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1 The Genomic Landscape of SMARCA4 Alterations and Associations with Outcomes in 2 Patients with Lung Cancer 3 4 Adam J. Schoenfeld1, Chai Bandlamudi2*, Jessica A. Lavery3*, Joseph Montecalvo4*, Azadeh 5 Namakydoust1*, Hira Rizvi1,5, Jacklynn Egger5, Carla P. Concepcion6, Sonal Paul7, Maria E. 6 Arcila4, Yahya Daneshbod4, Jason Chang4, Jennifer L. Sauter4, Amanda Beras4, Marc Ladanyi4, 7 Tyler Jacks6,8, Charles M. Rudin1,5, Barry S. Taylor2, Mark T.A. Donoghue2, Glenn Heller3, 8 Matthew D. Hellmann1, Natasha Rekhtman4#, Gregory J. Riely1#
9 1Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, 10 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA 11 2Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA 12 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New 13 York, NY, USA 4Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, 14 NY, USA 5Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer 15 Center, New York, NY, USA 6David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 16 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 500 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 17 7Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital - Weill Cornell 18 Medicine, New York, NY, USA 8Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of 19 Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. *Contributed equally # Co-senior authors
20 Correspondence to:
21 Dr. Gregory J. Riely 22 Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, 23 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 24 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA 25 +1 646-888-4199 26 [email protected]
27 Dr. Natasha Rekhtman 28 Thoracic Oncology Service, Department of Pathology, 29 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 30 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA 31 +1 212-639-6780 32 [email protected]
33 Running title: SMARCA4 Alterations in Lung Cancer 34 35 Acknowledgement of research support: 36 Supported by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Support Grant/Core Grant (P30 CA008748) and 37 the Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research at MSK. ACS Postdoctoral Fellowship 130361-PF- 38 17-009-01-CDD. Koch Institute Quinquennial Postdoctoral Fellowship. MDH is a Damon Runyon Clinical 39 Investigator supported (in part) by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (CI-98-18) and is a 40 member of the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. This work was supported, in part, by a grant 41 from John and Georgia DallePezze to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. 42 43 Disclosures: AN was a consultant for Bayer MEA is a consultant for AstraZeneca and received support 44 from Astrazeneca, Invivoscribe, and Raindance Technologies. JLS reports stock ownership in the 45 following companies: Pfizer, Thermo Fischer Scientific, Inc., Merck & Co Inc and Chemed Corp. ML has 46 received advisory board compensation from Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, 47 Takeda, and Bayer, and research support from LOXO Oncology and Helsinn Healthcare. TJ is a member 48 of the Board of Directors of Amgen and Thermo Fisher Scientific. He is also a co-Founder of Dragonfly
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49 Therapeutics and T2 Biosystems. T.J. serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Dragonfly Therapeutics, 50 SQZ Biotech, and Skyhawk Therapeutics. None of these affiliations represent a conflict of interest with 51 respect to the design or execution of this study or interpretation of data presented in this manuscript. T.J. 52 laboratory currently also receives funding from the Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Initiative and The 53 Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research, but this funding did not support the research 54 described in this manuscript. CMR has consulted regarding oncology drug development with AbbVie, 55 Amgen, Ascentage, AstraZeneca, Bicycle, Celgene, Daiichi Sankyo, Genentech/Roche, Ipsen, Jansen, 56 Jazz, Lilly/Loxo, Pfizer, PharmaMar, Syros, and Vavotek; he serves on the SAB for Bridge Medicines and 57 Harpoon Therapeutics. MDH receives research support from Bristol-Myers Squibb; has been a 58 compensated consultant for Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AstraZeneca, Genentech/Roche, Nektar, 59 Syndax, Mirati, Shattuck Labs, Immunai, Blueprint Medicines, Achilles, and Arcus; received travel 60 support/honoraria from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, and Bristol-Myers Squibb; has options from Shattuck Labs, 61 Immunai, and Arcus; has a patent filed by his institution related to the use of tumor mutation burden to 62 predict response to immunotherapy (PCT/US2015/062208), which has received licensing fees from 63 PGDx. GJR Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center receives funding for research led by Dr. Riely from: 64 Mirati, Merck, Takeda, Roche, Pfizer, and Novartis.
