Circulating Tumour DNA Is a Strong Predictor of Outcomes in Patients Treated with Systemic Therapy for Urothelial Carcinoma
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Circulating Tumour DNA Is a Strong Predictor of Outcomes in Patients Treated with Systemic Therapy for Urothelial Carcinoma. / Laukhtina, Ekaterina; Hassler, Melanie R; Pradere, Benjamin; Yanagisawa, Takafumi; Quhal, Fahad; Rajwa, Pawel; Sari Motlagh, Reza; König, Frederik; Pallauf, Maximilian; Kawada, Tatsushi; Mostafaei, Hadi; D'Andrea, David; Enikeev, Dmitry; Shariat, Shahrokh F.
In: EUR UROL FOCUS, Vol. 8, No. 6, 11.2022, p. 1683-1686.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Review article › Research
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T1 - Circulating Tumour DNA Is a Strong Predictor of Outcomes in Patients Treated with Systemic Therapy for Urothelial Carcinoma
AU - Laukhtina, Ekaterina
AU - Hassler, Melanie R
AU - Pradere, Benjamin
AU - Yanagisawa, Takafumi
AU - Quhal, Fahad
AU - Rajwa, Pawel
AU - Sari Motlagh, Reza
AU - König, Frederik
AU - Pallauf, Maximilian
AU - Kawada, Tatsushi
AU - Mostafaei, Hadi
AU - D'Andrea, David
AU - Enikeev, Dmitry
AU - Shariat, Shahrokh F
N1 - Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - We summarise the available data for and assess the prognostic value of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in patients treated with systemic therapy for urothelial carcinoma (UC). Studies were deemed eligible if they reported on oncologic outcomes for patients with UC treated with systemic therapy according to the baseline ctDNA profile (before starting systemic therapy) and/or changes over the course of therapy. Five studies met the eligibility criteria. We found a strong association between high baseline ctDNA levels and worse disease-free survival (DFS; hazard ratio [HR] 3.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.58-4.84) and overall survival (OS; HR 2.99, 95% CI 2.17-4.13). Patients with a decline in ctDNA level after immunotherapy had better DFS (HR 0.25, 95% CI 0.13-0.49) and OS (HR 0.10, 95% CI 0.03-0.42) in comparison to patients without a ctDNA decline. Conversely, an increase in ctDNA levels after immunotherapy was associated with worse survival outcomes. Patients with UC who exhibited a decrease in ctDNA levels during systemic therapy had better survival outcomes compared to those with stable or increasing ctDNA levels. PATIENT SUMMARY: Measurement of tumour DNA in blood may help in identifying patients with cancer of the urinary tract who are unlikely to respond to chemotherapy or immunotherapy. This could serve as a biomarker for monitoring cancer treatment.
AB - We summarise the available data for and assess the prognostic value of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) in patients treated with systemic therapy for urothelial carcinoma (UC). Studies were deemed eligible if they reported on oncologic outcomes for patients with UC treated with systemic therapy according to the baseline ctDNA profile (before starting systemic therapy) and/or changes over the course of therapy. Five studies met the eligibility criteria. We found a strong association between high baseline ctDNA levels and worse disease-free survival (DFS; hazard ratio [HR] 3.53, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.58-4.84) and overall survival (OS; HR 2.99, 95% CI 2.17-4.13). Patients with a decline in ctDNA level after immunotherapy had better DFS (HR 0.25, 95% CI 0.13-0.49) and OS (HR 0.10, 95% CI 0.03-0.42) in comparison to patients without a ctDNA decline. Conversely, an increase in ctDNA levels after immunotherapy was associated with worse survival outcomes. Patients with UC who exhibited a decrease in ctDNA levels during systemic therapy had better survival outcomes compared to those with stable or increasing ctDNA levels. PATIENT SUMMARY: Measurement of tumour DNA in blood may help in identifying patients with cancer of the urinary tract who are unlikely to respond to chemotherapy or immunotherapy. This could serve as a biomarker for monitoring cancer treatment.
KW - Humans
KW - Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/drug therapy
KW - Urinary Bladder Neoplasms/drug therapy
KW - Circulating Tumor DNA/genetics
U2 - 10.1016/j.euf.2022.04.017
DO - 10.1016/j.euf.2022.04.017
M3 - SCORING: Review article
C2 - 35562252
VL - 8
SP - 1683
EP - 1686
JO - EUR UROL FOCUS
JF - EUR UROL FOCUS
SN - 2405-4569
IS - 6
ER -