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ArticleBMC cancer2018

The impact of pharmacokinetic gene profiles across human cancers.

Michael T Zimmermann, Terry M Therneau, Jean-Pierre A Kocher

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Article in BMC cancer, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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Michael T ZimmermannDivision of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Terry M TherneauDivision of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Jean-Pierre A KocherDivision of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. kocher.jeanpierre@mayo.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe right drug to the right patient at the right time is one of the ideals of Individualized Medicine (IM) and remains one of the most compelling promises of the post-genomic age. The addition of genomic information is expected to increase the precision of an individual patient's treatment, resulting in improved outcomes. While pilot studies have been encouraging, key aspects of interpreting tumor genomics information, such as somatic activation of drug transport or metabolism, have not been systematically evaluated.

methodsIn this work, we developed a simple rule-based approach to classify the therapies administered to each patient from The Cancer Genome Atlas PanCancer dataset (n = 2858) as effective or ineffective. Our Therapy Efficacy model used each patient's drug target and pharmacokinetic (PK) gene expression profile; the specific genes considered for each patient depended on the therapies they received. Patients who received predictably ineffective therapies were considered at high-risk of cancer-related mortality and those who did not receive ineffective therapies were considered at low-risk. The utility of our Therapy Efficacy model was assessed using per-cancer and pan-cancer differential survival.

resultsOur simple rule-based Therapy Efficacy model classified 143 (5%) patients as high-risk. High-risk patients had age ranges comparable to low-risk patients of the same cancer type and tended to be later stage and higher grade (odds ratios of 1.6 and 1.4, respectively). A significant pan-cancer association was identified between predictions of our Therapy Efficacy model and poorer overall survival (hazard ratio, HR = 1.47, p = 6.3 × 10

conclusionsWhile the resolution of clinical information within the dataset is not ideal, and modeling the relative contribution of each gene to the activity of each therapy remains a challenge, our approach demonstrates that somatic PK alterations should be integrated into the interpretation of somatic transcriptomic profiles as they likely have a significant impact on the survival of specific patients. We believe that this approach will aid the prospective design of personalized therapeutic strategies.

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Models, BiologicalAntineoplastic AgentsDatasets as TopicGene Expression ProfilingHumansNeoplasmsPharmacogenomic VariantsPrecision MedicineProgression-Free SurvivalProportional Hazards ModelsTreatment OutcomeAntineoplastic AgentsCancer treatment protocolsGenomic interpretationIndividualized medicinePharmacokineticsTranscriptome profiling

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PMID29783934
PMCPMC5963084

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