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67 Statement of translational relevance:
68 In this study, we characterize the clinical, molecular and histologic relationships of SMARCA4
69 genomic and protein alterations in lung cancer. SMARCA4 is the most commonly mutated
70 member of the SWI/SNF complex, with mutations occurring in 8% of patients with NSCLC.
71 Genomic, protein expression, and clinical outcome data identify two distinct classes of
72 SMARCA4 alterations. SMARCA4 alterations often co-occur with STK11, KEAP1, and KRAS
73 alterations, but they are a prognostic factor, independent of these alterations. Although patients
74 whose tumors have Class 1 SMARCA4 alterations (associated with protein expression loss)
75 have a very poor prognosis, they may have higher response rates to PD-(L)1 blockade despite
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91 ABSTRACT
92 Purpose: SMARCA4 mutations are among the most common recurrent alterations in
93 NSCLC, but the relationship to other genomic abnormalities and clinical impact has not
94 been established.
95 Experimental Design: To characterize SMARCA4 alterations in NSCLC, we analyzed
96 the genomic, protein expression, and clinical outcome data of patients with SMARCA4
97 alterations treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
98 Results: In 4813 tumors from patients with NSCLC, we identified 8% (n= 407) patients
99 with SMARCA4-mutant lung cancer. We describe two categories of SMARCA4
100 mutations: Class 1 mutations (truncating mutations, fusions and homozygous deletion)
101 and Class 2 mutations (missense mutations). Protein expression loss was associated
102 with Class 1 mutation (81% vs 0%, (P < 0.001)). Both classes of mutation co-occured
103 more frequently with KRAS, STK11, and KEAP1 mutations compared to SMARCA4
104 wildtype tumors (P < 0.001). In patients with metastatic NSCLC, SMARCA4 alterations
105 were associated with shorter overall survival, with Class 1 alterations associated with
106 shortest survival times (P < 0.001). Conversely, we found that treatment with immune
107 checkpoint inhibitors was associated with improved outcomes in patients with
108 SMARCA4-mutant tumors (P = 0.01), with Class 1 mutations having the best response
109 to ICIs (p = 0.027).
110 Conclusions: SMARCA4 alterations can be divided into two clinically relevant genomic
111 classes associated with differential protein expression as well as distinct prognostic and
112 treatment implications. Both classes co-occur with KEAP1, STK11, and KRAS
113 mutations, but individually represent independent predictors of poor prognosis. Despite
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114 association with poor outcomes, SMARCA4-mutant lung cancers may be more sensitive
115 to immunotherapy.
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117 Introduction
118 Genomic abnormalities in the subunits of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex
119 occur in approximately 20% of solid tumors and emerging data suggests that specific
120 alterations within this complex might affect outcomes in certain solid tumors (1-3). For
121 example, alterations in the SWI/SNF complex gene PBRM1 have been associated with
122 improved outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma treated with immune
123 checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs); refs. (3,4). In lung cancer, inactivation of the catalytic
124 subunit SMARCA4 (BRG1), is the most common alteration within the SWI/SNF complex
125 and has been associated with poor patient outcomes (1,5-10). SMARCA4 is one of two
126 mutually exclusive DNA-dependent ATPases, along with SMARCA2, involved in
127 transcriptional regulation of gene expression (11,12). Yet, the relationship between
128 SMARCA4 and other alterations within the complex genomic landscape of lung cancer
129 remains unclear.
130 Multiple studies have recently highlighted the importance of considering genes of
131 interest within the context of commonly co-occurring mutations (13-18). For example,
132 the identification of STK11, KEAP1, and TP53 mutant subgroups has changed the
133 paradigm of classifying KRAS-mutant lung cancers and non-small cell lung cancers
134 (NSCLCs) in general (13-15,18). These distinct subgroups correlate with differential
135 responses to immunotherapy and long-term outcomes (13,14,17,18). Further, in EGFR-
136 mutant lung cancer, mutations in TP53 and RB1 are associated with shorter response
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137 to TKIs and transformation to small cell carcinoma (15,16). Previous studies have
138 shown that SMARCA4 alterations can co-occur in KRAS mutant tumors, yet they also
139 occur independently and less commonly with other driver oncogenes such as epidermal
140 growth factor receptor (EGFR); refs. (5,6). However, there are only limited data on
141 SMARCA4’s relationship to these other co-occurring mutations (8,10) and the
142 significance of SMARCA4 alterations among oncogene driven subsets of lung cancer is
143 unknown.
