Abstract | PURPOSE: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Pretreatment peripheral blood samples from 218 patients with melanoma who were refractory to prior therapy and receiving tremelimumab in a multicenter phase II study were measured for 169 mRNA transcripts using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). A two-class latent model yielded a risk score based on four genes that were highly predictive of survival (P < 0.001). This signature was validated in an independent population of 260 treatment-naïve patients with melanoma enrolled in a multicenter phase III study of tremelimumab. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 297 days for the training population and 386 days for the test population. Expression levels of the 169 genes were closely correlated across the two populations (r = 0.9939). A four-gene model, including cathepsin D (CTSD), phopholipase A2 group VII (PLA2G7), thioredoxin reductase 1 (TXNRD1), and interleukin 1 receptor-associated kinase 3 (IRAK3), predicted survival in the test population (P = 0.001 by log-rank test). This four-gene model added to the predictive value of clinical predictors (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Expression levels of CTSD, PLA2G7, TXNRD1, and IRAK3 in peripheral blood are predictive of survival in patients with melanoma treated with tremelimumab. Blood mRNA signatures should be further explored to define patient subsets likely to benefit from immunotherapy.
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Authors | Yvonne Saenger, Jay Magidson, Bobby Liaw, Ellen de Moll, Sara Harcharik, Yichun Fu, Karl Wassmann, David Fisher, John Kirkwood, William K Oh, Philip Friedlander |
Journal | Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research
(Clin Cancer Res)
Vol. 20
Issue 12
Pg. 3310-8
(Jun 15 2014)
ISSN: 1557-3265 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 24721645
(Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Phase II, Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | ©2014 American Association for Cancer Research. |
Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Biomarkers, Tumor
- RNA, Messenger
- tremelimumab
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(therapeutic use)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
- Antineoplastic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Biomarkers, Tumor
(blood, genetics)
- Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
(genetics)
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Humans
- Male
- Melanoma
(drug therapy, genetics, mortality)
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Staging
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Prognosis
- Prospective Studies
- RNA, Messenger
(blood, genetics)
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Survival Rate
- Young Adult
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