Table 1 Clinicobiological characteristics of BRAFV600E-mutated NSCLC patients.

From: Resistance to BRAF inhibition explored through single circulating tumour cell molecular profiling in BRAF-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer

Patient

Age at baseline (y/o)

Gender

Smoking status

Line of therapy

Best response

Number of metastatic sites at baseline

PD sites

Duration of treatment (months)

Progression-free survival (months)

Overall survival (months)

ECOG PS at time of CTC Isolation

Time between CTC - therapy initiation (months)

Detected CTCs by CellSearch at PD (/7.5 mL)

Isolated CTCs by FACS at PD (/30 mL)

Biopsy at PD

P1

65

F

Non-smoker

2nd

PR

≤2

Lung

46.8

44.8

72.4

1

46.8

0

25

Yes

P2

69

F

Smoker

2nd

PR

≤2

Adrenal

16.9

14.2

37.4

1

16.9

14

16

Yes

P3

58

M

Smoker

1st

SD

≤2

Bone peritoneal nodal

13.3

10.3

11.5

2

13.3

NA

23

Yes

P4

62

M

Smoker

2nd

PR

≤2

Bone

30.2

27.0

58.3

1

49.6

0*

17*

No

P5

68

M

Smoker

2nd

PR

>2

Liver brain

7.5

6.9

26.3

2

7.6

0

8

No

P6

81

F

Non-smoker

1st

SD

≤2

Liver bone

16.4

16.1

18.5

2

24.3

3*

28*

Yes

P7

69

M

Non-smoker

2nd

PR

≤2

Liver (oligoPD)

Ongoing

31.9

73.7

1 (0)**

60.9 (65.8)**

0 (0)**

22 (11)**

Yes***

  1. ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, PS performance status, y/o years old, PD progression disease.
  2. *Isolated CTCs during a therapeutic break after BRAF/MEK inhibitor treatment.
  3. **For patient P7, a second blood sample was collected 4.9 months after the first sample. Data for the second time point are presented in parentheses.
  4. ***Insufficient tumour cell proportion for molecular analysis.