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: Name of Journal: World Journal of Clinical Cases
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Sustained complete response to erlotinib in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A case report
Thinn MM et al. Sustained complete response to erlotinib
Mie Mie Thinn, Chung-Tzu Hsueh, Chung-Tsen Hsueh
Mie Mie Thinn, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Loma Linda Veterans Administration Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA 92357, United States
Chung-Tzu Hsueh, Department of Dentistry, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei City 106, Taiwan
Chung-Tsen Hsueh, Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Department of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92357, United States
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HYPERLINK "http://www.jhoonline.org/info/instructions/" \l "abstract#abstract" Abstract
BACKGROUND
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide. Inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling has been shown to be a critical component of therapeutic option. Herein, we report a case of durable complete response to erlotinib.
CASE SUMMARY
An 81-year-old Caucasian male who presented with metastatic poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of right cervical lymph nodes (levels 2 and 3). Imaging studies including (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) and contrast-enhanced CT scan of neck and chest did not reveal any other disease elsewhere. Panendoscopic examination with random biopsy did not reveal malignant lesion in nasopharynx, oropharynx, and larynx. He underwent modified neck dissection and postoperative radiation. Within 2 mo after completion of radiation, he developed local recurrence at right neck, which was surgically removed. Two months after the salvage surgery, he developed a second recurrence at right neck. Due to suboptimal performance status and his preference, he started erlotinib treatment. He achieved partial response after first 2 mo of erlotinib treatment, then complete response after total 6 mo of erlotinib treatment. He developed sever skin rash and diarrhea including Clostridiumdifficile infection during the course of erlotinib treatment requiring dose reduction and eventual discontinuation. He has remained in complete remission for more than two years after discontinuation of erlotinib.
CONCLUSION
We report a case of metastatic SCCHN achieving durable complete response from erlotinib. Patient experienced skin rash and diarrhea toxicities which were likely predictors of his treatment response.
Key words: Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck; Epidermal growth factor receptor; Erlotinib; Complete response; Skin rash; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor; Case report
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Core tip: We present a patient with recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck who had durable complete response after completion of 6-mo erlotinib treatment. Patient experienced severe skin rash and diarrhea toxicities from erlotinib. The severity of these adverse effects has been shown to be predictors of treatment response from inhibitors of epidermal growth factor receptor.
Thin MM, Hsueh CT, Hsueh CT. Sustained complete response to erlotinib in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2019; In press
INTRODUCTION
Squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck (SCCHN) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide with a global yearly incidence of more than 600000 new cases and around 300000 annual deaths in 2012 ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_1" \o "Ferlay, 2015 #164" 1]. Early-stage disease is managed with either surgery or radiation. Two-third of patients present with locally advanced disease, and are generally treated with multimodality therapy, which commonly includes chemotherapy ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_2" \o "Marur, 2016 #165" 2]. Tumor control and survival in SCCHN remain unsatisfactory. Even for those who have achieved complete response after initial treatment, the incidence of local recurrence is 50%-60% and the incidence of distant metastases is 20%-30%. Systemic therapy is the mainstay for metastatic disease and unsalvageable recurrence to improve survival and quality of life.
