Updates on Colorectal Cancer 2015

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The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute Updates on Colorectal Cancer 2015 Christina Wu, MD Division of Medical Oncology Section of Gastrointestinal Cancers

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The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute

Updates on Colorectal Cancer 2015 Christina Wu, MD Division of Medical Oncology Section of Gastrointestinal Cancers

Prognostic factors KRAS/BRAF mutations in Stage III colon cancer Vitamin D levels in metastatic colorectal cancer

Therapies TAS-102 Ramucirumab SIRT and chemotherapy

New targets PD-1 inhibition in dMMR colorectal cancer HER2 targeting in colorectal cancer

Outline

Prognostic factors

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Prognostic value of BRAFV600E and KRAS exon 2 mutations in microsatellite stable, stage III colon cancer patients treated with adjuvant FOLFOX+/-

cetuximab.

A pooled analysis of 3934 patients from the PETACC8 and N0147 trials.

Julien Taieb, Karine Le Malicot, Qian Shi, Frédérique Penault Lorca, Olivier Bouché, Stephen N. Thibodeau, Josep Tabernero, Enrico Mini, Richard M. Goldberg , Gunnar

Folprecht, Jean-Luc Van Laethem, Jean-François Emile, Daniel Sargent, Steven Alberts, Pierre Laurent-Puig, Frank A. Sinicrope

Enrollment was restricted to wild-type KRAS exon 2 in 2008. Altogether, 5577 patients were finally enrolled.

PETACC8 and NO147study designs

Fully resected stage III

colon cancer

FOLFOX (12 cycles)

FOLFOX + cetuximab (12 cycles)

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KRAS exon 2 and BRAFV600E mutations in patients with MSS tumors (n=3934)

Time to Recurrence: KRAS exon 2 and BRAF mutational status

HR for TTR [95% CI] p-value (log-rank)

BRAF 1.49 [1.19; 1.87] 0.0005

KRAS exon 2

1.60 [1.60; 1.83] <0.0001

69%

70%

80%

Overall Survival: KRAS exon 2 and BRAF mutational status

74%

86%

91%

HR for OS [95% CI] p-value (log-rank)

BRAF 1.72 [1.33; 2.22] <0.0001

KRAS exon 2 1.52 [1.29; 1.79] <0.0001

1.0 2.09 2.57 years

Survival after recurrence regarding KRAS exon 2 and BRAF mutational status

Summary: Patients with KRAS and BRAF mutations do worse because

of BOTH earlier recurrences and worse survival after recurrence

We should probably NOT yet routinely test for these mutations in the stage 3 population No evidence “something more” is better (ie FOLFOXIRI)

However, future adjuvant trials can utilize as stratification factor

Current “high-risk” stage 3 proposal can consider both KRAS and BRAF mutation patients for inclusion

Kimmie Ng, Alan P. Venook, Kaori Sato, Chen Yuan, Bruce W. Hollis, Donna Niedzwiecki, Cynthia Ye, I-Wen Chang, Bert H. O’Neil, Federico Innocenti, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Charles D. Blanke, Robert J. Mayer, Charles S. Fuchs, Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt

Vitamin D Status and Survival of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Patients: Results from

CALGB/SWOG 80405 (Alliance)

1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 2University of California San Francisco, 3Medical University of South Carolina, 4Alliance Statistics and Data Center, 5Wayne Memorial Hospital, 6Indiana University Hospital, 7University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,

8University of Southern California, 9Oregon Health and Science University

CALGB/SWOG 80405: Original Design

n = 1140 1° Endpoint: Overall Survival

Chemo + Cetuximab

Chemo + Bevacizumab

mCRC 1st-line

KRAS wild type (codons 12,13)

Strata:

•FOLFOX/FOLFIRI •Prior adjuvant chemo •Prior XRT

FOLFIRI or

FOLFOX

MD choice Chemo + Bevacizumab and

Cetuximab

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Presenter
Presentation Notes
As you all are familiar with, 1,140 mCRC patients with KRAS wild-type tumors were randomized to receive chemotherapy with either cetuximab or bevacizumab. The primary endpoint was overall survival. So in total, there were actually 2,334 patients enrolled on 80405, and it is from this total patient population that our vitamin D cohort was drawn, as shown on the next slide.