144 Increased understanding of the relationship of SMARCA4 in lung cancer may enable
145 new therapeutic opportunities in the future. Recently, SMARCA4 alterations have been
146 shown to be oncogenic drivers in a highly aggressive subset of ovarian cancer, small
147 cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type (SCCOHT) that shows increased
148 susceptibility to ICIs (19). Further, there have been case reports of durable responses to
149 ICIs in thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumors and SMARCA4-deficient
150 lung carcinoma (20,21), but no studies have comprehensively evaluated treatment
151 outcomes in a large cohort of lung cancer patients. In this study, we characterize the
152 clinical, molecular, and histologic relationships of SMARCA4 genomic and protein
153 alterations in lung cancer.
154 Methods
155 We identified all patients with NSCLC of any stage with SMARCA4 alterations detected
156 by MSK-IMPACT NGS (22) until April of 2019 who were treated at Memorial Sloan
157 Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) for genomic analysis (Sup. Fig. 1).
158 SMARCA4 alterations were classified into two groups: SMARCA4 truncating mutations,
159 fusions and homozygous deletions were deemed “Class 1 alteration” and 2) SMARCA4
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160 missense mutations or variants of unknown significance, or “Class 2 alteration” based
161 upon categorization in OncoKB (23). Tumors with concurrent Class 1 and Class 2
162 alterations were classified within the Class 1 category. A retrospective pathologic
163 analysis of expression of SMARCA4 in all cases of with SMARCA4 molecular
164 alterations was performed by immunohistochemistry using the previously described
165 methods (10).
166 Somatic alterations were identified using the MSK-IMPACT assay as previously
167 described (22). Individual genes were queried for distribution and enrichment among the
168 patients with and without SMARCA4 alterations. Frequencies of gene alterations by
169 SMARCA4 alteration were considered significant with a p-value < 0.05 and, to reduce
170 false discovery in multiple testing, FDR q-value < 0.10. Tumor mutation burden (TMB)
171 was normalized across each version of the MSK-IMPACT panel (341, 410, or 468
172 genes) and defined as the total number of mutations divided by the coding region
173 captured reported as mutations/megabase in each panel (0.897 megabases (Mb) for
174 341-, 1.017 Mb for 410-, and 1.139 Mb for 468-gene panel). PD-L1 expression was
175 scored as the percentage of tumor cells with membranous staining using predominantly
176 E1L3N antibody, as previously described (24).
177 Medical, pharmacy, and pathology records for all patients with metastatic NSCLC and
178 SMARCA4 alterations were reviewed to collect demographic, pathologic, and treatment
179 data. A random sample of patients with metastatic NSCLC who had MSK-IMPACT
180 without SMARCA4 alterations and were tested during the same time period was used
181 as a comparator group. The response to anti-PD-(L)1 therapy was determined
182 (database lock of April 1, 2019) using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors
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183 (RECIST) version 1.1. by thoracic radiologists. This study was approved by the
184 Institutional Review Board/Privacy Board at MSK and was in accordance with the
185 Belmont report for retrospective review of records and waiver of consent.
186 Statistical Methods
187 Patient and tumor characteristics were compared across SMARCA4 mutation classes
188 (Class 1, Class 2, wild type) using Chi-square tests and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Overall
189 survival (OS) defined from the date of metastatic diagnosis to death and accounted for
190 the left truncation time from metastatic diagnosis to IMPACT biopsy. Patients without
191 events were censored at their last known visit date. Survival curves and estimates of the
192 median survival time were generated using Kaplan-Meier methods and compared
193 across the three mutation classes using log-rank tests. A Cox proportional hazards
194 model was adjusted for age, sex, smoking status (never smoker, former light smoker,
195 former heavy smoker and current smoker), histology (adenocarcinoma, squamous,
196 other), as well as co-occurring STK11 and KEAP1 mutations, and TMB. Hazard ratios
197 (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are reported. Sub-analyses of OS were
198 performed among patients with KRAS mutations. Patients without follow-up after their
