Highlights
- •There are limited data on the concordance between tumor BRCA (tBRCA) and germline BRCA (gBRCA) testing in ovarian cancer.
- •In SOLO2, concordance between tBRCA and gBRCA testing was very high (98%) in gBRCA-mutated patients.
- •Large insertions or deletions accounted for only a small subset (5%) of gBRCA mutations.
- •The near 100% rate of bi-allelic loss of BRCA suggests that routine testing for BRCA zygosity is not required.
- •Results are in keeping with BRCA loss being a driver of tumorigenesis in ovarian cancer.
Abstract
Objective
Maintenance olaparib provided a progression-free survival benefit in the phase III
SOLO2 trial (NCT01874353) in patients with platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancer and a BRCA mutation
(BRCAm). However, questions remain regarding tumor versus germline BRCA testing and
the impact of heterozygous versus bi-allelic loss of BRCA1 or BRCA2 in the tumor.
Methods
Blood and tumor samples were analyzed. A concordance analysis of germline BRCAm status
(BRACAnalysis® CLIA test) and tumor BRCAm status (myChoice® CDx test) was conducted
(Myriad Genetic Laboratories, Inc.). Bi-allelic loss of BRCA1 and BRCA2 and a genomic instability score (GIS) (myChoice® CDx test) were also determined.
Results
289 of 295 enrolled patients had a germline BRCAm confirmed centrally and tumor BRCAm
status was evaluable in 241 patients. There was 98% and 100% concordance between tumor
and germline testing for BRCA1m and BRCA2m, respectively, with discordance found in four cases. Of 210 tumor samples evaluable
for BRCA zygosity, 100% of germline BRCA1-mutated tumors (n = 144) and 98% of germline BRCA2-mutated tumors (n = 66) had bi-allelic loss of BRCA. One patient with a heterozygous BRCA2m had a GIS of 53, was progression free for 911 days and remained on olaparib at data
cut-off.
Conclusions
Very high concordance was demonstrated between tumor and germline BRCA testing, supporting
wider implementation of tumor BRCA testing in ovarian cancer. Near 100% rates of bi-allelic
loss of BRCA in platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian tumors suggest routine testing
for BRCA zygosity is not required in this population and reflects BRCA loss being
a driver of tumorigenesis.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: November 03, 2021
Accepted:
October 4,
2021
Received in revised form:
September 29,
2021
Received:
July 12,
2021
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