Study Cohort Randomized

(n=2,334)

Bevacizumab (n=899)

Cetuximab (n=902)

Both (n=533)

RAS WT (n=256)

RAS mutant (n=167)

Unknown (n=476)

Plasma 25(OH)D Available (n=1,043)

n=172 n=126 n=123

RAS WT (n=270)

RAS mutant (n=180)

Unknown (n=452)

n=173 n=121 n=124

RAS WT (n=0)

RAS mutant (n=124)

Unknown (n=409)

n=0 n=62 n=142

Presenter
Presentation Notes
From this total population, 1,043 patients had plasma 25(OH)D levels available for analysis, and it is these patients who comprised the study population for….

Higher Vitamin D Levels Associated with Better Survival

417 328 227 117 56 27 5 1 418 332 237 125 64 34 11 2 208 171 137 76 41 22 1

Quintiles 1 & 2 Quintiles 3 & 4

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25.8-32.2 24.2-31.0 25.0-31.5 27.7-36.9

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Overall survival: Compare quintile 5 to quintile 1: P=0.0009 Compare quintile 5 to quintile 1 plus quintile 2: P=0.046  

Multivariate Hazard Ratios: Overall Survival

1.0 0.83

[0.66 – 1.03] 0.81

[0.65 – 1.02]

0.65 [0.51 – 0.83]

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Pa ti e n ts w i th th e h i g h e s t l e v e l s o f v i ta m i n D h a v e

a 3 5 % i m p r o v e m e n t in overall survival

19.3 – 24.0

0.79 [0.63 – 1.00]

Multivariate Hazard Ratios: PFS

1.0 0.99 [0.80 – 1.23]

0.84 [0.67 – 1.05] 0.79

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Pa ti e n ts w i th th e h i g h e s t l e v e l s o f v i ta m i n D h a v e

a 2 1 % i m p r o v e m e n t i n PF S

19.3 – 24.0

0.83 [0.67– 1.04]

Randomized Double-Blind Phase II Trial of Vitamin D in Metastatic CRC

Participating Sites: DFCI MGH BIDMC DF/HCC satellites DF/HCC affiliates Northwestern Vanderbilt MSTI (Boise, ID)

Presenter
Presentation Notes
Based on this data, we are now conducting a RCT to test whether intervening with vitamin D supplementation to raise plasma 25(OH)D levels can change the prognosis of patients and influence survival. …. Because mCRC patients are so deficient in vitamin D, the investigational arm will utilize very high doses of vitamin D to replete levels, with 8,000 IU/day x 2 weeks as a loading dose, followed by 4,000 IU/day as a maintenance dose.

“Easy to do” Can be readily modified Many PCPs already doing this Our patients will ask!

Should we be checking Vitamin D levels?

PRO CON If only a prognostic factor,

is it worth knowing? Will modifying it be helpful?

New therapies

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SIRFLOX: Randomized phase III trial comparing first-line mFOLFOX6 (+bevacizumab) versus mFOLFOX6

(+bevacizumab) + selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer

Peter Gibbs, Volker Heinemann, Navesh K. Sharma, Michael P. N. Findlay, Jens Ricke, Val Gebski,

Mark Van Buskirk, Guy A. Van Hazel, on behalf of the SIRFLOX Study Group

The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

*SIRT= radioembolization

Study Design

SIRT

Design: Prospective open-label RCT Primary endpoint: Progression-Free Survival Survival

Stratified by •Presence of extra- hepatic metastases •Degree of liver involvement •Intended use of bevacizumab •Institution

Randomized 1:1

n = 530

mFOLFOX6 (+ bevacizumab) (1)