199 IMPACT pathology date were excluded from analyses (n = 5).
200 The response to immunotherapy as characterized by progression-free survival (PFS),
201 OS, and overall response rate (ORR) was examined among the subset of patients that
202 received immunotherapy. PFS was defined as the time from start of PD-(L)1 inhibitor to
203 clinical or radiographic progression, death, or the end of follow-up, and OS was defined
204 as the time from the start of PD-(L)1 inhibitor to death or the end of follow-up. PFS and
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205 OS were analyzed using Kaplan Meier methods and Cox proportional hazards model
206 accounting for left truncation, again adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, histology,
207 TMB, and co-occurring STK11 and KEAP1 mutations. Best overall response was
208 defined as complete or partial response. Multivariable logistic regression was applied to
209 compare the likelihood of ORRR across SMARCA4 mutation classes adjusted for age,
210 TMB, PD-L1, STK11, and KEAP1.
211 To assess whether immunotherapy is associated with improved survival among patients
212 with Class 1 or 2 SMARCA4 mutations, we first calculated the propensity score,
213 probability of receipt of ICIs based on available variables (mutation class, age, sex,
214 race, smoking status, histology, TMB, co-occurring STK11 and KEAP1 mutations). We
215 then adjusted for the propensity score when comparing OS for patients that received
216 ICIs versus patients that did not via a Cox proportional hazards model accounting for
217 left truncation. A p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant for all analyses.
218 Statistical analyses were performed with GraphPad Prism software version 7 (La Jolla,
219 CA, www.graphpad.com) and R version 3.6.1 software (www.r-project.org).(25)
220 Results
221 Spectrum of SMARCA4 genomic alterations
222 In patients with NSCLC tested by comprehensive next-generation sequencing (NGS),
223 8% (n = 407 of 4813) had a SMARCA4 alteration, with an array of SMARCA4
224 alterations identified (Fig. 1). SMARCA4 alterations were categorized into two groups
225 based upon the type of genomic abnormality: 1) “Class 1 alterations” included truncating
226 mutations deemed oncogenic, gene fusions, and homozygous deletions and 2) “Class 2
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227 alterations” included all missense mutations and other variants of unknown significance
228 based upon categorization in OncoKB (23). Tumors with concurrent Class 1 and Class
229 2 SMARCA4 alterations were categorized as Class 1 tumors. In total, 212 patients (4%
230 of total, 52% of SMARCA4 variants) had tumors with Class 1 SMARCA4 alterations and
231 195 (4% of total, 48% of SMARCA4 variants) had tumors with Class 2 SMARCA4
232 alterations (Fig. 1).
233 Relationship between class of SMARCA4 genomic alteration and protein
234 expression
235 We next explored the relationship between the genomic class of SMARCA4 alteration
236 and protein expression. Sufficient tissue for SMARCA4 immunohistochemical analysis
237 was available for 86 cases, including 62 tumors with Class 1 (truncating) alterations and
238 24 tumors with Class 2 (missense) alterations. SMARCA4 expression loss was
239 identified in 50 cases, all of which were tumors with Class 1 alterations (81% of Class 1
240 alterations). Overall, loss of SMARCA4 expression was significantly associated with
241 Class 1 alterations (P < 0.001; Fig. 1).
242 Molecular landscape associated with SMARCA4 alterations
243 To evaluate the genomic context of SMARCA4 alterations, we evaluated genomic
244 profiles of tumors harboring SMARCA4 alterations (n=407) and those without
245 SMARCA4 alterations (n=4406). Among commonly altered genes in lung cancer, the
246 most frequent co-occurring mutations with SMARCA4 alterations were TP53 (56%),
247 KEAP1 (41%), STK11 (39%) and KRAS (36%) (Fig. 2A and 2B).
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248 We identified multiple genes that were associated with SMARCA4 alterations (Fig. 2C).
249 Mutations in STK11 and KEAP1 had the strongest association with SMARCA4 mutant
250 tumors compared to SMARCA4 wildtype tumors (P < 0.001, q < 0.001; P < 0.001, q <
251 0.001; Fig. 2B and 2C). Conversely EGFR alterations were strongly associated within
252 SMARCA4 wildtype tumors compared to SMARCA4 mutants (P < 0.001, q < 0.001).
253 SMARCA4 alterations occurred in the absence of KRAS, STK11, and KEAP1
254 alterations in 38% of cases (Fig. 2D). STK11 alterations occurred significantly more
255 frequently with Class 1 than Class 2 alterations (P < 0.001, q = 0.08, Sup. Table 1).
