EGFR mutation status affects intra-tumoural heterogeneity of PD-L1 expression but not agreement between assays in resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

• Tác giả: Mei-Kim Ang, Nwe Oo Hlaing, Amit Jain, Anne James, Craig Joseph, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Gillianne G Y Lai, Darren W T Lim, Tony K H Lim, Quan Sing Ng, Boon-Hean Ong, Stephanie P L Saw, Angela Takano, Aaron C Tan, Daniel S W Tan, Sze Huey Tan, Wan Ling Tan, Yi Lin Teh, Joe P S Yeong, Siqin Zhou
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Ireland : Lung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 740040

Tóm tắt

 BACKGROUND: The predictive value of PD-L1 to select patients for immunotherapy in resectable NSCLC remains imprecise, confounded by different assays used across trials and intra-tumoural heterogeneity (ITH). We sought to compare the concordance between 3 PD-L1 antibodies stratified by EGFR mutation status, evaluate ITH and implications on survival outcomes. METHODS: Tissue microarrays were constructed from stage IA-IIIA NSCLC with 3 tumour cores per patient. Tumour proportion score (TPS) was evaluated by 3 pathologists for SP263, SP142, 22C3 and analysed in tertiles of <
  1 %, 1-49 % and ≥ 50 %. ITH was defined as discordant TPS in ≥ 2/3 tumour cores. Cohen's kappa test was used to assess agreement. Survival outcomes were estimated using Kaplan-Meier. RESULTS: A total of 561 patients were included, 59.5% (334/561) were EGFR-mutant. Stage IA comprised 45.5%(255/561), IB 24.1%(135/561), IIA 12.7%(71/561), IIB 4.5%(25/561) and IIIA 13.4%(75/561). Across 1683 tumour cores, SP263 and 22C3 had the highest concordance (Kappa = 0.689), followed by 22C3 and SP142 (Kappa = 0.354), then SP263 and SP142 (Kappa = 0.284), similar between EGFR-mutant and EGFR-wildtype. Agreement between pathologists was almost perfect. ITH by SP263 was observed in 14.1 % of EGFR-mutant versus 24.2 % in EGFR-wildtype(p = 0.002). Discordance was highest among TPS 1-49 % at 92.6 % (88/95) followed by ≥ 50 % at 37.8 % (14/37) and least among <
  1 % at 0 % (0/429) (p <
  0.002). For tumour cores scored 1-49 %, 63 %/70 % of adjacent cores were scored <
  1 % for EGFR-wildtype/mutant respectively. Histological grade was the only independent predictor of PD-L1 ITH on multivariable analysis. PD-L1 ITH was not associated with survival on multivariable analysis. CONCLUSION: PD-L1 scoring by SP263 and 22C3 are interchangeable but not SP142 regardless of EGFR status. PD-L1 ITH was more common in EGFR-wildtype versus EGFR-mutant tumours. Extra care should be taken to select the most representative tumour core for tumours with high histological grade or TPS 1-49% as this may influence peri-operative treatment decisions.