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  OA08 - Targeted Therapies in Brain Metastases (ID 381)

  • Event: WCLC 2016
  • Type: Oral Session
  • Track: Advanced NSCLC
  • Presentations: 1
  • Moderators:D. Ball, B. Perin
  • Coordinates: 12/05/2016, 16:00 - 17:30, Schubert 1

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    OA08.07 - BRAF-V600E Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma with Leptomeningeal (LM) Disease Treated with Vemurafenib (ID 4800)

    17:05 - 17:15  |  Author(s): M.G. Jacob
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    Background:
    BRAF mutations occur in around 3% of non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) and V600E accounts for 50%. BRAF V600E is an attractive molecular target for cancer tyrosine kinase treatment, but ideal treatment is still not defined.
    
    Methods:
    A case of a patient with BRAF-mutated non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) detected by NGS Ion torrent technology who presented with LM disease and was treated with the selective BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib is described.
    
    Results:
    58 years old, female, non-smoker, who presented in the emergency department with pericardial effusion. Pericardial fluid cytology confirmed adenocarcinoma TTF1 positive. Multi-organ metastatic disease was diagnosed (bone, lung and thyroid) without EGFR mutation or ALK-EML4 translocation. Four cycles of chemotherapy with pemetrexed and carboplatin were done. She started with refractory headache and vomiting, brain CT and MRI showed no evidence of metastasis, a lumbar puncture confirmed malignant cells in the cerebrospinal fluid. A BRAF V600E was detected by NGS, Ion Torrence PGM technology in the initial tumour sample and in plasma circulating free DNA. An off-label treatment with vemurafenib 960 mg q12hr was offered to the patient, with clinical improvement and radiologic lung stability. At month 2 of treatment, the patient developed respiratory insufficiency with lung infiltrates and Influenza A virus was identified in a nasal swab. Vemurafenib was temporary suspended and re-introduced until 720 mg q12h and maintained until disease progression (large volume pleural effusion with positive cytology), at month 6 of vemurafenib tretament. Third line treatment is being planned.
    
    Conclusion:
    The authors highlight the importance of using a multiplex screening strategy to detect targetable mutations in advanced lung cancer patients. The application of next generation sequencing to the tumour and plasma cfDNA allowed the detection of a BRAF-V600E mutation. The improvement of neurologic symptoms and disease control achieved with vemurafenib supports vemurafenib´s efficacy. Care should be taken to the possibility of occurring lung toxicity.
    
    

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