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Genomic and transcriptomic profiling expands precision cancer medicine: the WINTHER trial

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Rodon, Jordi, Soria, Jean-Charles, Berger, Raanan, Miller, Wilson H., Rubin, Eitan, Kugel, Aleksandra, Tsimberidou, Apostolia, Saintigny, Pierre, Ackerstein, Aliza, Braña, Irene, Loriot, Yohann, Afshar, Mohammad, Miller, Vincent, Wunder, Fanny, Bresson, Catherine, Martini, Jean-François, Raynaud, Jacques, Mendelsohn, John, Batist, Gerald, Onn, Amir, Tabernero, Josep, Schilsky, Richard L., Lazar, Vladimir, Lee, J. Jack, Kurzrock, Razelle·2019·Nature Medicine

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Precision medicine focuses on DNA abnormalities, but not all tumors have tractable genomic alterations. The WINTHER trial (NCT01856296) navigated patients to therapy on the basis of fresh biopsy-derived DNA sequencing (arm A; 236 gene panel) or RNA expression (arm B; comparing tumor to normal). The clinical management committee (investigators from five countries) recommended therapies, prioritizing genomic matches; physicians determined the therapy given. Matching scores were calculated post-hoc for each patient, according to drugs received: for DNA, the number of alterations matched divided by the total alteration number; for RNA, expression-matched drug ranks. Overall, 303 patients consented; 107 (35%; 69 in arm A and 38 in arm B) were evaluable for therapy. The median number of previous therapies was three. The most common diagnoses were colon, head and neck, and lung cancers. Among the 107 patients, the rate of stable disease ≥6 months and partial or complete response was 26.2% (arm A: 23.2%; arm B: 31.6% (P = 0.37)). The patient proportion with WINTHER versus previous therapy progression-free survival ratio of >1.5 was 22.4%, which did not meet the pre-specified primary end point. Fewer previous therapies, better performance status and higher matching score correlated with longer progression-free survival (all P < 0.05, multivariate). Our study shows that genomic and transcriptomic profiling are both useful for improving therapy recommendations and patient outcome, and expands personalized cancer treatment. Prospective analysis of transcriptomic and genomic alterations increases the proportion of patients with solid cancer who are eligible for receiving matched therapies and shows promise in improving clinical outcomes.

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Rodon, J., Soria, J.-C., Berger, R., Miller, W. H., Rubin, E., Kugel, A., Tsimberidou, A., Saintigny, P., Ackerstein, A., Braña, I., Loriot, Y., Afshar, M., Miller, V., Wunder, F., Bresson, C., Martini, J.-F., Raynaud, J., Mendelsohn, J., Batist, G., Onn, A., Tabernero, J., Schilsky, R. L., Lazar, V., Lee, J. J., & Kurzrock, R.
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Nature Medicine
Published
2019-04-22
Volume
25
Issue
5
Pages
751-758
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
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Rodon, J., Soria, J.-C., Berger, R., Miller, W. H., Rubin, E., Kugel, A., Tsimberidou, A., Saintigny, P., Ackerstein, A., Braña, I., Loriot, Y., Afshar, M., Miller, V., Wunder, F., Bresson, C., Martini, J.-F., Raynaud, J., Mendelsohn, J., Batist, G., . . . Kurzrock, R. (2019). Genomic and transcriptomic profiling expands precision cancer medicine: the WINTHER trial. Nature Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0424-4

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