A Prospective Study of Plasma Genotyping as a Noninvasive Biomarker for Genotype-directed Cancer Care



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer
Therapuetic Areas:Oncology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/5/2019
Start Date:July 2014
End Date:December 2019
Contact:Yuebi Hu
Email:yuebi_hu@dfci.harvard.edu
Phone:617-632-4824

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Tumor genotyping has become an essential biomarker for the care of advanced lung cancer and
melanoma, and is currently used to identify patients for treatment with targeted kinase
inhibitors like erlotinib and vemurafenib. However, tumor genotyping can be slow and
cumbersome, and is limited by availability of tumor biopsy tissue for testing. The aim of
this study is to prospectively evaluate a blood-based genotyping tool that can quantify the
presence of oncogenic mutations (EGFR, KRAS, BRAF) in patients with lung cancer and melanoma.
This assay is being studied both as a diagnostic tool for classifying patient genotype, and a
serial measurement tool for quantification of response and progression on therapy.


Inclusion Criteria

To participate in this study a participant must meet the eligibility of one of the
following cohorts:

Cohort 1: Cancers beginning initial treatment

- One of the following diagnoses:

- Cohort 1A (CLOSED):

---Advanced non-squamous NSCLC (including adenosquamous)

- Cohort 1B:

- Stage II-III non-squamous NSCLC (including adenosquamous)

- Stage IIIB-IV melanoma

- Patient must be planned to begin initial therapy, or completely resected before or
after receiving adjuvant therapy

- For patients with NSCLC, EGFR and KRAS genotype may be known or unknown

- For patients with melanoma, BRAF and NRAS genotype may be known or unknown

- For patients without tumor genotyping, there must be a plan for genotyping including
either:

- Archived tumor tissue available and planned for genotyping

- A biopsy at some future time is anticipated and will be available for genotyping

Cohort 2: Cancers with acquired resistance to targeted therapy

- One of the following diagnoses:

- Cohort 2A (CLOSED):

---Advanced NSCLC harboring a known EGFR mutation

- Cohort 2B:

- Advanced NSCLC harboring a targetable genotype other than EGFR

- Advanced melanoma harboring a known tumor genotype

- Clinical determination of progression targeted therapy, as evidence by plans to start
a new systemic treatment regimen, or obtain a biopsy to plan a new treatment regimen

- New systemic treatment regimen planned OR

- Re-biopsy for resistance genotyping planned

- Note, date of targeted therapy start and clinical progression must be provided

Cohort 3: Cancers with a known genotype starting palliative systemic therapy

Cohort 3A (CLOSED):

- Advanced NSCLC harboring one of the following mutations:

- EGFR exon 19 deletion

- EGFR L858R

- EGFR T790M

- KRAS G12X

- BRAF V600E

- Patients must be initiating palliative systemic therapy, either on or off a clinical
trial

Cohort 4: Paired plasma NGS and ddPCR

- Cohort 4A (CLOSED):

- Advanced NSCLC, newly diagnosed or with progression following treatment.

- Biopsy tissue must be available or a biopsy planned and one of the following:

- Genotyping must have been performed previously

- Genotyping must be in progress

- A plan must exist to order genotyping on existing tissue or a planned
re-biopsy

- Patient must not be eligible to enroll in cohort 1A or 2A due to:

- Not eligible for cohort 1A or 2A

- Eligible for cohort 1A or 2A but cohort has closed

- Cohort 4B: Undergenotyped NSCLC

- Advanced NSCLC, newly diagnosed or with progression following treatment.

- No known targetable genotype on prior tumor genotyping

- Biopsy planned for tumor genotyping

- Cohort 4C: EGFR-mutant NSCLC with acquired resistance

- Advanced EGFR-mutant NSCLC with progression on EGFR TKI

- Biopsy planned for resistance genotyping (e.g. T790M, etc)

Exclusion Criteria

- Participants who are unable to provide informed consent

- Participants who are 18 years of age or younger

- Participants who are unable to comply with the study procedures
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Principal Investigator: Geoffrey R Oxnard, M.D.
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