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Rana, Zaker

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-2965

Mayo Clinic

Maryland Proton Treatment Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA

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Proton Pencil Beam Scanning Facilitates the Safe Treatment of Extended Radiation Targets for Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Report from the Proton Collaborative Group Registry
Ebadi, Maryam , Pankuch, Mark , Boyer, Sean, Chang, J. , Stevens, Craig , Hall, Matthew D. , Bates, James E. , Flampouri, Stella , Kole, Adam J. , Mohindra, Pranshu , Rossi, Carl J., Sanghvi, Parag, McGee, L.A. , Rana, Zaker , Tseng, Yolanda D. , Kole, Adam J , Mohindra, Pranshu , McGee, Lisa, Tseng, Yolanda D , Hall, Matthew D , Hasan, Shaakir

Cancers | August 1, 2024 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 15 | Pages: 2736

10.3390/cancers16152736 Get It

Because proton beam therapy (PBT) can lower the dose of radiation to the heart, lungs, and breast, it is an established radiation modality for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). Pencil beam scanning (PBS) PBT facilitates the treatment of more extensive targets. This may be especially of value for lymphoma patients who require RT to both mediastinal and axillary targets, defined here as extended target RT (ETRT), given the target distribution and need to minimize the lung, heart, and breast dose. Using the Proton Collaborative Group registry, we identified patients with HL treated with PBT to both their mediastinum and axilla, for which DICOM-RT was available. All patients were treated with PBS. To evaluate the dosimetric impact of PBS, we compared delivered PBS plans with VMAT butterfly photon plans optimized to have the same target volume coverage, when feasible. Between 2016 and 2021, twelve patients (median 26 years) received PBS ETRT (median 30.6 Gy (RBE)). Despite the large superior/inferior (SI, median 22.2 cm) and left/right (LR, median 22.8 cm) extent of the ETRT targets, all patients were treated with one isocenter except for two patients (both with SI and LR > 30 cm). Most commonly, anterior beams, with or without posterior beams, were used. Compared to photons, PBS had greater target coverage, better conformity, and lower dose heterogeneity while achieving lower doses to the lungs and heart, but not to the breast. No acute grade 3+ toxicities were reported, including pneumonitis. Proton ETRT in this small cohort was safely delivered with PBS and was associated with an improved sparing of the heart and lungs compared to VMAT.
Prognostic impact of circulating tumor cells in oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer following metastasis-directed therapy.
Bazyar, Soha , Sutera, Philip , Phillips, Ryan , Deek, Mathew Pierre, Radwan, Noura , Rana, Zaker , Molitoris, Jason K. , Kwok, Young , Gupta, Santosh , Wenstrup, Rick, DeWeese, Theodore L. , Feng, Felix Y. , Kiess, Ana P. , Deek, Mathew Pierre, Marshall, Catherine H. , Mishra, Mark V. , Tubbs, Alisa , Song, Daniel Y. , Pienta, Kenneth J , Antonarakis, Emmanuel S. , Tran, Phuoc T

Journal of Clinical Oncology | March 14, 2023 | Volume: 41 | Issue: 6_suppl | Pages: 199-199

