Real-world clinical utility of comprehensive genomic and transcriptomic profiling in metastatic breast cancer (mBC).

e13080 Background: Integrated DNA/RNA comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) may expand therapeutic opportunities and support decision-making in metastatic breast cancer (mBC), yet real-world evidence for its clinical utility remains limited. We evaluated the impact of CGP-guided care on treatment decisions and outcomes in a heterogeneous mBC cohort. Methods: A retrospective, single-center analysis of 207 patients with mBC who underwent BostonGene’s Tumor Portrait test. Actionable alterations were defined per NCCN/FDA guidelines or clinical trial eligibility. Clinical utility is defined as CGP-driven treatment initiation or identification of guideline-supported future options was assessed in patients with ≥60 days of follow-up (n = 160). Subgroup analyses evaluated outcomes with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sacituzumab govitecan (SG), or immune checkpoint inhibitors using RNA-seq-based ADC biomarker thresholds, breast cancer classifier (BCC/PAM50), and tumor microenvironment subtypes. Progression-free survival (PFS) was analyzed using Kaplan–Meier methods and Cox regression. Results: The cohort included HR+/HER2− (58%), TNBC (35%), and HER2+ (7%) mBC, with a median of 2 prior therapy (range: 1–11). Overall, 65.5% of patients had actionable molecular alterations, of which 33.9% were supported by NCCN/FDA-approved indications, while the remaining alterations were potentially targetable within clinical trial settings. CGP directly informed treatment initiation in 10% of patients and identified potential future targeted therapy options in an additional 15%. Luminal B and Basal BCC subtypes were consistently associated with inferior PFS outcomes across the cohort. Among patients treated with T-DXd (n = 45), higher HER2 RNA expression was associated with reduced progression risk, whereas Basal and Luminal B subtypes demonstrated worse PFS (p = 0.006). Among patients receiving SG (n = 55), those with TNBC had longer PFS than those with HR-positive mBC, whereas TROP2 RNA expression was uniformly high and not predictive of outcome. Among patients treated with immunotherapy (n = 25), PD-L1 expression was not significantly associated with PFS. Conclusions: Integrated DNA and RNA CGP identified actionable alterations in most patients in our study cohort. It also either directly informed treatment decisions or identified new guideline-supported treatment options in 25% (total) of cases. Transcriptomic subtyping provided further prognostic insights, particularly among patients receiving T-DXd, that contextualize treatment selection and sequence when multiple therapeutic options are available, including scenarios in which more potent ADC-based regimens may be favored over alternative targeted approaches.

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Journal of Clinical Oncology
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2026-05-28
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https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2026.44.16_suppl.e13080
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Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
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Real-world clinical utility of comprehensive genomic and transcriptomic profiling in metastatic breast cancer (mBC).

Akshara Singareeka Raghavendra, Carlos H. Bárcenas, Nathan Fowler, Clinton Yam et al.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
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Real-world clinical utility of comprehensive genomic and transcriptomic profiling in metastatic breast cancer (mBC).

Akshara Singareeka Raghavendra, Carlos H. Bárcenas, Nathan Fowler, Clinton Yam, Anastasiya Evdokimova, Debasish Tripathy, Artem Tarasov, Viktor Smirnov, Neeharika Makani, Senthil Damodaran, Sharon H. Giordano, Egor Savin, Paula R. Pohlmann, Aleksander Bagaev, Konstantin Rumyantsev, Michael Hensley, Bora Lim, Jason A. Mouabbi, Rachel M. Layman, Anna Ogloblina
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Abstract

e13080 Background: Integrated DNA/RNA comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) may expand therapeutic opportunities and support decision-making in metastatic breast cancer (mBC), yet real-world evidence for its clinical utility remains limited. We evaluated the impact of CGP-guided care on treatment decisions and outcomes in a heterogeneous mBC cohort. Methods: A retrospective, single-center analysis of 207 patients with mBC who underwent BostonGene’s Tumor Portrait test. Actionable alterations were defined per NCCN/FDA guidelines or clinical trial eligibility. Clinical utility is defined as CGP-driven treatment initiation or identification of guideline-supported future options was assessed in patients with ≥60 days of follow-up (n = 160). Subgroup analyses evaluated outcomes with trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), sacituzumab govitecan (SG), or immune checkpoint inhibitors using RNA-seq-based ADC biomarker thresholds, breast cancer classifier (BCC/PAM50), and tumor microenvironment subtypes. Progression-free survival (PFS) was analyzed using Kaplan–Meier methods and Cox regression. Results: The cohort included HR+/HER2− (58%), TNBC (35%), and HER2+ (7%) mBC, with a median of 2 prior therapy (range: 1–11). Overall, 65.5% of patients had actionable molecular alterations, of which 33.9% were supported by NCCN/FDA-approved indications, while the remaining alterations were potentially targetable within clinical trial settings. CGP directly informed treatment initiation in 10% of patients and identified potential future targeted therapy options in an additional 15%. Luminal B and Basal BCC subtypes were consistently associated with inferior PFS outcomes across the cohort. Among patients treated with T-DXd (n = 45), higher HER2 RNA expression was associated with reduced progression risk, whereas Basal and Luminal B subtypes demonstrated worse PFS (p = 0.006). Among patients receiving SG (n = 55), those with TNBC had longer PFS than those with HR-positive mBC, whereas TROP2 RNA expression was uniformly high and not predictive of outcome. Among patients treated with immunotherapy (n = 25), PD-L1 expression was not significantly associated with PFS. Conclusions: Integrated DNA and RNA CGP identified actionable alterations in most patients in our study cohort. It also either directly informed treatment decisions or identified new guideline-supported treatment options in 25% (total) of cases. Transcriptomic subtyping provided further prognostic insights, particularly among patients receiving T-DXd, that contextualize treatment selection and sequence when multiple therapeutic options are available, including scenarios in which more potent ADC-based regimens may be favored over alternative targeted approaches.

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