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Wild-Type KRAS Is Required for Panitumumab Efficacy in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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Purpose: Panitumumab, a fully human antibody against the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), has activity in a subset of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Although activating mutations in KRAS, a small G-protein downstream of EGFR, correlate with poor response to anti-EGFR antibodies in mCRC, their role as a selection marker has not been established in randomized trials. Patients and Methods: KRAS mutations were detected using polymerase chain reaction on DNA from tumor sections collected in a phase III mCRC trial comparing panitumumab monotherapy to best supportive care (BSC). We tested whether the effect of panitumumab on progression-free survival (PFS) differed by KRAS status. Results: KRAS status was ascertained in 427 (92%) of 463 patients (208 panitumumab, 219 BSC). KRAS mutations were found in 43% of patients. The treatment effect on PFS in the wild-type (WT) KRAS group (hazard ratio [HR], 0.45; 95% CI: 0.34 to 0.59) was significantly greater (P < .0001) than in the mutant group (HR, 0.99; 95% CI, 0.73 to 1.36). Median PFS in the WT KRAS group was 12.3 weeks for panitumumab and 7.3 weeks for BSC. Response rates to panitumumab were 17% and 0%, for the WT and mutant groups, respectively. WT KRAS patients had longer overall survival (HR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.55 to 0.82; treatment arms combined). Consistent with longer exposure, more grade III treatment-related toxicities occurred in the WT KRAS group. No significant differences in toxicity were observed between the WT KRAS group and the overall population. Conclusion: Panitumumab monotherapy efficacy in mCRC is confined to patients with WT KRAS tumors. KRAS status should be considered in selecting patients with mCRC as candidates for panitumumab monotherapy.
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“KRAS mutation is a predictive biomarker for resistance to cetuximab (Erbitux®) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).”
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“Patients must have KRAS wt tumors for panitumumab to be effective [22,23].”
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“Although exclusion of patients with KRAS (exon 2)-mutant tumors has arithmetically increased the percentage of responders up to 13–17 %”
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“most KRAS wild-type tumors still do not respond to anti-EGFR moAbs [26, 32].”
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- Authors
- Amado, R. G., Wolf, M., Peeters, M., Van Cutsem, E., Siena, S., Freeman, D. J., Juan, T., Sikorski, R., Suggs, S., Radinsky, R., Patterson, S. D., & Chang, D. D.
- Affiliations
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- Amgen (United States) (US)
- From Amgen Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA; Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and the Ospedale Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milan, Italy
- Venue
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2008-04-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 1626-1634
- ISSN
- 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
- 1527-7755
- OpenAlex
- W2106789440
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- 3,207
- References
- 38
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- FWCI
- 169.59
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- Language
- en
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- Funders
- Amgen
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research
- Keywords
- panitumumab, KRAS wild-type, KRAS mutation, metastatic colorectal cancer, anti-EGFR therapy, epidermal growth factor receptor, biomarker selection, progression-free survival, best supportive care, treatment toxicity, patient selection
- MeSH terms
- Panitumumab, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antineoplastic Agents, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Biomarkers, Tumor, Colorectal Neoplasms, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Disease-Free Survival, ras Proteins, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Kaplan-Meier Estimate
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