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    MA06 - PDL1, TMB and DNA Repair (ID 903)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Mini Oral Abstract Session
    • Track: Biology
    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 13:30 - 15:00, Room 206 AC
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      MA06.02 - Prospective Immunogenomic Profiling of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Genomic and Immune Profiling Updates from Project ICON (ID 13523)

      13:35 - 13:40  |  Author(s): Runzhe Chen

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      Background

      Our previous work has demonstrated that higher level of genomic complexity is associated with more heterogeneous neoantigen repertoire, suppressed T cell repertoire and postsurgical relapse in localized non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) highlighting the complex interaction of tumor molecular and immune landscape and their impact on cancer biology and patient survival. We launched the ICON Project (Immune Genomic Profiling of NSCLC) to prospectively delineate the molecular and immune landscape of early stage NSCLC and their impact on patient survival through a multidisciplinary approach. Here we report the updated genomic and immune analyses.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      Surgical specimens from stage I-III NSCLC were subjected to whole-exome and RNA sequencing for mutational analysis, in silico neoantigen prediction and gene expression analysis as well as T cell receptor sequencing, cytometry by time-of-flight and multiplex immunofluorescence staining.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      From 2016-2018, 127 patients were accrued and 50 surgical samples have undergone WES, RNAseq, TCR sequencing and immune phenotyping. Median age is 66 yrs (range: 39-86), 52% (26/50) were female and 76% (38/50) former smokers. 76% (38/50) are non-squamous carcinomas and 24% (12/50) squamous cell carcinomas. 34% have stage I disease (17/50), 30% stage II (15/50), 34% stage III (17/50) and 2% stage IV (1/50). The majority of patients had upfront surgery (45/50; 90%). With median follow-up of 19 months, 15 patients have relapsed. Median tumor mutational burden is 7.8mut/Mb and predicted neoantigen burden was 10/sample (range: 0-250). Predicted neoantigen burden is significantly correlated with tumor mutational burden (r=0.41, p=0.002). The most commonly mutated genes are TP53, KRAS, CDKN2A, PIK3CA, EGFR, BRAF, GRIN2A and ATM. C->A transversions and C->T transitions were the most common mutational subtypes. PD-1 expression and regulatory T-cell (CD4+/FoxP3+) infiltration are significantly increased in tumor tissue compared to normal tissue (p=0.003 and p=0.02 respectively), while CD3, CD8, granzyme B and CD45RO are decreased in tumor tissue compared to normal lung.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      NSCLC tumors have an immunosuppressive microenvironment compared to tumor adjacent normal lung tissues. Clinical data will be adequate to conduct genomic and immune profiling comparisons across different clinical subgroups. Mutational and neoantigen profiling are consistent with previously reported studies and correlations between molecular and immune landscapes and its impact on patient survival are ongoing.

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