• Oncology · Jan 2012

    Meta Analysis

    Impact of the specific mutation in KRAS codon 12 mutated tumors on treatment efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer receiving cetuximab-based first-line therapy: a pooled analysis of three trials.

    • Dominik P Modest, Thomas Brodowicz, Sebastian Stintzing, Andreas Jung, Jens Neumann, Ruediger P Laubender, Janja Ocvirk, Galina Kurteva, Zsuzsanna Papai, Regina Knittelfelder, Thomas Kirchner, Volker Heinemann, and Christoph C Zielinski.
    • Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Grosshadern, University of Munich, Munich, Germany. dominik.modest@med.uni-muenchen.de
    • Oncology. 2012 Jan 1; 83 (5): 241-7.

    PurposeThis study investigated the impact of specific mutations in codon 12 of the Kirsten-ras (KRAS) gene on treatment efficacy in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC).PatientsOverall, 119 patients bearing a KRAS mutation in codon 12 were evaluated. All patients received cetuximab-based first-line chemotherapy within the Central European Cooperative Oncology Group (CECOG), AIO KRK-0104 or AIO KRK-0306 trials.ResultsPatients with KRAS codon 12 mutant mCRC showed a broad range of outcome when treated with cetuximab-based first-line regimens. Patients with tumors bearing a KRAS p.G12D mutation showed a strong trend to a more favorable outcome compared to other mutations (overall survival 23.3 vs. 14-18 months; hazard ratio 0.66, range 0.43-1.03). An interaction model illustrated that KRAS p.G12C was associated with unfavorable outcome when treated with oxaliplatin plus cetuximab.ConclusionThe present analysis suggests that KRAS codon 12 mutation may not represent a homogeneous entity in mCRC when treated with cetuximab-based first-line therapy.Copyright © 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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