10.1200/jco.2023.41.6_suppl.199 Get It

199 Background: Contained within the spectrum of metastatic cancer is an oligometastatic state where metastases are limited in number. Recent prospective data have shown that metastasis directed therapy (MDT) can alter the natural history of oligometastatic disease. In hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (HSPC), the positive clinical effect of MDT has been observed by the phase II STOMP and ORIOLE trials. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are a likely origin of the formation of macroscopic metastases. CTCs thus may provide an approach for identifying subgroups of patients with oligometastatic HSPC (oligoHSPC) that would benefit most from MDT. Our main goal was to evaluate the association between presence of CTCs at baseline or day 180 with clinical outcomes in the ORIOLE trial. Methods: ORIOLE was a phase II trial randomizing men with recurrent oligoHSPC with 1-3 metastases to observation (Obs) versus stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) MDT. Blood samples were prospectively collected at baseline and day 180. Progression-free survival (PFS) was a composite endpoint including any of the following: a PSA rise of at least 2 ng/dL and 25% above nadir; radiologic progression by CT, MRI or bone scan (RECIST v1.1); symptomatic progression of disease; initiation of ADT; or death. Patient blood samples were shipped for analysis on Epic Sciences liquid biopsy platform (Epic Sciences, San Diego, CA). Machine learning algorithms identified CTCs and characterized androgen receptor (AR) expression. Comparisons of patient and tumor characteristics between the groups were performed by two-sample t-tests. Survival curves were generated using the Kaplan-Meier method and p-values were calculated using log-rank test. Analysis was performed using SPSS version 28. Results: A total of 82 samples were collected: 70 from the SABR arm (35 baseline and 35 on day 180) and 12 Obs (7 baseline and 5 on day 180). CTCs were detected in 30/42 samples at baseline (71%, AR+= 7) and in 26/40 samples on day 180 (65%, AR+= 9). In the SABR group there was no difference between CTC+ versus CTC- and AR + versus AR- groups for PSA evaluated at baseline, day 90 or day 180 or Gleason score. With a median follow-up of 41.7 months, PFS was significantly lower in the patients with AR+ versus AR- CTCs at baseline in the SABR arm (p = 0.011, mean PFS: AR+ = 9.3 months, AR- = 27.1 months). The mean biochemical failure-free survival was AR+= 12.9 versus AR-= 29.2 months (p = 0.058). Conclusions: Our preliminary results demonstrate an association between AR+ CTCs at baseline and Day 180 with clinical outcomes following SABR MDT in oligoHSPC. This is the first report examining baseline and dynamic presence of CTCs in oligoHSPC treated from a prospective randomized trial of SABR. Longer follow-up, further analysis and a greater number of patients are needed for a more comprehensive conclusion.
Long-Term Outcomes and Genetic Predictors of Response to Metastasis-Directed Therapy Versus Observation in Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Analysis of STOMP and ORIOLE Trials
Deek, Matthew P. , Sutera, Philip , Deek, Rebecca A. , Fonteyne, Valérie , Mendes, Adrianna A. , Decaestecker, Karel , Kiess, Ana P. , Phillips, Ryan , Bruycker, Aurélie De , Mishra, Mark V. , Rana, Zaker , Molitoris, Jason K. , Lambert, Bieke , Delrue, Louke , Lowe, Kathryn, Bultijnck, Renée , Villeirs, Geert , Man, Kathia De , Ameye, Filip , DeWeese, Theodore L. , Feng, Felix Y. , Wyatt, Alexander W. , Diehn, Maximillian, Bentzen, Søren M. , Joniau, Steven , Vanhaverbeke, Friedl, Meerleer, Gert De , Antonarakis, Emmanuel S. , Antonarakis, Emmanuel S. , Sutera, Philip , Phillips, Ryan , De Bruycker, Aurélie , Rana, Zaker , Molitoris, Jason , Wang, Hailun , Verbeke, Sofie , Van Dorpe, Jo , Bultijnck, Renée , Villeirs, Geert , Paller, Channing J , Feng, Felix Y , Wyatt, Alexander , Pienta, Kenneth J , Diehn, Maximillian , Bentzen, Soren M , Joniau, Steven , Antonarakis, Emmanuel S , Berlin, Alejandro , Siva, Shankar , Ost, Piet , Tran, Phuoc T , Mishra, Mark V , Antonarakis, Emmanuel S , Eecken, Kim Van der , Lumen, Nicolaas , Song, Daniel Y. , Paller, Channing J. , Lotan, Tamara Levin

Journal of Clinical Oncology | August 24, 2022 | Volume: 40 | Issue: 29 | Pages: 3377-3382

10.1200/jco.22.00644 Get It

Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co‐primary or secondary analyses are not yet available. Clinical Trial Updates provide an opportunity to disseminate additional results from studies, published in JCO or elsewhere, for which the primary end point has already been reported. The initial STOMP and ORIOLE trial reports suggested that metastasis-directed therapy (MDT) in oligometastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (omCSPC) was associated with improved treatment outcomes. Here, we present long-term outcomes of MDT in omCSPC by pooling STOMP and ORIOLE and assess the ability of a high-risk mutational signature to risk stratify outcomes after MDT. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS) calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. High-risk mutations were defined as pathogenic somatic mutations within ATM, BRCA1/ 2, Rb1, or TP53. The median follow-up for the whole group was 52.5 months. Median PFS was prolonged with MDT compared with observation (pooled hazard ratio [HR], 0.44; 95% CI, 0.29 to 0.66; P value < .001), with the largest benefit of MDT in patients with a high-risk mutation (HR high-risk, 0.05; HR no high-risk, 0.42; P value for interaction: .12). Within the MDT cohort, the PFS was 13.4 months in those without a high-risk mutation, compared with 7.5 months in those with a high-risk mutation (HR, 0.53; 95% CI, 0.25 to 1.11; P = .09). Long-term outcomes from the only two randomized trials in omCSPC suggest a sustained clinical benefit to MDT over observation. A high-risk mutational signature may help risk stratify treatment outcomes after MDT.