256 NKX2-1 and KEAP1 alterations also occurred more frequently with Class 1 alterations
257 (P = 0.002, q = 0.19; P = 0.01, q = 0.34 respectively) and EGFR alterations were
258 common with Class 2 alterations (P = 0.004, q = 0.19, Sup. Table 1).
259 Patient characteristics in advanced NSCLC by SMARCA4 alteration class
260 We then investigated how the findings from our molecular and expression analyses
261 related to clinical outcomes in patients with advanced NSCLC. Patient characteristics
262 among stage IV tumors with Class 1 (n=149) versus Class 2 (n=143) SMARCA4
263 alterations were generally similar (Table 1). The presence of a Class 1 or 2 SMARCA4
264 alteration was associated with history of smoking (P < 0.001) and non-adenocarcinoma
265 histology (P < 0.001) compared to patients with SMARCA4 wildtype NSCLC (n=996)
266 (Table 1). Among patients harboring either class of SMARCA4 mutation, 85% were
267 smokers and 84% had adenocarcinoma; the rest had predominantly NSCLC, not
268 otherwise classified.
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269 Prognostic impact of Class 1 and Class 2 SMARCA4 alterations in advanced
270 NSCLC
271 Overall, we found that patients with metastatic NSCLC harboring either Class 1 or Class
272 2 SMARCA4 alterations had shorter overall survival compared to patients with
273 SMARCA4 wildtype NSCLC (p<0.001; Fig. 3A). Class 1 alterations were associated
274 with the poorest outcomes (Fig. 3A). The differences in outcomes held in the
275 multivariable survival analysis adjusted for age, sex, smoking status, histology, TMB,
276 and the presence of STK11 and/or KEAP1 mutations (Fig. 3A).
277 Given the heterogeneity of co-occurring mutations, we sought to further isolate the
278 specific impact of SMARCA4 alterations by examining within the context of a single
279 driver oncogene. We focused initially on 374 patients with tumors harboring KRAS
280 mutations. In these patients, the presence of Class 1 or Class 2 SMARCA4 alterations
281 was a poor prognostic factor and remained prognostic when accounting for age, sex,
282 smoking status, histology, TMB, and the presence of STK11 or KEAP1 mutations (Fig.
283 3B). Further, the addition of STK11 and/or KEAP1 was associated with decreased
284 survival, with patients with all three STK11, KEAP1, and SMARCA4 having the shortest
285 survival (P <0.001, Sup. Fig. 2).
286 Association with benefit of immunotherapy
287 Next, we analyzed the impact of ICIs on patient outcomes. Among patients with
288 SMARCA4 alterations, ICI use was associated with significantly improved survival from
289 the start of ICIs (HR 0.67, 95% CI 0.48, 0.92, P = 0.01) (Fig. 4A). When evaluating
290 known factors that predict outcomes to ICI, SMARCA4-mutant tumors had higher TMB
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291 (P < 0.001, Fig. 4B) but were more likely to be PD-L1 low or negative (P = 0.03, Fig.
292 4C). Class 1 alterations had lower expression of PD-L1 and higher median TMB
293 compared to Class 2 alterations (Fig. 4B-C).
294 Finally, we sought to compare outcome among the two SMARCA4 mutant classes and
295 SMARCA4 wildtype NSCLC in patients who had received ICI. Overall response was
296 assessed in 445 out of 570 patients that received ICI. In unadjusted analyses, patients
297 who harbored Class 1 alterations had a higher ORR in comparison to Class 2
298 alterations or SMARCA4 wild-type tumors (P = 0.027, Fig. 4D). There was no difference
299 in progression-free survival (P = 0.74) or overall survival (P = 0.35) on ICIs by
300 SMARCA4 alteration status (Fig. 4E-F).
301 Discussion
302 Here, we identify two specific classes of SMARCA4 alterations associated with distinct
303 protein expression and differential negative clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic
304 NSCLC. While both classes of SMARCA4 alterations are associated with poor clinical
305 outcomes, Class 1 alterations, which are associated with protein loss, are the strongest
306 independent negative prognostic factor for patients, but respond best to ICIs. Despite
307 the negative prognostic impact compared to patients with SMARCA4 wildtype tumors,
308 patients with SMARCA4 alterations who received ICIs had better outcomes than those
309 who did not.
310 This study builds upon recent data that co-occurring STK11 and KEAP1 mutations in
311 lung cancer can significantly impact prognosis and responsiveness to therapy. STK11
312 and KEAP1 alterations are linked with poor prognosis and lack of response to
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313 immunotherapy in KRAS-mutant tumors and more recently in all patients with NSCLC.
