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Poster Display session 3

5884 - Tumor mutational burden and response to PD-1 inhibitors: an analysis of 89 cases of metastatic melanoma.

Date

30 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 3

Topics

Tumour Site

Melanoma

Presenters

Léa Dousset

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v533-v563. 10.1093/annonc/mdz255

Authors

L. Dousset1, L. Boussemart2, C. Robert3, S. Mansard4, C. Lebbe5, J. Merlio6, E. Routier7, A. Dupuy2, J. Rouanet8, M. Battistella9, D. Capellen6, M. Galibert10, C. Allayous11, A. Lespagnol10, G. Villechenoux12, E. Gerard1, I. Kerneuzet2, S. Roy7, B. Vergier13, M. Beylot-Barry14

Author affiliations

  • 1 Dermatology And Oncology, CHU Bordeaux - Hopital St. André, 33000 - Bordeaux/FR
  • 2 Dermatology, Pontchaillou Hospital, CHU de Rennes, Rennes/FR
  • 3 Dermatology Department, Institut Gustave Roussy, 94805 - Villejuif/FR
  • 4 Dermatology And Oncologyy, CHU Estaing, 63003 - Clermont-Ferrand/FR
  • 5 Dermatology And Oncology, Hôpital Saint Louis, 75010 - Paris/FR
  • 6 Tumor Biology, CHU de Bordeaux-Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, 33604 - Pessac/FR
  • 7 Dermatology Unit, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, 94805 - Villejuif/FR
  • 8 Dermatology Department, Hôpital Estaing, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand/FR
  • 9 Pathology, Hôpital Saint Louis, 75010 - Paris/FR
  • 10 Tumor Biology, Pontchaillou Hospital, CHU de Rennes, Rennes/FR
  • 11 Dermatology, Hôpital St. Louis, 75010 - Paris/FR
  • 12 Dermatology Unit, CHU Bordeaux - Hopital St. André, 33000 - Bordeaux/FR
  • 13 Pathology, CHU de Bordeaux-Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, 33604 - Pessac/FR
  • 14 Dermatology Departmentrtment, CHU Bordeaux - Hopital St. André, 33000 - Bordeaux/FR

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Abstract 5884

Background

The era of immunotherapy changed considerably prognosis of melanoma. Nonetheless, only around 40% can get benefit from this treatment, with no biomarkers identified for the therapeutic choice. On the basis of emerging clinical evidence, increased Tumor Mutational Burden (TMB) may be associated with higher sensitivity to immunotherapeutic agents.

Methods

The aim of this study was to analyze in advanced melanoma the relationship between the mutation load and: i) the histologic characteristics, ii) locations according to sun exposure and iii) response to PD-1 inhibitors, in advanced melanoma patients, in a retrospective multicentric analysis by sequencing using FoundationOne®. TMB was characterized as the number of somatic protein-coding base substitution or alterations mutations per megabase (Mb). DNA was extracted from paraffin embedded sections of primary tumor or metastasis. TMB was considered low between 1 and 5 muts/Mb, intermediate between 6 and 19, high if > 20 muts/Mb.

Results

In five centers in France, we included between October 2017 and March 2019 101 patients, aged from 16-year to 92-year-old, with metastatic melanomas. Results were available for 89 cases (12% DNA extraction failure). Acral (n = 6, 20%), mucosal (n = 5, 17%) and uveal melanoma (n = 4, 13%) had a lower TMB compared to sun-exposed melanomas. No melanoma of non-sun-exposed areas had high burden (n = 0); intermediate TMB was found in 21% (n = 8) and low TMB in 63% of cases (n = 19). Conversely, melanoma on chronic exposed areas (face and neck) had high TMB (5/7 cases; 71%). Complete and partial remission after 3 months of anti-PD-1 were more often observed in TMB high patients (n = 4;20%) whereas in low and intermediate mutational patients, progression was found in respectively 62% (n = 24) and 53% (n = 16).

Conclusions

TMB is affected by a variety of causes, including ultraviolet light in melanoma and smoking in lung cancer. Desmoplastic melanomas have been reported to have a high prevalence of somatic mutations whereas mucosal and acral have a 5-to 10-fold lower. Our study highlights the importance of TMB with higher response to PD-1 blockade. While it has to be confirmed, sun exposed areas or UV-signature may in be a valuable criterion in helping clinical decision-making.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Foundation One Medicine and Roche Laboratories.

Legal entity responsible for the study

French hospitals.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

C. Allayous: Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: BMS; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Roche; Travel / Accommodation / Expenses: Amgen. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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