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Supplementary Figure S2 from NPY Methylated ctDNA is a Promising Biomarker for Treatment Response Monitoring in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

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posted on 2023-05-01, 08:23 authored by Katleen Janssens, Greetje Vanhoutte, Willem Lybaert, Wim Demey, Jochen Decaestecker, Koen Hendrickx, Hassan Rezaei Kalantari, Karen Zwaenepoel, Patrick Pauwels, Erik Fransen, Ken Op de Beeck, Guy Van Camp, Christian Rolfo, Marc Peeters

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Analysis of methylation markers in liquid biopsies is a promising technique for the follow-up of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), because they can be used in all patients, regardless of their mutational status. Therefore, we studied the value of NPY methylation analysis in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) for accurate response monitoring in patients with mCRC in the PANIB trial. The PANIB trial was a randomized phase II trial designed to compare FOLFOX plus panitumumab and FOLFOX plus bevacizumab in patients with RAS wild-type unresectable mCRC. The results of sequential liquid biopsies were correlated with results of imaging. Forty patients were included from six Belgian hospitals. Analysis of the liquid biopsies revealed that higher baseline levels of methylated ctDNA was associated with a significantly shorter overall survival [HR, 1.015; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.005–1.025; P = 0.002]. Furthermore, 37 patients provided at least two liquid biopsies. Thirty-one of them showed a decrease in the methylation ratio after the start of therapy, which corresponded with stable disease or response on imaging at the first evaluation. When comparing the panitumumab and bevacizumab arm, significantly higher objective response and early tumor shrinkage rates were observed in the panitumumab arm (P = 0.048 and 0.015, respectively). However, due to a small study population, the trial was underpowered to detect a significant difference in survival. The results of this study confirm that baseline methylated ctDNA is a prognostic marker and indicate that NPY methylation is a promising marker for response monitoring in patients with mCRC.

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