314 We find that SMARCA4 alterations are associated with STK11 and KEAP1 mutations
315 but are independent predictors of poor prognosis. SMARCA4 abnormalities in
316 combination with STK11 and/or KEAP1 mutations have an additive impact on
317 shortening survival. However, unlike STK11, SMARCA4 appears to be associated with
318 increased sensitivity to immunotherapy. Future studies of STK11 and KEAP1 should
319 incorporate exploration of SMARCA4 to further delineate the role of each co-occurring
320 mutation in influencing patient outcomes and SMARCA4 should be identified and tested
321 as a potential prognostic or predictive variable in prospective trials moving forward.
322 We observed that the spectrum of SMARCA4 alterations differentially impact protein
323 expression. Our findings are consistent with other recent analyses that assessed the
324 incidence of SMARCA4-mutant lung cancer and frequency of protein expression loss
325 with truncating mutations, supporting our classification schema (8,10). Interestingly,
326 while the effect of Class 1 (truncating) alterations was most profound, we also find that,
327 unexpectedly, patients with Class 2 (mis-sense, non-truncating) SMARCA4 alterations
328 had worse overall prognosis relative to patients with SMARCA4 wild-type tumors,
329 suggesting that function may be compromised in the setting of intact expression. Recent
330 preclinical work provides additional mechanistic support and reveals that missense
331 mutations of SMARCA4 modify the open chromatin landscape and induce pro-
332 oncogenic expression changes in MYC and its target genes, among others (26,27).
333 Our study is the first to evaluate how SMARCA4 alterations in NSCLC influence
334 sensitivity to ICIs. Recent analyses have shown that SMARCA4 and PBRM1 could be
335 associated with improved response to immunotherapy in subtypes of ovarian cancer
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336 and renal cell cancer (4,19) and case reports have described durable responses to ICIs
337 in a patient with a thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor (also referred to
338 as a SMARCA4-deficient thoracic sarcoma) and a patient with NSCLC (20,21). Despite
339 high rates of PD-L1 negativity, patients with SMARCA4-mutant NSCLC appear to derive
340 significant benefit from PD-(L)1 blockade. Therefore, SMARCA4 mutation status should
341 be explored as a potentially novel biomarker of responsiveness to ICIs as a complement
342 to PD-L1 expression and TMB in NSCLC.
343 While there are no known currently effective targeted treatments for SMARCA4-mutant
344 NSCLCs, our study and others suggest SMARCA4 is a potential target in lung cancer
345 with distinct therapeutic vulnerabilities. For example, CDK4/6, AURKA, ATR, and EZH2
346 inhibition have recently shown antitumor activity in preclinical models of SMARCA4
347 deficient tumors (1,16,25,28-33). SMARCA2 could be a synthetic lethal vulnerability in
348 SMARCA4-mutant cancers. Prior reports have shown that SMARCA2 retains
349 expression in SMARCA4-mutant NSCLC and several SMARCA2 inhibitors are currently
350 in development to target this potential vulnerability (10,16). Future trials should explore
351 use of these agents alone or in combination with ICIs given the efficacy of anti-PD-(L)1
352 antibodies in our analysis.
353 This study is a single-institution retrospective analysis and therefore has some inherent
354 limitations. Unidentified factors associated with exposure and response to
355 immunotherapy and overall survival could bias our results. Nevertheless, we accounted
356 for all known potential variables that may influence outcomes. For example, we
357 developed and incorporated a risk score to account for a patient’s likelihood of receiving
358 anti-PD(L)1 therapy and used a Cox proportional hazards model for multivariate
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359 analysis using the variables available. Analyses adjusting for PD-L1 expression are
360 limited by the modest number of patients with sufficient available tissue for retrospective
361 staining for PD-L1 and SMARCA4. Future studies that incorporate zygosity are also
362 needed to understand its impact on expression and clinical outcomes.
363 In sum, our report highlights that SMARCA4 alterations in lung cancer are uniquely
364 linked to response to immunotherapy and patient outcomes. We found that the
365 presence of SMARCA4 abnormalities is enriched in patients with KRAS, STK11, and
366 KEAP1 mutations, but independently contributes to shortened overall survival with these
367 co-occurring alterations. Despite these poor outcomes, patients with SMARCA4-mutant
368 lung cancers may also be more sensitive to immunotherapy, which may enable new
369 therapeutic options in the future.
