Prognostic value of chemotherapy-resistant CK19mRNA-positive circulating tumor cells in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology
G MilakiVassilis Georgoulias

Abstract

The detection of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) is of prognostic significance in several tumor types. The present study evaluated the detection and the clinical relevance of CK19mRNA(+) CTCs in patients with advanced/metastatic non-small cell lung cancer before and after front-line chemotherapy. Peripheral blood was obtained from 642 patients with treatment-naïve unresectable stage IIIB and IV non-small cell lung cancer and from 455 patients after the completion of 1st line chemotherapy. RNA was extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the detection of CK19mRNA-positive cells was performed using a quantitative PCR assay. Based on the detection limit of the assay, 167 (26.0%) patients had detectable CK19mRNA(+) CTCs at baseline. The detection of CK19mRNA(+) CTCs before treatment was not associated with the clinical outcome, but their detection at the end of chemotherapy was associated with significantly decreased PFS and OS [PFS: 2.6 vs 3.8 months (p = 0.008); OS: 5.7 vs 10.0 months (p = 0.006) for CK19mRNA(+) vs CK19mRNA(-) patients, respectively]. Multivariate analysis revealed that the detection of CK19mRNA(+) CTCs both before and after chemotherapy emerged as an independent factor associated with reduced PFS (HR...Continue Reading

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