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Purpose: Gene mutations along the Ras pathway (KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, PIK3CA) occur in approximately 50% of colorectal cancers (CRC) and correlate with poor response to anti–EGF receptor (EGFR) therapies. We assessed the effects of mitogen-activated protein (MAP)/extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase (MEK) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/mTOR inhibitors, which neutralize the major Ras effectors, in patient-derived xenografts from RAS/RAF/PIK3CA-mutant metastatic CRCs (mCRC). Experimental Design: Forty mCRC specimens harboring KRAS, NRAS, BRAF, and/or PIK3CA mutations were implanted in nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mice. Each xenograft was expanded into four treatment arms: placebo, the MEK inhibitor AZD6244, the PI3K/mTOR inhibitor, BEZ235, or AZD6244 + BEZ235. Cases initially treated with placebo crossed over to AZD6244, BEZ235, and the anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab. Results: At the 3-week evaluation time point, cotreatment of established tumors with AZD6244 + BEZ235 induced disease stabilization in the majority of cases (70%) but did not lead to overt tumor regression. Monotherapy was less effective, with BEZ235 displaying higher activity than AZD6244 (disease control rates, DCRs: AZD6244, 27.5%; BEZ235, 42.5%). Triple therapy with cetuximab provided further advantage (DCR, 88%). The extent of disease control declined at the 6-week evaluation time point (DCRs: AZD6244, 13.9%; BEZ235, 16.2%; AZD6244 + BEZ235, 34%). Cross-analysis of mice harboring xenografts from the same original tumor and treated with each of the different modalities revealed subgroups with preferential sensitivity to AZD6244 (12.5%), BEZ235 (35%), or AZD6244 + BEZ235 (42.5%); another subgroup (10%) showed equivalent response to any treatment. Conclusions: The prevalent growth-suppressive effects produced by MEK and PI3K/mTOR inhibition suggest that this strategy may retard disease progression in patients. However, data offer cautionary evidence against the occurrence of durable responses.

INHIBITION OF MEK AND PI3K/MTOR SUPPRESSES TUMOR GROWTH BUT DOES NOT CAUSE TUMOR REGRESSION IN PATIENT-DERIVED XENOGRAFTS OF RAS-MUTANT COLORECTAL CARCINOMAS / Giorgia Migliardi; Francesco Sassi; Davide Torti; Francesco Galimi; Eugenia R. Zanella; Michela Buscarino; Dario Ribero; Andrea Muratore; Paolo Massucco; Alberto Pisacane; Mauro Risio; Lorenzo Capussotti; Silvia Marsoni; Federica Di Nicolantonio; Alberto Bardelli; Paolo M. Comoglio; Livio Trusolino*; Andrea Bertotti* (*Co-Senior Authors). - In: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 1078-0432. - 18:9(2012), pp. 2515-2525.

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