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Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2022

Functional Mapping of AKT Signaling and Biomarkers of Response from the FAIRLANE Trial of Neoadjuvant Ipatasertib plus Paclitaxel for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.

Zhen Shi, Julia Wulfkuhle, Malgorzata Nowicka, Rosa I Gallagher, Cristina Saura, Paolo G Nuciforo, Isabel Calvo, Jay Andersen, José Luis Passos-Coelho, Miguel J Gil-Gil and 8 more

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Trial report in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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41citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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41 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Ipatasertib in Patients with Tumors with AKT Mutations: Results from the NCI-MATCH ECOG-ACRIN Trial (EAY131) Subprotocol Z1K.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 12 institutions in 6 countries.

Zhen Shi *Department of Oncology Biomarker, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California.
Julia Wulfkuhle *Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia.
Malgorzata NowickaF. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-5918-5981
Rosa I GallagherCenter for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia.ORCID 0000-0003-3887-8399
Cristina SauraMedical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8296-5065
Paolo G NuciforoMolecular Oncology Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1380-0990
Isabel CalvoBreast Cancer Unit, Centro Integral Oncologico Clara Campal (CIOCC), Madrid, Spain.
Jay AndersenMedical Oncology/Hematology, Compass Oncology, Tigard, Oregon.
José Luis Passos-CoelhoOncology Department, Hospital Beatriz Angelo, Loures, Portugal.
Miguel J Gil-GilSOLTI Breast Cancer Research Group, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1380-2718
Begoña BermejoHospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7773-5994
Debra A PrattTexas Oncology Cancer Center, US Oncology, Austin, Texas.
Eva M CiruelosSOLTI Breast Cancer Research Group, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2796-1042
Patricia VillagrasaSOLTI Breast Cancer Research Group, Barcelona, Spain.
Matthew J WongchenkoDepartment of Oncology Biomarker, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California.ORCID 0000-0003-1230-7117
Emanuel F PetricoinCenter for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia.
Mafalda Oliveira *Medical Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9152-8799
Steven J Isakoff *Division of Hematology/Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.ORCID 0000-0002-6677-1014
Breast Cancer Research Foundation · USGeorge Mason University · USCenter For Biomarker Research In Medicine · ATHebron University · PSCentro Oncológico de Galicia · ESCompass Oncology · USHospital Beatriz Ângelo · PTHospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia · ESMassachusetts General Hospital · USRoche (Switzerland) · CHTexas Oncology · USVall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDespite extensive genomic and transcriptomic profiling, it remains unknown how signaling pathways are differentially activated and how tumors are differentially sensitized to certain perturbations. Here, we aim to characterize AKT signaling activity and its association with other genomic or IHC-based PI3K/AKT pathway biomarkers as well as the clinical activity of ipatasertib (AKT inhibitor) in the FAIRLANE trial. EXPERIMENTAL

designIn FAIRLANE, 151 patients with early triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) were randomized 1:1 to receive paclitaxel with ipatasertib or placebo for 12 weeks prior to surgery. Adding ipatasertib did not increase pathologic complete response rate and numerically improved overall response rate by MRI. We used reverse-phase protein microarrays (RPPA) to examine the total level and/or phosphorylation states of over 100 proteins in various signaling or cell processes including PI3K/AKT and mTOR signaling. One hundred and twenty-five baseline and 127 on-treatment samples were evaluable by RPPA, with 110 paired samples at both time points.

resultsTumors with genomic/protein alterations in PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN were associated with higher levels of AKT phosphorylation. In addition, phosphorylated AKT (pAKT) levels exhibited a significant association with enriched clinical benefit of ipatasertib, and identified patients who received benefit in the absence of PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN alterations. Ipatasertib treatment led to a downregulation of AKT/mTORC1 signaling, which was more pronounced among the tumors with PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN alterations or among the responders to the treatment.

conclusionsWe showed that the high baseline pAKT levels are associated with the alterations of PI3K/AKT pathway components and enriched benefit of ipatasertib in TNBC.

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Triple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkersClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesHumansNeoadjuvant TherapyPaclitaxelPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPiperazinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyrimidinesBiomarkersClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesipatasertibPaclitaxelPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPiperazinesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyrimidines

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PMID34907082
PMCPMC9377742
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