Clinical Significance of Perioperative Minimal Residual Disease Detected by Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients With Lung Cancer With a Long Follow-up Data: An Exploratory Study

Clinical Significance of Perioperative Minimal Residual Disease Detected by Circulating Tumor DNA in Patients With Lung Cancer With a Long Follow-up Data: An Exploratory Study

Introduction: Molecular residual disease detected by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has been reported to be predictive of patients’ outcomes in various types of cancers after curative intent treatment. Nevertheless, additional detailed information regarding the association of longitudinal ctDNA detec...

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Main Authors: Shuta Ohara, MD, PhD, Kenichi Suda, MD, PhD, Sumedha Sudhaman, PhD, Akira Hamada, MD, PhD, Masato Chiba, MD, PhD, Masaki Shimoji, MD, PhD, Toshiki Takemoto, MD, PhD, Ekaterina Kalashnikova, PhD, Samantha K. Cheung, PhD, Michael Krainock, MD, PhD, Jordan Feeney, BS, Himanshu Sethi, MPH, Minetta C. Liu, MD, Junichi Soh, MD, PhD, Yasuhiro Tsutani, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:JTO Clinical and Research Reports
Subjects:
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA)
Tumor informed approach
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
Prognostic factor
Recurrence-free survival (RFS)
Disease monitoring
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666364324001322
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Summary:Introduction: Molecular residual disease detected by circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) has been reported to be predictive of patients’ outcomes in various types of cancers after curative intent treatment. Nevertheless, additional detailed information regarding the association of longitudinal ctDNA detection with long-term follow-up in lung cancer is needed. Here, we report on a cohort of patients with NSCLC who underwent definitive surgery and ctDNA analysis in the pre-operative, adjuvant, and surveillance settings. Method: Plasma samples were collected from 46 patients with clinical stage II-III NSCLC before surgery (n = 46), after surgery (n = 45), and every six months until two years thereafter (n = 78). A clinically validated, personalized, tumor-informed 16-plex polymerase chain reaction–next-generation sequencing assay was used for the detection and quantification of ctDNA in retrospectively analyzed plasma samples. Results: Circulating tumor DNA was detected in the first postoperative (within 51 days after surgery) plasma samples in 13% (6/45) of patients (landmark analysis). All of them had disease recurrence within a median of 9.1 months. These patients had shorter recurrence-free and overall survivals than those without detectable ctDNA at a landmark time point (p < 0.01) and in multivariate analyses (p < 0.03). Longitudinally (considering all postoperative follow-up time points), ctDNA was detected in 13 patients, all of whom experienced disease recurrence (positive predictive value = 100%). Three patients who had central nervous system–only metastases did not have detectable ctDNA. Conclusions: The presence of ctDNA post-surgery or during surveillance identifies patients with NSCLC at high risk of recurrence. Serial testing is important to detect disease recurrence earlier (lead-time: 3.2 months).
ISSN:2666-3643

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