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12 de enero de 2023 Noticias

Publicación de GOTEL en revista Clinical Cancer Research

Os informamos del último paper que se ha publicado correspondiente al Grupo GOTEL. La redacción del paper ha sido coordinada por la Dra. Margarita Sánchez-Beato.
La revista Clínical Cancer Research ha presentado un Factor de Impacto de 13,801 en la última edición del JCR. Además, el artículo en cuestión ha sido uno de los seleccionados en la sección “Highlights” de este número.

Publicación

Fernández-Miranda I, Pedrosa L, Llanos M, Franco FF, Gómez S, Martín-Acosta P, García-Arroyo FR, Gumá J, Horcajo B, Ballesteros AK, Gálvez L, Martínez N, Marín M, Sequero S, Navarro M, Yanguas-Casás N, Calvo V, Rueda-Domínguez A, Provencio M, Sánchez-Beato M. Monitoring of Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Response to Treatment and Early Progression in Follicular Lymphoma: Results of a Prospective Pilot Study. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Jan 4;29(1):209-220. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-1654. PMID: 36269794.

Abstract

Purpose: Follicular lymphoma (FL) is the most frequent indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Around 20% of patients suffer early disease progression within 24 months (POD24) of diagnosis. This study examined the significance of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in predicting response to therapy and POD24 in patients with FL.
Experimental design: We collected 100 plasma samples, before and during the treatment, from 36 patients with FL prospectively enrolled in 8 Spanish hospitals. They were treated with a chemotherapy-rituximab regimen and followed up for a median of 3.43 years. We performed targeted deep sequencing in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and tumor genomic DNA from 31 diagnostic biopsy samples.
Results: Of the alterations detected in the diagnostic tissue samples, 73% (300/411) were also identified in basal cfDNA. The mean numbers of alterations per basal cfDNA sample in patients who suffered progression of disease within 24 months (POD24-pos) or did not achieve complete response (non-CR) were significantly higher than in POD24-neg or CR patients (unpaired samples t test, P = 0.0001 and 0.001, respectively). Pretreatment ctDNA levels, as haploid genome equivalents per milliliter of plasma, were higher in patients without CR (P = 0.02) and in POD24-pos patients compared with POD24-neg patients (P < 0.001). Dynamic analysis showed that ctDNA levels decreased dramatically after treatment, although the reduction was more significant in patients with CR and POD24-neg patients.
Conclusions: Basal ctDNA levels are associated with the risk of early progression and response to treatment in FL. cfDNA monitoring and genotyping during treatment and follow-up predict response to treatment and early progression.

Autores de correspondencia

  • Dra. Margarita Sánchez-Beato; msbeato@idiphim.org