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518 Figure 1. Spectrum of SMARCA4 alterations by class and association with SMARCA4
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521 and protein expression (n =24). Green QLQ, Gln, Leu, Gln motif; Red HSA,
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523 DEXDc, DEAD-like helicase superfamily domain; Purple SNF2_N, SNF2 family N-
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526 Figure 2. Genomic context of SMARCA4 alterations. (A) Most frequent co-occurring
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531 Distribution of SMARCA4, STK11, KRAS, and KEAP1 alterations within NSCLC cohort.
532 Figure 3. Survival by SMARCA4 alteration class. (A) Overall survival among all
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535 Figure 4. PD-L1 expression, tumor mutational burden, and immune checkpoint inhibitor
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556 Table 1: Clinical characteristics of patients with advanced NSCLC by SMARCA4
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SMARCA4 SMARCA4 SMARCA4 Characteristic Class 1 Class 2 Wild type P-value (N = 149) (N = 143) (N = 996)
Median Age (Q1, Q3) 65 (58, 72) 65 (59, 72) 65 (58, 73) 0.7 Sex 0.052
Female 74 (50%) 78 (55%) 593 (60%)
Male 75 (50%) 65 (45%) 403 (40%)
Race 0.13
White 124 (83%) 125 (87%) 775 (78%)
Black 7 (5%) 7 (5%) 57 (6%)
Asian 10 (7%) 6 (4%) 101 (10%)
Other 8 (5%) 5 (4%) 63 (6%)
Smoking <0.001
Never smoker 17 (11%) 26 (18%) 315 (32%)
Former light (<15 py) 20 (13%) 19 (13%) 165 (17%)
Former heavy (>15 py) 80 (54%) 71 (50%) 373 (37%)
Current smoker 32 (21%) 27 (19%) 131 (13%)
Histology <0.001
Adenocarcinoma 121 (81%) 125 (87%) 914 (92%)
Other 28 (19%) 18 (13%) 82 (8%)
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0 # SMARCA4 Mutations HSA SNF2_N
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Figure 2 A. B. SMARCA4 100% 25 TP53 56% SMARC44 mt 20
KEAP1 41% 15
STK11 39% 10 % of patient s KRAS 36% 5
EGFR 14% 0 14 Genetic Alteration Inframe mutation Missense mutation Truncating mutation 140) exon TP53 MT n = 75) n = 147) n = 86) Fusions Amplification Deep deletion No alterations STK11n = 625MT) KRAS MT n = 2519) n = 53) ( ALK( fusion EGFR MT RET (fusion ET n = 36) KEAP1(n = 352MT) ( (n = 1394) ( BRAFV600( EROS1 fusion (n = 1 M (
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20% CDKN2A 65 148 36 STK11 Frequency in SMARCA4 wildtype tumors CDKN2B 132 PIK3CA 46 MET KEAP1 CDK4 MYC
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A. N = 1288 Hazard Ratio 95% CI p value 1.00 +++++++++++ SMARCA4 mutation type <0.001 +++ Mutation Status: +++++++ + Wild type -- -- +++++++ Wild type (n = 996) ++++++++++ + Class 1 alteration (n = 149) ++++ ++++++++ Class 2 2.01 1.58, 2.55 +++++++ + Class 2 alteration (n = 143) + + ++++ 1.59 1.25, 2.04 + +++++++ Class 1 + ++ +++ +++++ Sex 0.2 +++++ + +++++++++++++++++++++ Female -- -- 0.75 + ++ +++++++ +++ + +++++++++ + ++++++++++++ Male 1.12 0.95, 1.31 + ++++++++ ++++++++ Age (10 years) 1.22 1.13, 1.32 <0.001 +++++++++ p <0.001 + ++ ++++ + + +++ Smoking status 0.005 + +++ ++++++++++ + ++++++++++++ Never smoker -- -- + ++++++++ + +++ +++++ 1.23, 2.03 0.50 ++ ++++++++++++ Former light (<15 pack-year) 1.58 ++++++ ++++++++++++++ ++++++ Former heavy (>15 pack