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ArticleJournal for immunotherapy of cancer2020

Blood-based kinase activity profiling: a potential predictor of response to immune checkpoint inhibition in metastatic cancer.

Daan P Hurkmans, Els M E Verdegaal, Sabrina A Hogan, Rik de Wijn, Lies Hovestad, Dianne M A van den Heuvel, Rob Ruijtenbeek, Marij J P Welters, Mandy van Brakel, Edwin A Basak and 11 more

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Article in Journal for immunotherapy of cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Daan P Hurkmans *Department of Pulmonology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands d.hurkmans@erasmusmc.nl shvdburg@lumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-8750-5188
Els M E Verdegaal *Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-4449-8707
Sabrina A HoganDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-3994-8109
Rik de WijnPamGene International B.V, HH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Lies HovestadPamGene International B.V, HH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Dianne M A van den HeuvelPamGene International B.V, HH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Rob RuijtenbeekPamGene International B.V, HH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Marij J P WeltersDepartment of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Mandy van BrakelDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Edwin A BasakDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Herbert M PinedoPamGene International B.V, HH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8980-371X
Cor H J LamersDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Harmen J G van de WerkenDepartment of Urology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
John P GrotenPamGene International B.V, HH 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands.
Reno DebetsDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3649-807X
Mitchell P LevesqueDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-5902-9420
Reinhard DummerDepartment of Dermatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ellen KapiteijnDepartment of Medical Oncology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ron H J MathijssenDepartment of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Joachim G J V Aerts *Department of Pulmonology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Sjoerd H van der Burg *Department of Medical Oncology, Oncode Institute, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands d.hurkmans@erasmusmc.nl shvdburg@lumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0002-6556-0354
Erasmus MC · NLPamGene (Netherlands) · NLLeiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity Hospital of Zurich · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMany cancer patients do not obtain clinical benefit from immune checkpoint inhibition. Checkpoint blockade targets T cells, suggesting that tyrosine kinase activity profiling of baseline peripheral blood mononuclear cells may predict clinical outcome.

methodsHere a total of 160 patients with advanced melanoma or non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), treated with anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (anti-CTLA-4) or anti-programmed cell death 1 (anti-PD-1), were divided into five discovery and cross-validation cohorts. The kinase activity profile was generated by analyzing phosphorylation of peripheral blood mononuclear cell lysates in a microarray comprising of 144 peptides derived from sites that are substrates for protein tyrosine kinases. Binary grouping into patients with or without clinical benefit was based on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors V.1.1. Predictive models were trained using partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA), performance of the models was evaluated by estimating the correct classification rate (CCR) using cross-validation.

resultsThe kinase phosphorylation signatures segregated responders from non-responders by differences in canonical pathways governing T-cell migration, infiltration and co-stimulation. PLS-DA resulted in a CCR of 100% and 93% in the anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD1 melanoma discovery cohorts, respectively. Cross-validation cohorts to estimate the accuracy of the predictive models showed CCRs of 83% for anti-CTLA-4 and 78% or 68% for anti-PD-1 in melanoma or NSCLC, respectively.

conclusionBlood-based kinase activity profiling for response prediction to immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma and NSCLC revealed increased kinase activity in pathways associated with T-cell function and led to a classification model with a highly accurate classification rate in cross-validation groups. The predictive value of kinase activity profiling is prospectively verified in an ongoing trial.

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AdultAgedFemaleHumansImmune Checkpoint InhibitorsImmunotherapyMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsImmune Checkpoint Inhibitorscellularimmunityimmunotherapylung neoplasmsmelanoma

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PMID33427690
PMCPMC7757459
OpenAlexW3118152434

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