TAS-120 overcomes resistance to ATP-competitive FGFR inhibitors in patients with FGFR2 fusion–positive intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma Journal Article


Authors: Goyal, L.; Shi, L.; Liu, L. Y.; Fece de la Cruz, F.; Lennerz, J. K.; Raghavan, S.; Leschiner, I.; Elagina, L.; Siravegna, G.; Ng, R. W. S.; Vu, P.; Patra, K. C.; Saha, S. K.; Uppot, R. N.; Arellano, R.; Reyes, S.; Sagara, T.; Otsuki, S.; Nadres, B.; Shahzade, H. A.; Dey-Guha, I.; Fetter, I. J.; Baiev, I.; Van Seventer, E. E.; Murphy, J. E.; Ferrone, C. R.; Tanabe, K. K.; Deshpande, V.; Harding, J. J.; Yaeger, R.; Kelley, R. K.; Bardelli, A.; Iafrate, A. J.; Hahn, W. C.; Benes, C. H.; Ting, D. T.; Hirai, H.; Getz, G.; Juric, D.; Zhu, A. X.; Corcoran, R. B.; Bardeesy, N.
Article Title: TAS-120 overcomes resistance to ATP-competitive FGFR inhibitors in patients with FGFR2 fusion–positive intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Abstract: ATP-competitive fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) kinase inhibitors, including BGJ398 and Debio 1347, show antitumor activity in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) harboring activating FGFR2 gene fusions. Unfortunately, acquired resistance develops and is often associated with the emergence of secondary FGFR2 kinase domain mutations. Here, we report that the irreversible pan-FGFR inhibitor TAS-120 demonstrated efficacy in 4 patients with FGFR2 fusion–positive ICC who developed resistance to BGJ398 or Debio 1347. Examination of serial biopsies, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), and patient-derived ICC cells revealed that TAS-120 was active against multiple FGFR2 mutations conferring resistance to BGJ398 or Debio 1347. Functional assessment and modeling the clonal outgrowth of individual resistance mutations from polyclonal cell pools mirrored the resistance profiles observed clinically for each inhibitor. Our findings suggest that strategic sequencing of FGFR inhibitors, guided by serial biopsy and ctDNA analysis, may prolong the duration of benefit from FGFR inhibition in patients with FGFR2 fusion–positive ICC. SIGNIFICANCE: ATP-competitive FGFR inhibitors (BGJ398, Debio 1347) show efficacy in FGFR2-altered ICC; however, acquired FGFR2 kinase domain mutations cause drug resistance and tumor progression. We demonstrate that the irreversible FGFR inhibitor TAS-120 provides clinical benefit in patients with resistance to BGJ398 or Debio 1347 and overcomes several FGFR2 mutations in ICC models. © 2019 American Association for Cancer Research.
Journal Title: Cancer Discovery
Volume: 9
Issue: 8
ISSN: 2159-8274
Publisher: American Association for Cancer Research  
Date Published: 2019-12-01
Start Page: 1064
End Page: 1079
Language: English
DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.Cd-19-0182
PUBMED: 31109923
PROVIDER: scopus
PMCID: PMC6677584
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