year) 1.21 0.96, 1.51 ++ +++++++ ++ +++ Current smoker 1.27 0.96, 1.69 +++++ + + ++++++++ + + +++++++ Histology <0.001 + + ++++++++++++++ ++ ++++++++++++++ -- -- Overall survival probability Overall + Adenocarcinoma + + +++++++++++++++ ++ +++ +++++++ 0.25 +++++++++++ Non-adenocarcinoma 1.79 1.38, 2.33 + + ++ ++++++ ++++ ++++++++ Tumor mutation burden (TMB) <0.001 +++ ++ +++ +++++ +++++ 0.98 0.97, 0.99 + + +++++ ++ ++ STK11 <0.001 + + + ++ +++++++ Negative -- -- ++ + + Positive 1.52 1.23, 1.88 0.00 KEAP1 0.036 Negative -- -- 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 Positive 1.26 1.02, 1.55 Months
B. N = 374 Hazard Ratio 95% CI p value SMARCA4 mutation type <0.001 1.00 +++ + Wild type -- -- +++ Mutation Status: + + + Wild type (n = 264) Class 2 2.75 1.84, 4.11 ++ ++++ + + ++++ Class 1 alteration (n = 58) Class 1 1.59 1.04, 2.41 ++ + Class 2 alteration (n = 52) + Sex 0.6 ++++ Female -- -- 0.75 + ++ ++ ++ ++++++++ Male 0.93 0.70, 1.25 ++ ++++++ + +++ p <0.001 Age (10 years) 1.33 1.13, 1.55 <0.001 + ++ + Smoking status 0.7 + ++++ Never smoker -- -- +++ + + + Former light (<15 pack-year) 1.03 0.49, 2.16 ++++ 0.50 ++++ ++++ Former heavy (>15 pack year) 1.12 0.59, 2.14 + ++ + + + Current smoker 0.88 0.43, 1.78 ++ + + + +++ Histology 0.13 + + ++++++++++ Adenocarcinoma -- -- ++++++ + Overall survival probability Overall + Non-adenocarcinoma 1.61 0.90, 2.90 0.25 + ++ + Tumor mutation burden (TMB) 0.97 0.95, 1.00 0.023 + STK11 0.017 Negative -- -- ++ Positive 1.51 1.08, 2.11 + KEAP1 0.10 0.00 Negative -- -- Positive 1.34 0.95, 1.89 Downloaded0 6 from clincancerres.aacrjournals.org 12 18 24 on 30September 36 25, 2021. © 2020 American Association for Cancer Months Research. Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on July 24, 2020; DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-1825 Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited.
Figure 4 A. B. C. p = 0.03 100 p < 0.01 100 1.00 ++++ SMARCA4 altered: ++++ + Did not receive ICI (n = 205) ++ + + Received ICI (n = 87) 75 80 0.75 ++++ + p = 0.01 ++ + 50-100% +++++ 60 0.50 +++ ++ 50 1-49% +++++++ +++
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+++ + Frequenc y ++++++ +++++++ ++ + + + +++++++++ + 25 0.00 + + + 20 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48 54 60 Overall survival probability Overall Months 0 0 SMARCA4 WT Class 1 Class 2 SMARCA4 WT Class 1 Class 2 (n=996) (n=149) (n=143) (n=294) (n=39) (n=54)
D. E. F. 1.00 Mutation Status: 1.00 + +++ Mutation Status: 100 + Wild type (n=325) ++ + Wild type (n=482) + Class 1 alteration (n=41) + + Class 1 alteration (n=50) Class 2 alteration (n=33) + + + + + Class 2 alteration (n=37) + 0.75 + +++ 75 0.75 ++ ORR +++ ++++++++ p = 0.35 +++++++++ +++++++++ p = 0.027 p = 0.74 ++++++++ 50 +++++++ 0.50 +++++ 0.50 +++ ++++++ +++++++++++ % of patient s +++ 25 + + ++++++++ + + + ++ +++++++++ + + + + +++++++ +++++++++ 0.25 + 0.25 ++++ + ++++++++++++++ 0 ++++++ survival probability Overall ++ ++++ + + + + +++++ ++ ++ + SMARCA4 WT Class 1 Class 2 + ++++ ++ + Progression−free su rvival probability +++++ +++++++ + ++++++++++ + (n=358) (n=50) (n=37) 0.00 0.00 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 0 6 12 18 24 30 36 Months from start of IO Months from start of IO
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