The Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation

February 2016

Correlation of CTNNB1 Mutation Status with Progression Arrest Rate in RECIST Progressive Desmoid-Type Fibromatosis Treated with Imatinib: Translational Research Results from a Phase 2 Study of the German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (GISG-01).

Author Information

Bernd Kasper,Florian Haller,Peter Hohenberger,Peter Reichardt,Sebastian Bauer,Viktor Gruenwald

Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.,Institute of Pathology, Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.,Sarcoma Center Berlin-Brandenburg, HELIOS Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany.,Sarcoma Center, West German Cancer Center, Essen, Germany.,Sarcoma Unit, Interdisciplinary Tumor Center, Mannheim University Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.,Sarcoma Unit, Interdisciplinary Tumor Center, Mannheim University Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. bernd.kasper@umm.de.

Publication

Summary

CTNNB1 gene mutations are the molecular key events in the majority of sporadic desmoid-type fibromatosis (DF). The specific S45F mutation has been reported to be associated with a more aggressive clinical course in DF. For the current study, the CTNNB1 mutation status was analyzed in DF samples from the prospective German Interdisciplinary Sarcoma Group (GISG) phase 2 study evaluating imatinib to induce progression arrest in DF Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors (RECIST) progressive patients. Mutations at position S45 were overrepresented in the GISG-01 trial recruiting RECIST progressive patients only. The positive correlation of CTNNB1 mutation status with the progression arrest rate after imatinib therapy supports the idea of a potential predictive impact of the mutation status on DF treatment decision making.

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