PMID- 29618616 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191220 LR - 20191220 IS - 1557-3265 (Electronic) IS - 1078-0432 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 14 DP - 2018 Jul 15 TI - Change in Topoisomerase 1-Positive Circulating Tumor Cells Affects Overall Survival in Patients with Advanced Breast Cancer after Treatment with Etirinotecan Pegol. PG - 3348-3357 LID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3059 [doi] AB - Purpose: Preplanned exploratory analyses were performed to identify biomarkers in circulating tumor cells (CTC) predictive of response to the topoisomerase 1 inhibitor etirinotecan pegol (EP).Experimental Design: The BEACON trial treated patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) with EP or treatment of physician's choice (TPC). Blood from 656 of 852 patients (77%) was processed with ApoStream to enrich for CTCs. A multiplex immunofluorescence assay measured expression of candidate response biomarkers [topoisomerase 1 (Top1), topoisomerase 2 (Top2), Ki67, RAD51, ABCG2, gammaH2AX, and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)] in CTCs. Patients were classified as Top1 low (Top1Lo) or Top1 high (Top1Hi) based on median CTC Top1 expression. Correlation of CTC biomarker expression at baseline, cycle 2 day 1 (C2D1), and cycle 4 day 1 with overall survival (OS) was investigated using Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier analyses.Results: Overall, 98% of samples were successfully processed, of which 97% had detectable CTCs (median, 47-63 CTCs/mL; range, 0-2,020 CTCs/mL). Top1, Top2, and TUNEL expression was detected in 52% to 90% of samples; no significant associations with OS were observed in pretreatment samples for either group. EP-treated patients with low C2D1Top1(+) CTCs had improved OS compared with those with higher positivity (14.1 months vs. 11.0 months, respectively; HR, 0.7; P = 0.02); this difference was not seen in TPC-treated patients (HR, 1.12; P = 0.48). Patients whose CTCs decreased from Top1Hi to Top1Lo at C2D1 had the greatest OS benefit from EP (HR, 0.57; P = 0.01).Conclusions: CTC Top1 expression following EP treatment may identify patients with MBC most likely to have an OS benefit. Clin Cancer Res; 24(14); 3348-57. (c)2018 AACR. CI - (c)2018 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Rugo, Hope S AU - Rugo HS AD - University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California. FAU - Cortes, Javier AU - Cortes J AD - Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, and Vall D'Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Awada, Ahmad AU - Awada A AD - Jules Bordet Institute, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium. FAU - O'Shaughnessy, Joyce AU - O'Shaughnessy J AD - Baylor University Medical Center, Texas Oncology, US Oncology, Dallas, Texas. FAU - Twelves, Chris AU - Twelves C AD - University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom. FAU - Im, Seock-Ah AU - Im SA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5396-6533 AD - Seoul National University Hospital, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Hannah, Alison AU - Hannah A AD - Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California. FAU - Lu, Lin AU - Lu L AD - Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California. FAU - Sy, Sherwin AU - Sy S AD - Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California. FAU - Caygill, Katie AU - Caygill K AD - Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California. FAU - Zajchowski, Deborah A AU - Zajchowski DA AD - Consultant, San Francisco, California. FAU - Davis, Darren W AU - Davis DW AD - ApoCell, Houston, Texas. FAU - Tagliaferri, Mary AU - Tagliaferri M AD - Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California. FAU - Hoch, Ute AU - Hoch U AD - Nektar Therapeutics, San Francisco, California. uhoch@nektar.com. FAU - Perez, Edith A AU - Perez EA AD - Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180404 PL - United States TA - Clin Cancer Res JT - Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research JID - 9502500 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings) RN - 0 (Topoisomerase II Inhibitors) RN - 3WJQ0SDW1A (Polyethylene Glycols) RN - EC 5.99.1.2 (DNA Topoisomerases, Type I) RN - LJ16641SFT (etirinotecan pegol) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Biomarkers MH - Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy/*enzymology/*mortality/pathology MH - DNA Topoisomerases, Type I/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Heterocyclic Compounds, 4 or More Rings/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Humans MH - Kaplan-Meier Estimate MH - Middle Aged MH - Molecular Imaging MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Neoplasm Staging MH - Neoplastic Cells, Circulating/*metabolism MH - Polyethylene Glycols/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Prognosis MH - Topoisomerase II Inhibitors/pharmacology/therapeutic use MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2018/04/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/12/21 06:00 CRDT- 2018/04/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/06 06:00 [entrez] AID - 1078-0432.CCR-17-3059 [pii] AID - 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3059 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Jul 15;24(14):3348-3357. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-3059. Epub 2018 Apr 4.