Clinical Activity of Selitrectinib in a Patient With Mammary Analogue Secretory Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland With Secondary Resistance to Entrectinib

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Vaia Florou Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; and

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Christopher Nevala-Plagemann Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; and

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Patricia Maeda Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals, Whippany, New Jersey

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Glynn W. Gilcrease Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; and

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Ignacio Garrido-Laguna Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah; and

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Volume 19: Issue 5
Online Publication Date:
02 May 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6004/jnccn.2021.7022
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NTRK gene fusions are found in <1% of all cancers but are uniformly present in mammary analog secretory carcinomas (MASC) of the salivary glands. Two selective histology-agnostic tropomyosin receptor kinase (TRK) inhibitors are currently approved for malignancies with these oncogenic fusions. Resistance to TRK inhibition has been recognized, and the mediating mechanisms are presently being studied. This report describes a patient diagnosed with an MASC of the parotid gland who after undergoing multiple lines of treatment was found to have an ETV6-NTRK3 fusion and initiated TRK-targeted therapy using entrectinib. Upon disease progression, we performed tumor genetic sequencing that showed a secondary resistance mutation. The patient subsequently responded to selitrectinib, a next-generation TRK inhibitor.

Submitted November 1, 2020; accepted for publication February 1, 2021.

Disclosures: Dr. Maeda has disclosed being employed by and owning stock in Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Garrido-Laguna has disclosed receiving grant/research support from Bayer/Loxo Oncology. The remaining authors have disclosed that they have not received any financial consideration from any person or organization to support the preparation, analysis, results, or discussion of this article.

Funding: Research reported in this article was supported by the Foundation for the NIH under award number P30CA042014.

Disclaimer: The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.

Correspondence: Vaia Florou, MD, Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, 2000 Circle of Hope, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. Email: vaia.florou@hci.utah.edu
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Copyright © 2021 by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2021
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5
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Received:
01 Nov 2020
Accepted:
01 Feb 2021
Print Publication Date:
01 May 2021
Online Publication Date:
02 May 2021

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