With recent advent of cancer biology, there appear to be common molecular events in SCCHN that are biologically significant in cell survival and invasion, and could be used for therapeutic development such as epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Overexpression of EGFR and its ligand have been reported in 80% to 90% of SCCHN tumors compared with levels in normal mucosa of patients without cancer ADDIN EN.CITE Grandis199316716716717Grandis, J. R.Tweardy, D. J.Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.Elevated levels of transforming growth factor alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor messenger RNA are early markers of carcinogenesis in head and neck cancerCancer ResCancer researchCancer ResCancer researchCancer ResCancer research3579-845315AgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, Tumor/*analysisCarcinoma, Squamous Cell/*metabolismErbB Receptors/*geneticsFemaleHead and Neck Neoplasms/*metabolismHumansMaleMiddle AgedRNA, Messenger/*analysis/geneticsRNA, Neoplasm/analysis/geneticsTransforming Growth Factor alpha/*geneticsTumor Cells, CulturedUp-Regulation1993Aug 10008-5472 (Print)
0008-5472 (Linking)8339264http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8339264[ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_3" \o "Grandis, 1993 #167" 3]. Increased EGFR expression has been reported to be a predictor of worse survival in SCCHN patients receiving surgery and chemotherapy ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_4" \o "Rubin Grandis, 1998 #168" 4, HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_5" \o "Etienne, 1999 #38" 5]. The two targeting strategies for inhibition of EGFR are small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and monoclonal antibodies directed against the receptor. Cetuximab (a monoclonal antibody against EGFR) has been approved by United States Food and Drug Administration as initial treatment of locally advanced SCCHN in combination with radiation therapy, as first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic SCCHN in combination with platinum-based therapy plus 5-fluorouracil, and as a single agent for recurrent or metastatic SCCHN progressing from prior platinum-based therapy ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_2" \o "Marur, 2016 #165" 2]. Adding cetuximab to platinum-based chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil as first-line treatment of recurrent or metastatic SCCHN significantly prolonged the median overall survival ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_6" \o "Vermorken, 2008 #31" 6]. Herein, we report a case of sustained complete response to erlotinib, a TKI of EGFR, as first-line treatment for recurrent SCCHN.
Case presentation
Chief complaints
An 81-year-old Caucasian male presented with right neck mass.
History of present illness
He had no history of cigarette smoking or alcohol use.
History of past illness
He had an extensive history of multiple skin lesions removed from his scalp, arms, chest and back over 10-15 years prior to presentation. Most of the skin lesions were squamous cell carcinoma except one lesion was in-situ melanoma. Other significant past medical history included diabetes mellitus type II, hypertension, hypothyroidism and remote cerebrovascular accident with mild residual dysarthria and right central vision loss.
Personal and family history
Family history was pertinent for mother died of liver cancer at 86-year-old.
Physical examination upon admission
Physical examination was unremarkable except right neck lymphadenopathy.
Imaging examinations
Imaging studies including (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (CT) and contrast-enhanced CT (CECT) scan of neck and chest revealed right cervical lymphadenopathy. The panendoscopic examination of ENT field did not reveal any abnormality, and the random biopsy of nasopharynx, oropharynx, and larynx showed no evidence of malignancy. Excisional biopsy of right neck mass turned out to be metastatic poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. He underwent right modified neck dissection with seventeen lymph nodes removed from levels 2, 3, 4 and 5. Two of the two lymph nodes from level 2 had evidence of metastatic carcinoma with the largest focus being 2.5 cm and extracapsular extension being present. Three of the five lymph nodes from level 3 were positive for metastatic carcinoma with largest focus being 0.7 cm and extracapsular extension being present. None of the lymph nodes from level 4 or 5 were found to have any metastatic carcinoma. Shortly after postoperative intensity-modulated radiotherapy to right neck with total dose of 66 Gy, he developed local recurrence at right neck and underwent salvage surgery.
FINAL DIAGNOSIS
Two months after salvage surgery, he was found to have palpable skin nodules over the right neck. CECT scan of the neck showed interval increase in the soft tissue thickening and diffuse subcutaneous thickening of the right neck. Focal skin irregularity and interval development of submental, right submandibular adenopathy as well as adenopathy at the right inferior parotid compatible with recurrent/metastatic SCCHN were noted (Figure 1).
TREATMENT
Treatment options were discussed including platinum based chemotherapeutic regimen and targeted therapy. Due to patients preference and literature support (see discussion), erlotinib 150 mg orally per day was started. He tolerated the treatment well initially, and achieved partial response after 2 mo of treatment. Subsequently, he developed grade 3 toxicities including skin rash and diarrhea with Clostridiumdifficile infection requiring dose reduction of erlotinib from 150 mg to 100 mg daily.
