Purpose Detection of specific molecular alterations in
tumors guides the selection of effective targeted treatment of patients with several types of
cancer. These molecular alterations may occur in other
tumor types for which the efficacy of targeted
therapy remains unclear. The MyPathway study evaluates the efficacy and safety of selected targeted
therapies in
tumor types that harbor relevant genetic alterations but are outside of current labeling for these treatments. Methods MyPathway ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02091141) is a multicenter, nonrandomized, phase IIa multiple basket study. Patients with advanced refractory solid
tumors harboring molecular alterations in human
epidermal growth factor receptor-2,
epidermal growth factor receptor, v-raf murine
sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1, or the Hedgehog pathway are treated with
pertuzumab plus
trastuzumab,
erlotinib,
vemurafenib, or
vismodegib, respectively. The primary end point is investigator-assessed objective response rate within each
tumor-pathway cohort. Results Between April 1, 2014 and November 1, 2016, 251 patients with 35 different
tumor types received study treatment. The efficacy population contains 230 treated patients who were evaluated for response or discontinued treatment before evaluation. Fifty-two patients (23%) with 14 different
tumor types had objective responses (complete, n = 4; partial, n = 48).
Tumor-pathway cohorts with notable objective response rates included
human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-amplified/overexpressing colorectal (38% [14 of 37]; 95% CI, 23% to 55%) and v-raf murine
sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1 V600-mutated
non-small-cell lung cancer (43% [six of 14]; 95% CI, 18% to 71%). Conclusion The four currently approved targeted
therapy regimens in the MyPathway study produced meaningful responses when administered without
chemotherapy in several refractory solid
tumor types not currently labeled for these agents.