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Pharmacogenomic and Pharmacoproteomic Studies of Cetuximab in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Biomarker Analysis of a Phase I Dose-Escalation Study

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Tabernero, Josep, Cervantes, Andres, Rivera, Fernando, Martinelli, Erika, Rojo, Federico, von Heydebreck, Anja, Macarulla, Teresa, Rodriguez-Braun, Edith +8 more·2010·Journal of Clinical Oncology

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Purpose: This study assessed biomarkers for cetuximab efficacy in tissue samples collected during a phase I dose-escalation study exploring every second week administration of cetuximab as first-line therapy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Patients and Methods: Sixty-two patients received cetuximab monotherapy for 6 weeks, followed by cetuximab plus infusional fluorouracil, leucovorin, and irinotecan until disease progression. Patients in the control arm received cetuximab as a 400 mg/m 2 initial dose then 250 mg/m 2 per week; patients in the dose-escalation arms received 400 to 700 mg/m 2 every second week. Tumor and skin biopsies were taken for immunohistochemical and microarray expression analyses (tumor only) at baseline and week 4. Plasma was collected for proteomic analysis at baseline and week 4. KRAS tumor mutation status was assessed. Results: In subsets of paired skin samples from 35 patients, cetuximab treatment was associated with substantial downregulation of phospho(p)-EGFR, p-MAPK and proliferation and substantial upregulation of p27 Kip1 and p-STAT3 levels. No marked difference in these effects was noted for different schedules of administration and dose levels. In the cetuximab monotherapy phase, responses were seen only in patients whose tumors were wild-type for KRAS (eight of 29 v zero of 19 for KRAS mutant tumors; P = .015). Progression-free survival was longer for patients with KRAS wild-type compared with KRAS mutant tumors (log-rank P = .048). Genomics/proteomics analyses (42 and 45 patients, respectively) identified candidate biomarkers associated with response. Conclusion: Biomarker analysis supported the functional equivalence of weekly and every second week administration of cetuximab and provided further confirmation that patients with KRAS wild-type mCRC were those most likely to benefit from cetuximab treatment.

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Tabernero, J., Cervantes, A., Rivera, F., Martinelli, E., Rojo, F., von Heydebreck, A., Macarulla, T., Rodriguez-Braun, E., Eugenia Vega-Villegas, M., Senger, S., Ramos, F. J., Roselló, S., Celik, I., Stroh, C., Baselga, J., & Ciardiello, F.
Affiliations
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
  • From the Medical Oncology Service, Pathology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Hospital Clinic Universitario, University of Valencia; Department of Medical Oncology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain; Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine “F. Magrassi and A. Lanzara,” Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy; and Merck KGaA,...
Venue
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Published
2010-03-01
Volume
28
Issue
7
Pages
1181-1189
ISSN
  • 0732-183X (ISSN-L)
  • 1527-7755
OpenAlex
W2163799638
Cited by
110
References
37
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FWCI
8.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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
cetuximab, metastatic colorectal cancer, pharmacogenomics, pharmacoproteomics, predictive biomarkers, KRAS mutation status, EGFR signaling, MAPK signaling, STAT3, p27, dose escalation, treatment schedule, progression-free survival
MeSH terms
Cetuximab, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Mutation, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Proteins, Pharmacogenetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Biomarkers, Tumor, Colorectal Neoplasms, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), ras Proteins, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Proteomics, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, ErbB Receptors

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