SIRT

n = 263 enrolled

n = 267 enrolled

Eligible Patients •Non-resectable liver-only or liver-dominant mCRC •No prior chemo for advanced disease •WHO performance status 0–1

ANZ: 280 (53%) EME: 191 (36%) US: 59 (11%)

1. Bevacizumab allowed at investigator’s discretion, per institutional practice

mFOLFOX6 (+ bevacizumab) (1)

ANZ: Australia, New Zealand; AP: Asia Pacific; EME: Europe & Middle East; US: United States

Progression-Free Survival at Any Site

Number at risk FOLFOX 263 96 29 9 5 2 FOLFOX + SIRT 267 106 33 11 5 2

n Events Median PFS FOLFOX (+ bev) 263 225 10.2 months FOLFOX (+ bev) + SIRT 267 217 10.7 months HR: 0.93 (95% CI: 0.77–1.12), p=0.43

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Time from Randomization (months)

Site of First Progression Liver-Only Metastases at Baseline Extra-Hepatic Metastases at Baseline

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What has limited medical oncologists’ use of SIRT for mCRC?

Availability Concerns for toxicity Early and late in patients who will live 2-3 years Thus has relegated to “nth”-line when typically used In SIRFLOX, incidence of liver-injury quite low

Unclear efficacy benefit No survival data reported in SIRFLOX No PFS benefit Liver PFS benefit

May translate to overall survival benefit if patients destined to die of liver failure from mCRC are selected (40% in SIRFLOX with extrahepatic disease)

For the clinic SIRT has been variably used Intriguing initial report of the first LARGE, randomized trial Improvement in liver PFS intriguing

?perhaps best in liver-only patients Probably not the time to begin using routinely with front-line

chemotherapy However, may have particular niche for liver-only patients in whom

“aggressive” therapy is desirable If planned analyses with other trials shows survival benefit in a

subpopulation…may have much greater impact!

Ramucirumab versus placebo in combination with second-line FOLFIRI in patients with metastatic colorectal

carcinoma that progressed during or after first-line therapy with bevacizumab, oxaliplatin, and a fluoropyrimidine

(RAISE): a randomised, double-blind, multi-centre, phase 3 study.

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Josep Tabernero, Takayuki Yoshino, Allen Lee Cohn, Radka Obermannova, Gyorgy Bodoky, Rocio Garcia-Carbonero, Tudor-Eliade Ciuleanu, David C Portnoy, Eric Van Cutsem, Axel

Grothey, Jana Prausova, Pilar Garcia-Alfonso, Kentaro Yamazaki, Philip R Clingan, Sara Lonardi, Tae Won Kim, Lorinda Simms, Shao-Chun Chang, Frederico Nasroulah, and the RAISE Study

Investigators

Study design

Tabernero et al, Lancet Oncol 2015;16:499-508.

1072 mCRC patients Progressed on 1st line

therapy with FOLFOX +

bevacizumab

FOLFIRI + placebo

FOLFIRI + ramucirumab (8mg/kg)

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Overall survival: 13.3 vs 11.7 months HR 0.844 (95% CI 0.730-0.976) log rank p=0.0219 Progression-free survival: 5.7 vs 4.5 months HR 0.793 (95% CI 0.697-0.903) log rank p <0.0005

Anti-angiogenic agents in 2nd line Trial Agent Improvement in median OS

RAISE Ramucirumab 1.6 months

TML Bevacizumab 1.4 months

VELOUR aflibercept 1.4 months

Randomized Trial of TAS-102 for Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Robert J Mayer, Eric Van Cutsem, Alfredo Falcone, Takayuki Yoshino, Rocio Garcia Carbonero, Nobuyuki Mizunuma, Kentaro Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Shimada, Josep

Tabernero, Yoshito Komatsu, Alberto Sobrero, Eveline Boucher, Marc Peeters, Ben Tran, Heinz-Josef Lenz, Alberto Zaniboni, Howard Hochster, James M Cleary, Lukas

Makris, Masanobu Ito, and Atsushi Ohtsu for the RECOURSE study Group

Mayer RJ et al. N Engl J Med 2015;372-1909-19.

