Targeting G1/S phase cell-cycle genomic alterations and accompanying co-alterations with individualized CDK4/6 inhibitor-based regimens

BACKGROUND. Although CDK4/6 inhibitors are an established treatment for hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancers, their benefit in other malignancies remains limited. METHODS. We investigated factors associated with clinical outcomes from CDK4/6 inhibitor-based therapy among patients with G(1)/S phase cell-cycle alterations (CDK4/6 amplifications, CCND1/2/3 amplifications, or CDKN2A/B alterations). RESULTS. Overall, 2457 patients with diverse solid tumors that underwent clinical-grade, next-generation sequencing (182-465 genes) and therapy outcome of (non-breast cancer) patients treated with matched CDK4/6 inhibitors were analyzed. G(1)/S phase cell-cycle alterations occurred in 20.6% (507 of 2457) of patients; 99% of those patients (n = 501) harbored >= 1 characterized co-alteration (median, 4; range, 0-24). In 40 patients with G(1)/S phase cell-cycle alterations given CDK4/6 inhibitors as part of their regimen, significantly longer median progression-free survival (PFS) was observed when CDK4/6 inhibitor-based therapies matched a larger proportion of tumor alterations, often because CDK4/6 inhibitors were administered together with other drugs that were matched to genomic co-alterations, hence achieving a high matching score (high vs. low [>= 50% vs. <50%] matching score, PFS, 6.2 vs. 2.0 months, P < 0.001 [n = 40] [multivariate]) and higher rate of stable disease >= 6 months or an objective response (57% vs. 21%, P = 0.048). CONCLUSION. In summary, in cell-cycle-altered cancers, matched CDK4/6 inhibitors, as part of an individualized regimen targeting a majority of genomic alterations, was independently associated with longer PFS.

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The study investigated clinical outcomes of patients with G(1)/S phase cell-cycle alterations receiving CDK4/6 inhibitor-based therapy, showing that higher proportion of matched tumor alterations was associated with longer progression-free survival and higher rates of stable disease or objective response.