Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population

Abstract Neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusions are rare oncogenic drivers in solid tumours. This study aimed to interrogate a large real-world database of comprehensive genomic profiling data to describe the genomic landscape and prevalence of NTRK gene fusions. NTRK fusion-po...

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Autores principales: C. B. Westphalen, M. G. Krebs, C. Le Tourneau, E. S. Sokol, S. L. Maund, T. R. Wilson, D. X. Jin, J. Y. Newberg, D. Fabrizio, L. Veronese, M. Thomas, F. de Braud
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9792f8a7737545ee8ef0a9dae87556062021-12-02T17:55:11ZGenomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population10.1038/s41698-021-00206-y2397-768Xhttps://doaj.org/article/9792f8a7737545ee8ef0a9dae87556062021-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41698-021-00206-yhttps://doaj.org/toc/2397-768XAbstract Neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusions are rare oncogenic drivers in solid tumours. This study aimed to interrogate a large real-world database of comprehensive genomic profiling data to describe the genomic landscape and prevalence of NTRK gene fusions. NTRK fusion-positive tumours were identified from the FoundationCORE® database of >295,000 cancer patients. We investigated the prevalence and concomitant genomic landscape of NTRK fusions, predicted patient ancestry and compared the FoundationCORE cohort with entrectinib clinical trial cohorts (ALKA-372-001 [EudraCT 2012-000148-88]; STARTRK-1 [NCT02097810]; STARTRK-2 [NCT02568267]). Overall NTRK fusion-positive tumour prevalence was 0.30% among 45 cancers with 88 unique fusion partner pairs, of which 66% were previously unreported. Across all cases, prevalence was 0.28% and 1.34% in patients aged ≥18 and <18 years, respectively; prevalence was highest in patients <5 years (2.28%). The highest prevalence of NTRK fusions was observed in salivary gland tumours (2.62%). Presence of NTRK gene fusions did not correlate with other clinically actionable biomarkers; there was no co-occurrence with known oncogenic drivers in breast, or colorectal cancer (CRC). However, in CRC, NTRK fusion-positivity was associated with spontaneous microsatellite instability (MSI); in this MSI CRC subset, mutual exclusivity with BRAF mutations was observed. NTRK fusion-positive tumour types had similar frequencies in FoundationCORE and entrectinib clinical trials. NTRK gene fusion prevalence varied greatly by age, cancer type and histology. Interrogating large datasets drives better understanding of the characteristics of very rare molecular subgroups of cancer and allows identification of genomic patterns and previously unreported fusion partners not evident in smaller datasets.C. B. WestphalenM. G. KrebsC. Le TourneauE. S. SokolS. L. MaundT. R. WilsonD. X. JinJ. Y. NewbergD. FabrizioL. VeroneseM. ThomasF. de BraudNature PortfolioarticleNeoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogensRC254-282ENnpj Precision Oncology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021)
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topic Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
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spellingShingle Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
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C. B. Westphalen
M. G. Krebs
C. Le Tourneau
E. S. Sokol
S. L. Maund
T. R. Wilson
D. X. Jin
J. Y. Newberg
D. Fabrizio
L. Veronese
M. Thomas
F. de Braud
Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
description Abstract Neurotrophic tropomyosin receptor kinase (NTRK) gene fusions are rare oncogenic drivers in solid tumours. This study aimed to interrogate a large real-world database of comprehensive genomic profiling data to describe the genomic landscape and prevalence of NTRK gene fusions. NTRK fusion-positive tumours were identified from the FoundationCORE® database of >295,000 cancer patients. We investigated the prevalence and concomitant genomic landscape of NTRK fusions, predicted patient ancestry and compared the FoundationCORE cohort with entrectinib clinical trial cohorts (ALKA-372-001 [EudraCT 2012-000148-88]; STARTRK-1 [NCT02097810]; STARTRK-2 [NCT02568267]). Overall NTRK fusion-positive tumour prevalence was 0.30% among 45 cancers with 88 unique fusion partner pairs, of which 66% were previously unreported. Across all cases, prevalence was 0.28% and 1.34% in patients aged ≥18 and <18 years, respectively; prevalence was highest in patients <5 years (2.28%). The highest prevalence of NTRK fusions was observed in salivary gland tumours (2.62%). Presence of NTRK gene fusions did not correlate with other clinically actionable biomarkers; there was no co-occurrence with known oncogenic drivers in breast, or colorectal cancer (CRC). However, in CRC, NTRK fusion-positivity was associated with spontaneous microsatellite instability (MSI); in this MSI CRC subset, mutual exclusivity with BRAF mutations was observed. NTRK fusion-positive tumour types had similar frequencies in FoundationCORE and entrectinib clinical trials. NTRK gene fusion prevalence varied greatly by age, cancer type and histology. Interrogating large datasets drives better understanding of the characteristics of very rare molecular subgroups of cancer and allows identification of genomic patterns and previously unreported fusion partners not evident in smaller datasets.
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author C. B. Westphalen
M. G. Krebs
C. Le Tourneau
E. S. Sokol
S. L. Maund
T. R. Wilson
D. X. Jin
J. Y. Newberg
D. Fabrizio
L. Veronese
M. Thomas
F. de Braud
author_facet C. B. Westphalen
M. G. Krebs
C. Le Tourneau
E. S. Sokol
S. L. Maund
T. R. Wilson
D. X. Jin
J. Y. Newberg
D. Fabrizio
L. Veronese
M. Thomas
F. de Braud
author_sort C. B. Westphalen
title Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
title_short Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
title_full Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
title_fullStr Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
title_full_unstemmed Genomic context of NTRK1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
title_sort genomic context of ntrk1/2/3 fusion-positive tumours from a large real-world population
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/9792f8a7737545ee8ef0a9dae8755606
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