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ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE
Volume 146, Issue 10, Pages 1194-1210Publisher
COLL AMER PATHOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2021-0632-CP
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This study aims to develop an evidence-based guideline to identify the optimal clinical laboratory test for identifying defects in DNA mismatch repair in patients with solid tumor malignancies who are being considered for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.
Context.-The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for pa-tients with advanced solid tumors that have DNA mismatch repair defects or high levels of microsatellite instability; however, the FDA provided no guidance on which specific clinical assays should be used to determine mismatch repair status.Objective.-To develop an evidence-based guideline to identify the optimal clinical laboratory test to identify defects in DNA mismatch repair in patients with solid tumor malignancies who are being considered for immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.Design.-The College of American Pathologists con-vened an expert panel to perform a systematic review of the literature and develop recommendations. Using the National Academy of Medicine-endorsed Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evalua-tion approach, the recommendations were derived from available evidence, strength of that evidence, open comment feedback, and expert panel consensus. Mismatch repair immunohistochemistry, microsatellite instability derived from both polymerase chain reaction and next -generation sequencing, and tumor mutation burden derived from large panel next-generation sequencing were within scope.Results.-Six recommendations and 3 good practice statements were developed. More evidence and evidence of higher quality were identified for colorectal cancer and other cancers of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract than for cancers arising outside the GI tract.Conclusions.-An optimal assay depends on cancer type. For most cancer types outside of the GI tract and the endometrium, there was insufficient published evidence to recommend a specific clinical assay. Absent published evidence, immunohistochemistry is an acceptable ap-proach readily available in most clinical laboratories.
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