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  • Khan, Khurum; Rata, Mihaela; Cunningham, David; Koh, Dow-Mu; Tunariu, Nina; Hahne, Jens C; Vlachogiannis, George; Hedayat, Somaieh; Marchetti, Silvia; Lampis, Andrea; Damavandi, Mahnaz Darvish; Lote, Hazel; Rana, Isma; Williams, Anja; Eccles, Suzanne A; Fontana, Elisa; Collins, David; Eltahir, Zakaria; Rao, Sheela; Watkins, David; Starling, Naureen; Thomas, Jan; Kalaitzaki, Eleftheria; Fotiadis, Nicos; Begum, Ruwaida; Bali, Maria; Rugge, Massimo; Temple, Eleanor; Fassan, Matteo; Chau, Ian; Braconi, Chiara; Valeri, Nicola

    Gut, 08/2018, Letnik: 67, Številka: 8
    Journal Article

    Regorafenib demonstrated efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). Lack of predictive biomarkers, potential toxicities and cost-effectiveness concerns highlight the unmet need for better patient selection. Patients with mutant mCRC with biopsiable metastases were enrolled in this phase II trial. Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI was acquired pretreatment and at day 15 post-treatment. Median values of volume transfer constant (K ), enhancing fraction (EF) and their product KEF (summarised median values of K × EF) were generated. Circulating tumour (ct) DNA was collected monthly until progressive disease and tested for clonal mutations by digital-droplet PCR. Tumour vasculature (CD-31) was scored by immunohistochemistry on 70 sequential tissue biopsies. Twenty-seven patients with paired DCE-MRI scans were analysed. Median KEF decrease was 58.2%. Of the 23 patients with outcome data, >70% drop in KEF (6/23) was associated with higher disease control rate (p=0.048) measured by RECIST V. 1.1 at 2 months, improved progression-free survival (PFS) (HR 0.16 (95% CI 0.04 to 0.72), p=0.02), 4-month PFS (66.7% vs 23.5%) and overall survival (OS) (HR 0.08 (95% CI 0.01 to 0.63), p=0.02). KEF drop correlated with CD-31 reduction in sequential tissue biopsies (p=0.04). mutant clones decay in ctDNA after 8 weeks of treatment was associated with better PFS (HR 0.21 (95% CI 0.06 to 0.71), p=0.01) and OS (HR 0.28 (95% CI 0.07-1.04), p=0.06). Combining DCE-MRI and ctDNA predicts duration of anti-angiogenic response to regorafenib and may improve patient management with potential health/economic implications.