RT Journal Article T1 Atezolizumab versus chemotherapy in advanced or metastatic NSCLC with high blood-based tumor mutational burden: primary analysis of BFAST cohort C randomized phase 3 trial. A1 Peters, Solange A1 Dziadziuszko, Rafal A1 Morabito, Alessandro A1 Felip, Enriqueta A1 Gadgeel, Shirish M A1 Cheema, Parneet A1 Cobo, Manuel A1 Andric, Zoran A1 Barrios, Carlos H A1 Yamaguchi, Masafumi A1 Dansin, Eric A1 Danchaivijitr, Pongwut A1 Johnson, Melissa A1 Novello, Silvia A1 Mathisen, Michael S A1 Shagan, Sarah M A1 Schleifman, Erica A1 Wang, Jin A1 Yan, Mark A1 Mocci, Simonetta A1 Voong, David A1 Fabrizio, David A A1 Shames, David S A1 Riehl, Todd A1 Gandara, David R A1 Mok, Tony K1 Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung K1 Progression-Free Survival K1 Lung Neoplasms K1 Immunotherapy K1 High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing AB Tumor mutational burden (TMB) is being explored as a predictive biomarker for cancer immunotherapy outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer. BFAST (NCT03178552)-an open-label, global, multicohort trial-evaluated the safety and efficacy of first-line targeted therapies or immunotherapy in patients with unresectable Stage IIIB or IV advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer who were selected for biomarker status using blood-based targeted next-generation sequencing. In the Phase 3 cohort C evaluating blood-based (b)TMB as a biomarker of atezolizumab efficacy, patients with bTMB of ≥10 (N = 471) were randomized 1:1 to receive atezolizumab or platinum-based chemotherapy per local standard of care. Cohort C did not meet its primary endpoint of investigator-assessed progression-free survival in the population with bTMB of ≥16 (hazard ratio, 0.77; 95% confidence interval: 0.59, 1.00; P = 0.053). Adverse events leading to treatment withdrawal occurred in 10% of patients in the atezolizumab arm and 20% in the chemotherapy arm. Adverse events of special interest occurred in 42% of patients in the atezolizumab arm and 26% in the chemotherapy arm. A prespecified exploratory analysis compared the bTMB clinical trial assay with the FoundationOne Liquid Companion Diagnostic assay and showed high concordance between assays. Additional exploration of bTMB to identify optimal cutoffs, confounding factors, assay improvements or cooperative biomarkers is warranted. PB Nature Publishing Group YR 2022 FD 2022-08-22 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19573 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19573 LA en NO Peters S, Dziadziuszko R, Morabito A, Felip E, Gadgeel SM, Cheema P, et al. Atezolizumab versus chemotherapy in advanced or metastatic NSCLC with high blood-based tumor mutational burden: primary analysis of BFAST cohort C randomized phase 3 trial. Nat Med. 2022 Sep;28(9):1831-1839 DS RISalud RD Apr 19, 2025