F3dTMP (inactive form) TPI

TPase

F3dTDP

FTD incorporation into DNA

F3dTTP

F3dThd (FTD) Thymidine-based nucleoside analogue

DNA dysfunction

Inhibition of tumor growth

FTD:Trifluridine TPI:Tipiracil-HCl

TAS-102; Mechanism of Action

FTD TPI

TAS-102 (Oral Combination Drug)

Molar ratio = 1 : 0.5

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Differentiation between 5-FU and TAS-102

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DNA duplication

DNA damage

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TAS-102

Inhibit DNA duplication

Global Randomized Phase III study RECOURSE: Refractory Colorectal Cancer Study (NCT01607957)

• Stratification: KRAS status, time from diagnosis of metastatic disease, geographical region • Sites: 13 countries, 114 sites • Enrollment: June 2012 to October 2013

R A N D O M I Z A T I O N

Metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) • 2 or more prior regimens • Refractory / Intolerable

– fluoropyrimidine – irinotecan – oxaliplatin – bevacizumab – anti-EGFR if wild-type KRAS

• ECOG PS 0-1 • Age ≥ 18 (target sample size: 800)

TAS-102 + BSC (n = 534)

35 mg/m2 b.i.d. p.o. d1-5, 8-12 q4wks

Placebo + BSC (n = 266)

d1-5, 8-12 q4wks

Endpoints Primary: OS Secondary: PFS, Safety,

Tolerability, TTF, ORR, DCR, DoR, Subgroup by KRAS (OS

and PFS)

2:1

Overall Survival TAS-102 N=534

Placebo N=266

Events # (%) 364 (68) 210 (79) HR (95% CI) 0.68 (0.58-0.81)

Stratified Log-rank test p<0.0001 Median OS, months 7.1 5.3

Median follow-up (censored pts): 8.3 months

Alive at, %

6 months 58 44 12 months 27 18

TAS-102 534 459 294 137 64 23 7 Placebo 266 198 107 47 24 9 3

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Events # (%) 472 (88) 251 (94) HR (95% CI) 0.48 (0.41-0.57)

Stratified Log-rank test p<0.0001 Median PFS, months 2.0 1.7

Tumor assessments performed every 8 weeks

TAS-102 534 238 121 66 30 18 5 4 2 Placebo 266 51 10 2 2 2 1 1 0

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Non-Hema Adverse events, % TAS-102 (N=533) Placebo (N=265) All Gr. Gr. 3 Gr. 4 All Gr. Gr. 3 Gr. 4

Nausea 48.4 1.9 0 23.8 1.1 0 Decreased appetite 39.0 3.6 0 29.4 4.9 0 Fatigue 35.3 3.9 0 23.4 5.7 0 Diarrhea 31.9 2.8 0.2 12.5 0.4 0 Vomiting 27.8 2.1 0 14.3 0.4 0 Pyrexia 18.4 0.9 0.2 14.0 0.4 0 Asthenia 18.2 3.4 0 11.3 3.0 0 Constipation 15.2 0.2 0 15.1 1.1 0 Abdominal pain 14.8 2.1 0 13.6 3.4 0 Cough 10.7 0.4 0 11.3 0.8 0 Dyspnoea 10.5 2.1 0.4 12.8 2.3 0 Oedema peripheral 9.9 0.2 0 10.2 0.8 0 Weight decreased 7.7 0 0 10.2 0 0

One treatment-related death was observed in TAS-102

Adverse Events of Special Interest (as-treated population)

Adverse events, % TAS-102 (N=533) Placebo (N=265) All Gr. Gr. 3 Gr. 4 All Gr. Gr. 3 Gr. 4

Febrile neutropenia 3.8 2.8 0.9 0 0 0 Stomatitis 7.9 0.4 0 6.0 0 0 Hand-foot syndrome 2.3 0 0 2.3 0 0 Alopecia 6.8 0 0 1.1 0 0 Proteinurea 4.1 0 0 1.9 0 0

