title: The EndoPredict Gene-Expression Assay in Clinical Practice - Performance and Impact on Clinical Decisions.
abstract: The validated EndoPredict assay is a novel tool to predict the risk of metastases of patients with estrogen receptor positive, HER2 negative breast cancer treated with endocrine therapy alone. It has been designed to integrate genomic and clinical information and includes clinico-pathological factors such as tumor size and nodal status. The test is feasible in a decentral setting in molecular pathology laboratories. In this project, we investigated the performance of this test in clinical practice, and performed a retrospective evaluation of its impact on treatment decisions in breast cancer. During one year, EndoPredict assays from 167 patients could be successfully performed. For retrospective evaluation of treatment decisions, a questionnaire was sent to the clinical partner. Regarding the molecular EP class, samples from 56 patients (33.5%) had a low-risk, whereas 111 patients (66.5%) showed a high-risk gene profile. After integration of the clinicopathological factors the combined clinical and molecular score (EPclin) resulted in a low-risk group of 77 patients (46.4%), while 89 (53.6%) had a high risk EPclin score. The EPclin-based estimated median 10-year-risk for metastases with endocrine therapy alone was 11% for the whole cohort. The median handling time averaged three days (range: 0 to 11 days), 59.3% of the tests could be performed in three or less than three days. Comparison of pre- and post-test therapy decisions showed a change of therapy in 37.7% of patients. 16 patients (12.3%) had a change to an additional chemotherapy while 25.4% of patients (n = 33) changed to an endocrine therapy alone. In 73 patients (56.2%) no change of therapy resulted. In 6.1% of patients (n = 8), the patients did not agree to the recommendation of the tumor board. Our results show that the EndoPredict assay could be routinely performed in decentral molecular pathology laboratories and the results markedly change treatment decisions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, Charité University Hospital, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Berit Maria
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Elke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keil
authors.forename: Annika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: Klaus-Jürgen
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Winzer
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Richter-Ehrenstein
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prinzler
authors.forename: Nikola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bangemann
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reles
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stadie
authors.forename: Winfried
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schoenegg
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Eucker
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lippek
authors.forename: Korinna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jöhrens
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pahl
authors.forename: Bruno Valentin
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Sinn
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Budczies
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dietel
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Denkert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D000066491:Clinical Decision-Making; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen