Comprehensive clinical and genomic characterization of advanced urachal and non-urachal adenocarcinomas of the urinary tract.
e16618 Background: Adenocarcinomas of the urinary tract, including urachal (UA) and non-urachal (NUA) subtypes, are rare tumors lacking standard systemic treatments. We aim to define the efficacy of targeted therapies post-chemotherapy (chemo) progression. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed records of 62 and 45 patients (pts) with advanced UA and NUA, respectively, at MD Anderson from 2000 to 2023. Advanced disease was defined as Sheldon stages IVA/IVB for UA and TNM stage IV for NUA. Two radiologists assessed responses using RECIST version 1.1. Results: First-line (1L) chemo was received by 57 UA pts and 39 NUA pts. NUA pts had either bladder (19, 48.7%) or urethral (20, 51.3%) origin. Chemo + EGFRi strategies included either cetuximab or panitumumab, while Chemo + VEGFi ones included bevacizumab. Visceral metastasis was present in 45 (78.9%) and 23 (59%) pts in UA and NUA, respectively. The most frequent metastatic sites were lung (24, 53.3%), peritoneum (21, 46.7%), liver (7, 15.6%) and bone (6, 13.3%) in UA, versus lung (11, 47.8%), bone (7, 30.4%) and liver (4, 17.4%) in NUA. Median OS (mOS) from 1L chemo was 17 mo [95% CI: 11.8 - 26] and 16.9 mo [95% CI: 8.1 – 23.3], respectively. Chemo responses were mainly in 1L, with ORRs of 22% and 25% with 5-FU based regimens in UA and NUA, respectively (Table). Subsequent chemo + EGFRi or VEGFi showed ORRs of 5.3% and 12.5% in UA but no responses in NUA. Genomic sequencing for 25 UA and 12 NUA pts showed frequent alterations in TP53 , MYC , KRAS , SMAD4 and GNAS in UA, versus TP53 , KRAS , PTPRD in NUA. All three KRAS mutations in NUA were G12D. Twelve UA pts had KRAS alterations, mostly amplification (n = 3), G12D (n = 3) and G12V (n = 2). mOS from metastatic disease was lower for UA pts with KRAS alterations (n = 12) than those without (n = 13) (17.7 mo vs. 29.4 mo, HR = 2.4 [95% CI: 1-5.9], p = 0.02). Conclusions: Beyond active frontline 5-FU based regimens, subsequent chemo with either EGFRi or VEGFi shows limited efficacy in advanced UA. Non-5-FU based chemo shows more activity in NUA, aligning genomically with urothelial cancer. The prognostic value of KRAS alterations and the role of KRAS as a promising therapeutic target in UA, genomically resembling colorectal cancer, merits further study. Responses 1L Chemo Subsequent Tx 5-FU based Non-5-FU based 5-FU based chemo Non-5-FU based chemo Chemo + EGFRi EGFRi mono Chemo + VEGFi UA(n=57) CR 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) PR 11 (22%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 1 (5.3%) 0 (0%) 1 (12.5%) SD 23 (46%) 2 (28.6%) 2 (33.3%) 5 (41.7%) 8 (42.1%) 3 (50%) 2 (25%) PD 13 (26%) 5 (71.4%) 4 (66.7%) 7 (58.3%) 7 (36.8%) 3 (50%) 5 (62.5%) NE 3 (6%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 3 (15.8%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) Total (n) 50 7 6 12 19 6 8 NUA(n=39) CR 0 (0%) 1 (14.3%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) * 0 (0%)
Authors
- Omar Alhalabi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9658-2206)
- Charles Chuanhai Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2182-3287)
- Matthew T. Campbell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1915-4491)
- Amishi Y. Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9007-0621)
- Adrienne H. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-1301)
- Ashish M. Kamat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3546-9928)
- Monica Desai
- Sangeeta Goswami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9201-4503)
- Arlene O. Siefker‐Radtke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-9599)
- Nizar M. Tannir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5559-8060)
- Khaled M. Elsayes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0184-0717)
- Curtis A. Pettaway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-1840)
- Funda Meric‐Bernstam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6816-6072)
- Pavlos Msaouel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6505-8308)
- Allison K. Grana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7329-5581)
- Mohammad Jad Moussa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7960-8614)
- Gao Jianjun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9578-3014)
- Ayatullah G. Mostafa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9278-6587)
- M Diab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9866-1864)
Institutions
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2025-05-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2025.43.16_suppl.e16618
- Primary Topic
- Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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