Cardiac ischaemia events, % 0.4 0.2 0 0.4 0 0.4 Thromboembolic events, % 3.9 1.7 0.2 2.3 1.1 0.4

Pulmonary embolism 1.7 1.3 0.2 0 0 0

• SAEs were observed 29.6% in TAS-102 and 33.6% in placebo • Primary reason for discontinuation due to AE was 3.6% in TAS-102 and 1.5%

in placebo

New targets

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PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch Repair Deficiency

Dung Le, Jennifer Uram, Hao Wang, Bjarne Bartlett, Holly Kemberling, Aleksandra Eyring, Andrew Skora, Brandon Luber, Nilofer Azad, Daniel Laheru, Barbara Biedrzycki, Ross

Donehower, Atif Zaheer, George Fisher, Todd Crocenzi, Steven Duffy, James Lee, Richard Goldberg, Albert de la Chapelle, Minori Koshiji, Feriyl Bhaijee, Thomas Huebner,

Ralph Hruban, Laura Wood, Nathan Cuka, Drew Pardoll, Nickolas Papadopoulas, Kenneth Kinzler, Shibin Zhou, Toby Cornish, Janis Taube, James Eshleman, Robert Anders, Bert

Vogelstein and Luis Diaz Jr.

Le, D et al. NEJM May 2015

Proficient mismatch repair (pMMR) = microsatellite stable (MSS) Deficient mismatch repair (dMMR) = microsatellite instable (MSI)

Detected by: IHC- missing mismatch repair proteins PCR- microsatellite instable

Present clinical use: Lynch syndrome Determine whether to offer adjuvant chemotherapy for

Stage II colon cancer patients

Mismatch repair deficiency

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Chromosomal instability (CIN): Proficient DNA Mismatch Repair (pMMR)

and Microsatellite stable (MSS)

Microsatellite instability (MSI): Deficient Mismatch Repair (dMMR)

85% 15%

Familial cases Lynch syndrome

germline mutation: (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2)

BRAFV600E

mutation ≈50% Sporadic cases

Epigenetic MLH1 inactivation (MLH1 promoter methylation)

Two different pathways of carcinogenesis

2/3 1/3

Sinicrope FA, Nat. Rev. Clin. Oncol. 7:174-177, 2010

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Presenter
Presentation Notes

Mutations per tumor

0 500 1000 1500 2000

Mismatch repair tumors

Mutagen Associated tumors

Sporadic Adult Solid Tumors

Pediatric Tumors

Liquid Tumors

Mutations per tumor

Sporadic colon cancers

Mismatch-repair deficient colon cancers

Objective Responses MMR-deficient CRC MMR-proficient CRC MMR-deficient

non-CRC N 13 25 10

Objective Response Rate 62% 0% 60%

Disease Control Rate 92% 16% 70%

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Mismatch-repair proficient Mismatch-repair proficient

Mismatch-repair deficient Mismatch-repair deficient

Presenter
Presentation Notes
PFS = 2.3 mos. vs NR (pMMR vs dMMR CRC); HR 0.1300 (95% CI, 0.07251 to 0.3599), p < 0.0001 Median Follow Up Times: all patients 5.9 mos (0.9 to 16.6); dMMR CRC 8.3 mos (2.2 to 16.6); pMMR CRC 4.9 mos (0.9 to 15.6); dMMR Non-CRC 7.1 mos (2.4 to 16.4)

Related Adverse Events

Up through Jan 2015

All Grades Grade 3 or 4Event-no. (%) N=41 N=41

Any 21 (51) 4 (10)

Generalized SymptomsFatigue 1 (2) 0

Myalgias 1 (2) 0Arthralgias 1 (2) 0

Pancreatitis/Amylasemia 1 4 (10) 3 (7)

Pneumonitis 1 (2) 0

Endocrine DisordersThyroiditis/hypothyroidism 4 (10) 0

Hypophysitis 1 (2) 0

Rash/pruritus 7 (17) 0

Thrombocytopenia 1 (2) 1 (2)

For the clinic

Although few dMMR patients, survival and response rates

are greatly improved with pembrolizumab therapy. MMR is already routinely tested in clinic Clinical trial is open and still enrolling.

