Abstract

Although programmed death 1 blockade has significantly improved the survival of advanced colorectal cancer patients with DNA mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR)/microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H), clinical data in neoadjuvant and adjuvant setting are limited. The role of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in precision oncology is promising, but its clinical significance in immunotherapy needs to be validated. We report a case series of 3 colon patients who received neoadjuvant and adjuvant immunotherapy and serial ctDNA analysis. This report summarizes clinical and molecular details for 3 patients with locally advanced or recurrent dMMR/MSI-H/polymerase epsilon ( POLE ) mutation-positive tumors treated with neoadjuvant/adjuvant immunotherapy. One stage IV recurrent colon cancer patient diagnosed with Lynch syndrome received adjuvant sintilimab monotherapy and had a progression-free survival (PFS) over 16 months, one stage Ⅲc colon cancer patient with MSI-H/high tumor mutation burden received neoadjuvant toripalimab monotherapy, was assessed as clinical complete response before surgery, continued with adjuvant sintilimab monotherapy and had a PFS over 17 months, one stage Ⅱ colon cancer patient with POLE P286R also received adjuvant sintilimab monotherapy and had a PFS over 17 months. All patients had detectable ctDNA after radical surgery and clearance of ctDNA during adjuvant immunotherapy. All 3 patients are free of tumor disease at the time of this report. Further studies are warranted to evaluate the long-term efficacy of neoadjuvant and adjuvant programmed death 1 blockade in locally advanced and metastasis in dMMR/MSI-H/ POLE mutated colorectal cancer and the role of ctDNA monitoring.

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