PURPOSE: We explored the prognostic effect of PIK3CA mutation in HER2+ patients enrolled in the ShortHER trial.PATIENTS AND METHODS: The ShortHER trial randomized 1,253 patients with HER2+ breast cancer to 9 weeks or 1 year of adjuvant trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy. PIK3CA hotspot mutations in exon 9 and 20 were analyzed by pyrosequencing. Expression of 60 genes, including PAM50 genes was measured using the nCounter platform.RESULTS: A mutation of the PIK3CA gene was detected in 21.7% of the 803 genotyped tumors. At a median follow-up of 7.7 years, 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 90.6% for PIK3CA mutated and 86.2% for PIK3CA wild-type tumors [HR, 0.84; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.56-1.27; P = 0.417]. PIK3CA mutation showed a favorable prognostic impact in the PAM50 HER2-enriched subtype (n = 232): 5-year DFS 91.8% versus 76.1% (log-rank P = 0.049; HR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.21-1.02). HER2-enriched/PIK3CA mutated versus wild-type tumors showed numerically higher tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and significant upregulation of immune-related genes (including CD8A, CD274, PDCD1, and MYBL2, a proliferation gene involved in immune processes). High TILs as well as the upregulation of PDCD1 and MYBL2 were associated with a significant DFS improvement within the HER2-enriched subtype (HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.68-0.99; P = 0.039 for 10% TILs increment; HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.65-0.99; P = 0.049 for PDCD1 expression; HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.53-0.99; P = 0.042 for MYBL2 expression).CONCLUSIONS: PIK3CA mutation showed no prognostic impact in the ShortHER trial. Within the HER2-enriched molecular subtype, patients with PIK3CA mutated tumors showed better DFS versus PIK3CA wild-type, which may be partly explained by upregulation of immune-related genes.

PIK3CA Mutation in the ShortHER Randomized Adjuvant Trial for Patients with Early HER2+ Breast Cancer: Association with Prognosis and Integration with PAM50 Subtype / Guarneri, Valentina; Dieci, Maria Vittoria; Bisagni, Giancarlo; Brandes, Alba A; Frassoldati, Antonio; Cavanna, Luigi; Musolino, Antonino; Giotta, Francesco; Rimanti, Anita; Garrone, Ornella; Bertone, Elena; Cagossi, Katia; Nanni, Oriana; Piacentini, Federico; Orvieto, Enrico; Griguolo, Gaia; Curtarello, Matteo; Urso, Loredana; Paré, Laia; Chic, Nuria; D'Amico, Roberto; Prat, Aleix; Conte, Pierfranco. - In: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1078-0432. - (2020). [10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-1731]

PIK3CA Mutation in the ShortHER Randomized Adjuvant Trial for Patients with Early HER2+ Breast Cancer: Association with Prognosis and Integration with PAM50 Subtype

Musolino, Antonino;
2020-01-01

Abstract

PURPOSE: We explored the prognostic effect of PIK3CA mutation in HER2+ patients enrolled in the ShortHER trial.PATIENTS AND METHODS: The ShortHER trial randomized 1,253 patients with HER2+ breast cancer to 9 weeks or 1 year of adjuvant trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy. PIK3CA hotspot mutations in exon 9 and 20 were analyzed by pyrosequencing. Expression of 60 genes, including PAM50 genes was measured using the nCounter platform.RESULTS: A mutation of the PIK3CA gene was detected in 21.7% of the 803 genotyped tumors. At a median follow-up of 7.7 years, 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 90.6% for PIK3CA mutated and 86.2% for PIK3CA wild-type tumors [HR, 0.84; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.56-1.27; P = 0.417]. PIK3CA mutation showed a favorable prognostic impact in the PAM50 HER2-enriched subtype (n = 232): 5-year DFS 91.8% versus 76.1% (log-rank P = 0.049; HR, 0.46; 95% CI, 0.21-1.02). HER2-enriched/PIK3CA mutated versus wild-type tumors showed numerically higher tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) and significant upregulation of immune-related genes (including CD8A, CD274, PDCD1, and MYBL2, a proliferation gene involved in immune processes). High TILs as well as the upregulation of PDCD1 and MYBL2 were associated with a significant DFS improvement within the HER2-enriched subtype (HR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.68-0.99; P = 0.039 for 10% TILs increment; HR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.65-0.99; P = 0.049 for PDCD1 expression; HR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.53-0.99; P = 0.042 for MYBL2 expression).CONCLUSIONS: PIK3CA mutation showed no prognostic impact in the ShortHER trial. Within the HER2-enriched molecular subtype, patients with PIK3CA mutated tumors showed better DFS versus PIK3CA wild-type, which may be partly explained by upregulation of immune-related genes.
2020
PIK3CA Mutation in the ShortHER Randomized Adjuvant Trial for Patients with Early HER2+ Breast Cancer: Association with Prognosis and Integration with PAM50 Subtype / Guarneri, Valentina; Dieci, Maria Vittoria; Bisagni, Giancarlo; Brandes, Alba A; Frassoldati, Antonio; Cavanna, Luigi; Musolino, Antonino; Giotta, Francesco; Rimanti, Anita; Garrone, Ornella; Bertone, Elena; Cagossi, Katia; Nanni, Oriana; Piacentini, Federico; Orvieto, Enrico; Griguolo, Gaia; Curtarello, Matteo; Urso, Loredana; Paré, Laia; Chic, Nuria; D'Amico, Roberto; Prat, Aleix; Conte, Pierfranco. - In: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1078-0432. - (2020). [10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-1731]
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