We found a match
Your institution may have rights to this item. Sign in to continue.
- Title
ctDNA from body fluids is an adequate source for EGFR biomarker testing in advanced lung adenocarcinoma.
- Authors
Pérez-Barrios, Clara; Sánchez-Herrero, Estela; Garcia-Simón, Natalia; Barquín, Miguel; Clemente, Mariola Blanco; Provencio, Mariano; Romero, Atocha
- Abstract
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) biomarker testing using blood-based liquid biopsies remains challenging due to the low concentration of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in certain plasma samples. The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness for EGFR biomarker testing of ctDNA from pleural effusions, cerebrospinal fluids, ascites and pericardial effusions obtained during the clinical management of lung adenocarcinoma patients. For comparison purposes, 23 paired plasma and body fluid samples were collected from 17 patients with EGFR-positive lung adenocarcinoma. After circulating free DNA (cfDNA) isolation, samples were evaluated for the initial EGFR-sensitizing mutation and the p.T790M resistance mutation by array-based digital PCR (dPCR). Body fluids had more cfDNA than plasma samples (1.90 vs. 0.36 ng/µL; p=0.0130), and more samples tested positive for EGFR mutations (21 vs. 16 samples), with a total of 28 vs. 22 variants detected. Furthermore, mutant allele frequencies (MAFs) observed in body fluids were significantly higher than those assessed in the paired plasma samples for EGFR-sensitizing mutations (median MAFs = 15.8 vs. 0.8%; p=0.0004) as well as for the p.T790M resistance mutation (median MAFs = 8.69 vs. 0.16%; p=0.0390). Importantly, two patients who had progressed on first-generation EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors with a dubious result for p.T790M plasma (MAFs = 0.11%) had an indisputably positive result in their respective body fluid samples (MAFs = 10.25 and 9.66%). ctDNA derived from body fluids is an informative source for EGFR biomarker testing, with greater sensitivity than plasma samples.
- Subjects
LUNGS; BODY fluids; EPIDERMAL growth factor receptors; CIRCULATING tumor DNA; CELL-free DNA; CEREBROSPINAL fluid examination; BIOMARKERS; CEREBROSPINAL fluid
- Publication
Clinical Chemistry & Laboratory Medicine, 2021, Vol 59, Issue 7, p1221
- ISSN
1434-6621
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/cclm-2020-1465