Table 2 Clinical and genomic characteristics of patients who achieved either stable disease ≥6 months or partial response (N = 5 patients).

From: Personalized matched targeted therapy in advanced pancreatic cancer: a pilot cohort analysis

Patient ID# Age (in years)/sex

Matched drugs and relevant pathogenic genomic alterations

Matching Score (%) ≥50% versus <50%

PFS (approximate months)

OS (months)

Best response

Comments

#20 (69 y/M)

Palbociclib, CDKN2A loss exons 1–2, CDKN2B loss, Trametinib, KRAS G12D, KRAS G12R, Bevacizumab, TP53 R267W

≥50%

6.0

6.5

SD ≥ 6 months

 

#12 (74 y/F)

Trametinib, BRAF V600E, SMAD4 loss, Trastuzumab and lapatinib, ERBB2 amplification, Bevacizumab, TP53 V218E

≥50%

7.8

9.4

SD ≥ 6 months

 

#24 (63 y/F)

Palbociclib, CDKN2A_p16 R80* Trametinib, KRAS G12D

≥50%

9.2

19.4

SD ≥ 6 months

Afatinib also given because KRAS alterations may require EGFR pathway in pancreatic cancer17

#22 (82 y/F)

Trametinib, GNAS R201C, KRAS G12D, NF1 D1976fs

≥50%

13.6

13.9

SD ≥ 6 months

GNAS, KRAS and NF1 alterations all activate the MEK pathway18,19; trametinib is a MEK inhibitor

#18 (63 y/F)

Palbociclib, CDKN2A loss exons 1–2, CDKN2B loss Trametinib, KRAS G12D, KRAS G12R, SMAD4 deletion exon 11 Bevacizumab, TP53 R267W.

≥50%

17.5+

17.5

PR

 
  1. See Supplementary Table 2 for 13 patients who did not achieve clinical benefit.
  2. cfDNA cell free DNA, F female, M male, NGS next-generation sequencing, PFS progression-free survival, TMB tumor mutational burden (mutations/megabase), MSS microsatellite stable, y years.