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    P1.09 - Pathology (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 941)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
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    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/24/2018, 16:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P1.09-13 - Detection of Actionable Mutations in Plasma cfDNA Samples From NSCLC Patients Using a Novel Amplicon-Based Firefly NGS Assay (ID 12401)

      16:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Lin Wang

      • Abstract

      Background

      Detection of EGFR, KRAS and BRAF mutations can help guide cancer treatment for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. To identify an easy to use, accurate, multiplex molecular diagnostic assay, we evaluated the performance of a novel next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based cell-free DNA (cfDNA) assay, Firefly assay, which employs a concatemer-based noise suppression mechanism with an amplicon workflow.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      Performance of amplicon based Firefly assay, with a panel covering EGFR, BRAF, and KRAS mutations designed for targeted therapy selection of NSCLC was first evaluated using a cfDNA reference standard and blank control samples. This panel was then used to analyze plasma cfDNA samples from 134 NSCLC cancer patients and 50 non-cancerous controls, and results were compared with tumor tissue ARMS and cfDNA ddPCR results.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      Firefly assay demonstrated superior sensitivity and specificity with median detection of 100% at allele frequency of 0.1% for 20ng of cfDNA and zero false positive in all blank control samples. In cfDNA from plasma collected before treatment, EGFR mutation detection by Firefly assay was 94% concordant with tumor tissue ARMS. Firefly assay demonstrated strong per-variant detection-rate concordance (98%) and allele frequency concordance (R2 = 0.95) when compared with cfDNA ddPCR result.

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      The amplicon-based Firefly assay offers multiplex capacity, de novo variant detection, high sensitivity and specificity. Thus, Firefly assay is a kitable NGS solution for cfDNA analysis, which can help guide targeted therapy selection, drug resistance detection, and disease monitoring in NSCLC and other cancer patients.

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    P2.15 - Treatment in the Real World - Support, Survivorship, Systems Research (Not CME Accredited Session) (ID 964)

    • Event: WCLC 2018
    • Type: Poster Viewing in the Exhibit Hall
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    • Presentations: 1
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    • Coordinates: 9/25/2018, 16:45 - 18:00, Exhibit Hall
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      P2.15-22 - Optimal Glycemic Control Improves Prognosis for Lung Cancer Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (ID 14008)

      16:45 - 18:00  |  Author(s): Lin Wang

      • Abstract

      Background

      Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in patients with lung cancer (LC). This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of DM comorbidity for LC patients with DM and to assess whether an optimal glycemic control improves survival.

      a9ded1e5ce5d75814730bb4caaf49419 Method

      A total of 4390 patients diagnosed with LC between 2012 and 2013 at Shanghai Chest Hospital were retrospectively reviewed, 491 patients with DM and 3899 without DM. The relationship between hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level and the overal survival (OS) was plotted by a smooth curve. LC patients with DM were subdivided into the well-controlled group (HbA1c < 7%, n=438) and uncontrolled group (HbA1c ≥ 7%, n=53). OS differences among patients without DM, with well-controlled DM, and uncontrolled DM were evaluated by multivariate Cox regression analysis with adjustment for stage, sex, age, histology, smoking history and EGFR mutation status. The survival benefit of well-controlled DM was compared across subgroups.

      4c3880bb027f159e801041b1021e88e8 Result

      The median follow-up of the entire cohort was 35.8 months. DM patients (11.2%) had a significantly worse OS than nondiabetic patients [median (95% CI): 47.5 (39.0-56.1) vs. 73.6 (54.8-92.4) months, P<0.001]. The risk of mortality increased along with the elevation of HbA1c level. Uncontrolled DM patients tended to be male, elder, non-adenocarcinoma, with smoking history, wide-type EGFR mutations and advanced stage. Well-controlled DM patients had a worse OS [HR (95% CI): 2.3 (1.9-2.7), P<0.001] compared to nondiabetic patients without adjustment but a similar OS with adjustment for stage, sex, age, histology, smoking history and EGFR mutation status [HR (95% CI): 0.9 (0.8-1.1), P=0.185]. Benefit of well-controlled DM was more obviously seen in patients with advanced stage (III-IV) [HR (95% CI): 0.8 (0.6-1.1), P=0.130] or EGFR mutations [HR (95% CI): 1.2 (0.9-1.5), P=0.262].

      8eea62084ca7e541d918e823422bd82e Conclusion

      Elevated glycemic status negatively affected OS for patients with LC. LC patients with DM is recommended to have a glycemic control (HbA1c < 7%) especially for those with advanced stage and EGFR mutations.

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