1Beamer et al. J Clin Oncol 30:1058-1063, 2012.

Therapeutic Dual Inhibition of HER2 Pathway in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

The HERACLES Trial * S. Siena1, A. Sartore-Bianchi1, L. Trusolino2,5, C. Martino2, E. Valtorta1,

S. Lonardi3, F. Leone2,5, V. Zagonel3, A. Bertotti2,5, K. Bencardino1, G. Siravegna2,5, Amatu1, A. Vanzulli1, D. Regge2, S. Ghezzi1, F. Ciardiello4, S. Veronese1,

P. M. Comoglio2,5, A.Bardelli2,5, and S. Marsoni2

1 Niguarda Cancer Center, Ospedale Niguarda Ca’ Granda, Milano, Italy; 2 Istituto di Candiolo, Fondazione Piemonte Oncologia-IRCCS, Candiolo, Italy;

3 Oncologia Medica 1, Istituto Oncologico Veneto-IRCCS, Padova, Italy; 4 Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli; and 5 Università di Torino, Torino, Italy

* HER2 Amplification for Colo-RectaL Cancer Enhanced Stratification

EUDRACT # 2012-002128-33

lapatinib and trastuzumab

lapatinib

trastuzumab vehicle

Bertotti A. et al, Cancer Discovery 2011; Trusolino L. data on file

HER2-amplified mCRC PDX are sensitive to dual HER2-blockade with lapatinib and trastuzumab but not to single agent

Screen for HER2+ mCRC

HERACLES cohort A Trastuzumab + Lapatinib

Phase 2 with sequential cohorts design

HERACLES cohort B Trastuzumab + Pertuzumab

Define HER2 positivity in CRC (archival study + expert consensus panel) HERACLES DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA*

HER2+ mCRC cases IHC 2+/3+ > 50% cellularity and

FISH positive

End points

• Primary: ORR by RECIST 1.1 (centralized imaging)

• Secondary: TTP, Safety

• Translational: HER2 ctDNA in plasma, HER2 ectodomain in serum, tissue and plasma NGS in de novo resistant patients and upon PD

Statistics

• Design: two sequential cohorts, phase 2 trials, A’Hern single stage for each cohort (A and B)

• Assumptions: ORR H0 10%; H1 >30%; α= 0.05; β=0.85

• Sample size: in each cohort 6 responses out of 27 to declare the study positive

HERACLES Trial Design

*Valtorta E., et al; Modern Pathology 2015 in press

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*3 patients are not shown: 122026 (IHC 2+,not yet assessed); 121011 (IHC 3+) and 121013 (IHC 3+) early clinical PDs.

Waterfall plot (best % tumor shrinkage)

Spaghetti plot (tumor shrinkage trend)

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HER2 overexpression in colorectal cancer Rate of protein overexpression or gene amplication ~6% in

recent study in mCRC

Lower rate in earlier stage disease, with suggestion that expression relates to outcome

Prior clinical trials limited by low frequency, although evidence of clinical activity

1Seo et al. PLoS One. 2014 May 30;9(5):e98528.² Ingold Heppner B et al. Br J Cancer. 2014 Nov 11;111(10):1977-84. ³ Ramanathan RK et al. Cancer Invest. 2004;22(6):858-65.

In summary KRAS/BRAF mutations are indicative of worse prognosis in Stage III colon

cancers

Vitamin D levels are prognostic in mCRC.

Radioembolization and chemotherapy in first-line setting for mCRC with liver only metastasis may be an option.

FOLFIRI + ramucirumab in 2nd line setting for mCRC has similar activity to prior anti-VEGF therapies

TAS-102 may soon be a new therapy for refractory mCRC

Targeted therapies for dMMR and HER2+ tumors are underway in clinical trials

Thank you!