LOGGIC Core BioClinical Data Bank: Added clinical value of RNA-Seq in an international molecular diagnostic registry for pediatric low-grade glioma patients

Background The international, multicenter registry LOGGIC Core BioClinical Data Bank aims to enhance the understanding of tumor biology in pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) and provide clinical and molecular data to support treatment decisions and interventional trial participation. Hence, the quest...

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Autores: Hardin EC, Schmid S, Sommerkamp A, Bodden C, Heipertz AE, Sievers P, Wittmann A, Milde T, Pfister SM, von Deimling A, Horn S, Herz NA, Simon M, Perera AA, Azizi A, Cruz O, Curry S, Van Damme A, Garami M, Hargrave D, Kattamis A, Kotnik BF, Lähteenmäki P, Scheinemann K, Schouten-van Meeteren AYN, Sehested A, Viscardi E, Wormdal OM, Zapotocky M, Ziegler DS, Koch A, Driever PH, Witt O, Capper D, Sahm F, Jones DTW, van Tilburg CM
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
Repositorio:r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:actionable drivers
molecular profiling
pLGG
rare gene fusions
RNA sequencing
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Sumario:Background The international, multicenter registry LOGGIC Core BioClinical Data Bank aims to enhance the understanding of tumor biology in pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) and provide clinical and molecular data to support treatment decisions and interventional trial participation. Hence, the question arises whether implementation of RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) using fresh frozen (FrFr) tumor tissue in addition to gene panel and DNA methylation analysis improves diagnostic accuracy and provides additional clinical benefit. Methods Analysis of patients aged 0 to 21 years, enrolled in Germany between April 2019 and February 2021, and for whom FrFr tissue was available. Central reference histopathology, immunohistochemistry, 850k DNA methylation analysis, gene panel sequencing, and RNA-Seq were performed. Results FrFr tissue was available in 178/379 enrolled cases. RNA-Seq was performed on 125 of these samples. We confirmed KIAA1549::BRAF-fusion (n = 71), BRAF V600E-mutation (n = 12), and alterations in FGFR1 (n = 14) as the most frequent alterations, among other common molecular drivers (n = 12). N = 16 cases (13%) presented rare gene fusions (eg, TPM3::NTRK1, EWSR1::VGLL1, SH3PXD2A::HTRA1, PDGFB::LRP1, GOPC::ROS1). In n = 27 cases (22%), RNA-Seq detected a driver alteration not otherwise identified (22/27 actionable). The rate of driver alteration detection was hereby increased from 75% to 97%. Furthermore, FGFR1 internal tandem duplications (n = 6) were only detected by RNA-Seq using current bioinformatics pipelines, leading to a change in analysis protocols. Conclusions The addition of RNA-Seq to current diagnostic methods improves diagnostic accuracy, making precision oncology treatments (MEKi/RAFi/ERKi/NTRKi/FGFRi/ROSi) more accessible. We propose to include RNA-Seq as part of routine diagnostics for all pLGG patients, especially when no common pLGG alteration was identified.