OUTCOME AND FOLLOW-UP
He eventually had complete response after total 6 mo of treatment (Figure 2). Erlotinib was discontinued due to intolerance. He remained free of recurrent disease for more than two years. Subsequently he succumbed to death due to postoperative complication with respiratory failure after resection of an ulcerating skin lesion at right clavicular head.
Discussion
Our patient presented with SCCHN of unknown primary with cervical lymph node metastasis. His primary site of origin has never been identified over the course of the subsequent workup and follow-up. Retrospective analyses indicate SCCHN of unknown primary represents about 3% of newly diagnosed SCCHN ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_7" \o "Strojan, 2013 #166" 7]. Most SCCHN of unknown primary may represent clinically occult oropharyngeal cancer. The management of SCCHN of unknown primary is aimed at curative for most patients; cervical lymphadenopathy indicates locally advanced disease and is amenable for multimodality treatment such as surgery and radiotherapy.
Our patient developed regional recurrence shortly after initial surgery with neck dissection and post-operative radiotherapy. Despite of salvage surgery, he developed recurrent disease at prior surgical site two months later. Due to suboptimal performance status and patients preference, he received systemic therapy with erlotinib, which is an EGFR TKI. EGFR TKIs inhibit EGFR and downstream signaling leading to apoptosis. Advantages of TKIs include the ease of oral administration. As shown in Table 1, erlotinib, lapatinib, gefitinib and afatinib have been studied in phase II/III trials ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_8" \o "Soulieres, 2004 #169" 8-11]. Most of them showed promising activities in SCCHN, but failed to demonstrate improved survival compared to chemotherapy. A multicenter phase II study evaluated erlotinib in the treatment of recurrent or metastatic SCCHN showed the overall objective response rate of 4.3% in 115 patients. Forty-seven percent of patients received erlotinib at 150 mg daily throughout the entire study, 6% had dose escalations, and 46% required dose reductions and/or interruptions. Stable disease for a median duration of 16.1 wk was noted in 38% of patient. The median progression-free survival was 9.6 wk, and the median overall survival was 6 mo. Better overall survival was observed in patients who developed grade 2 or higher rash. Rash was the most common adverse event, observed in 79% of patients, followed by diarrhea, which was seen in 37% of patients. Most of the adverse events were mild to moderate ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_8" \o "Soulieres, 2004 #169" 8].
Retrospective analyses of clinical trials investigating EGFR TKIs in SCCHN have shown skin rash and diarrhea are common toxicities and severity of these side effects correlates with therapeutic responses ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_12" \o "Cohen, 2009 #184" 12]. Skin rash has been shown to a predictor of response to EGFR TKI in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, likely due to skin injury caused by inhibition of EGFR signaling in epidermal cells ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_13" \o "Ruan, 2016 #185" 13]. Many factors may affect severity of skin rash including genetic variations in EGFR and metabolism of EGFR TKI ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_14" \o "Liu, 2014 #186" 14]. Higher drug levels may result from polymorphisms in metabolizing enzymes such as cytochrome P450 family. The severe skin rash and diarrhea toxicities seen in our case are likely predictors of good treatment response from erlotinib.
