUT was an independent variable of PFS (TP53/KMT2C co-MUT vs. TP53/KMT2C co-WT, HR: 0.47, 95%CI: 0.25-0.89, p=0.0199). Furthermore, TP53 with KMT2C or KRAS co-MUT expanded the patient population benefiting from ICIs (mPFS = 7.2 months, p=0.00042; DCB = 51.2%, p= 0.0195).

      Conclusion

      This study provides evidence that TP53/KMT2C co-MUT may serve as a predictive biomarker for ICIs in NSCLC. GAs detected by targeted NGS could illuminate insight for immunotherapy.

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    P2.09 - Pathology (ID 174)

    • Event: WCLC 2019
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
    • Track: Pathology
    • Presentations: 1
    • Now Available
    • Moderators:
    • Coordinates: 9/09/2019, 10:15 - 18:15, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.09-32 - Higher Prevalence of EGFR Mutations Significantly Correlates with Lower PD-L1 Expression in Chinese Lung Adenocarcinoma (Now Available) (ID 191)

      10:15 - 18:15  |  Presenting Author(s): Shiyue Zhang

      • Abstract
      • Slides

      Background

      EGFR mutations are more prevalent in lung adenocarcinoma compared with other non-small cell lung cancer and are more prevalent in East Asians compared with the other populations. At the same time, we observed lower PD-L1 Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma patients (pts) compared with that in Chinese lung squamous cell carcinoma pts and we also observed the proportion of PD-L1 positive (TPS >= 1%) in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts was lower than that in other multicenter cohorts. Then we hypothesize that the higher prevalence of EGFR mutations in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts correlates with lower PD-L1 expression.

      Method

      The Origimed-based lung adenocarcinoma cohort was a retrospective cohort consisted of more than one thousand Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts who underwent both NGS panel sequencing and PD-L1 immunohistochemistry (IHC) in a College of American Pathologists (CAP) certified and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) certified laboratory during the year 2017 and 2018. Antibodies used in the PD-L1 IHC assay included 28-8 (sample size = 883) and 22C3 (sample size = 158). Tumor Proportion Score (TPS) was applied. All the slides were reviewed by the same senior pathologist. All the EGFR mutations were manually reviewed in Integrated Genomics Viewer for confirmation. After confirmation, each pts was assigned to EGFR positive group or EGFR negative group. Fisher' s exact test and Student' s t-test were applied.

      Result

      For antibody 28-8, PD-L1 IHC was positive (TPS >= 1%) in 18% (66/370) EGFR positive pts and was positive in 35% (180/513) EGFR negative pts (fisher exact test p value = 1.6e-5). For antibody 22C3, PD-L1 IHC was positive (TPS >= 1%) in 14% (9/64) EGFR positive pts and was positive in 45% (42/94) EGFR negative pts (fisher exact test p value = 3.8e-3). And we observed a significantly lower PD-L1 TPS in EGFR positive pts for both antibodies (t-test p value = 3.5e-11 for PD-L1 antibody 28-8; t-test p value = 6.0e-5 for PD-L1 antibody 22C3).

      Conclusion

      The observation demonstrated that lower PD-L1 TPS in Chinese Lung Adenocarcinoma pts was significantly correlated with East-Asian-specific high prevalence of EGFR mutations. The observation reassured that EGFR mutation status should be examined simultaneously with PD-L1 IHC in lung adenocarcinoma pts because it was a confounding factor for predicting immunotherapy outcome using PD-L1 TPS. The observation partly explained the generally higher PD-L1 TPS in Chinese lung squamous carcinoma pts compared with that in Chinese lung adenocarcinoma pts.

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