In non-small cell lung carcinoma, patients with activating mutations in the EGFR tyrosine kinase domain are sensitive to EGFR TKIs. However, the incidence of this type of EGFR mutations is low and fails to predict sensitivity to EGFR TKIs in SCCHN ADDIN EN.CITE Perisanidis201717117117117Perisanidis, C.Department of Cranio-, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria christos.perisanidis@meduniwien.ac.at.Prevalence of EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Domain Mutations in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Cohort Study and Systematic ReviewIn VivoIn vivoIn VivoIn vivoIn VivoIn vivo23-34311Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/*genetics/pathologyErbB Receptors/*geneticsFemaleHead and Neck Neoplasms/*genetics/pathologyHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutation/*geneticsNeoplasm StagingPolymerase Chain ReactionPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSurvival Rate2017Jan 21791-7549 (Electronic)
0258-851X (Linking)28064216http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28064216535414310.21873/invivo.11020[ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_15" \o "Perisanidis, 2017 #171" 15]. Van Allen et al ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_16" \o "Van Allen, 2015 #172" 16] reported a patient with locally advanced SCCHN achieving a near-complete pathological response after 13 d of neoadjuvant erlotinib treatment. After surgical resection, histologic evaluation revealed 2 residual foci (approximately 2 mm each) of invasive, moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma within the primary site but there was no evidence of lymph node metastasis. The patient did not receive adjuvant therapy and had no evidence of disease recurrence 24 mo postoperatively. Whole exome sequencing of the pretreatment tumor revealed a MAPK1 E322K somatic mutation, which was further implicated in mediating erlotinib sensitivity. This response to erlotinib occurred in the context of an activating somatic MAPK1 E322K mutation, which led to increased EGFR ligand production and EGFR activation in preclinical studies ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_17" \o "Wen, 2016 #174" 17].
Recent adoption of next-generation sequencing in genomic testing of tumor has provided opportunity to advance precision medicine. Dumbrava et al ADDIN EN.CITE Dumbrava201818318318317Ecaterina Ileana DumbravaRasha AlfattalVincent A. MillerApostolia Maria TsimberidouComplete Response to a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor in a Patient With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Harboring FGF AmplificationsJCO Precision OncologyJCO Precision Oncology1-722018http://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/PO.18.0010010.1200/po.18.00100[ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_18" \o "Dumbrava, 2018 #183" 18] reported a case of metastatic SCCHN who progressed on a phase II clinical trial with erlotinib, docetaxel and cisplatin. Patients tumor was subsequently biopsied and found to have amplification of fibroblast growth factor genes by next-generation sequencing. Patient was treated with fibroblast growth factor receptor inhibitor on clinical trial and achieved complete response for about 9 mo ADDIN EN.CITE Dumbrava201818318318317Ecaterina Ileana DumbravaRasha AlfattalVincent A. MillerApostolia Maria TsimberidouComplete Response to a Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor in a Patient With Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Harboring FGF AmplificationsJCO Precision OncologyJCO Precision Oncology1-722018http://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/PO.18.0010010.1200/po.18.00100[ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_18" \o "Dumbrava, 2018 #183" 18].
CONCLUSION
We report a case of durable complete response to erlotinib in SCCHN. Patient experienced skin rash and diarrhea toxicities which were likely predictors of his treatment response. The use of next-generation sequencing in genomic profiling of tumor samples may select patients who will likely respond to targeted therapy.
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Figure 1 Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of neck prior to erlotinib treatment. Development of right neck focal skin irregularity and right submandibular lymphadenopathy (white arrowhead) consistent with metastases were noted.
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Figure 2 Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan of neck. A: After completion of 6-mo erlotinib treatment; B: Seven months after discontinuation of erlotinib treatment. Both showed resolution of right neck focal skin irregularity and right submandibular lymphadenopathy as shown in Figure1.
Table 1 Outcome of single-agent epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor studies in recurrent/metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck
AgentPhase/publicationControl armRR (%)OS (mo)ErlotinibII/Soulieres ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_17" \o "Wen, 2016 #174" 8]None4.36LapatinibII/de Souza ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_17" \o "Wen, 2016 #174" 11]None09.6-5.2 (lower on prior EGFR inhibitor)GefitinibIII/Stewart ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [9]Methotrexate2.7 (250 mg/d); 7.6 (500 mg/d) 5.6 (250 mg/d); 6 (500 mg/d)AfatinibIII/Machiels ADDIN EN.CITE ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA [ HYPERLINK \l "_ENREF_17" \o "Wen, 2016 #174" 10]Methotrexate106.8
RR: Response rate; OS: Overall survival; EGFR: Epidermal growth factor receptor.
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