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. 2023 Aug 4;42:193. doi: 10.1186/s13046-023-02743-9

Table 8.

Summary of the studies evaluating the cfDNA dynamics included in this paragraph

Trial First author Disease context Intervention control groups cfDNA technique Gene investigated
CAPRI-GOIM F. Ciardiello mCRC

- FOLFOX + Cetuximab

- FOLFOX

NGS KRAS/NRAS/BRAF/PIK3CA
ASPECCT TJ. Price mCRC

- Panitumumab

- Cetuximab

BEAMing NGS KRAS
CRICKET C. Cremolini mCRC - Cetuximab + Irinotecan ddPCR NGS RAS/BRAF
CHRONOS A. Sartore-Bianchi mCRC - Panitumumab ddPCR NGS RAS/BRAF/EGFR
CAPRI-2 ongoing mCRC

- Cetuximab

- FOLFIRI

- FOLFOX regimen

- Irinotecan

NGS RAS/BRAF
AURA-3 TS Mok mNSCLC T790M + 

- Osimertinib

- Carboplatin + Pemetrexed

NGS EGFR
FLAURA SS Ramalingam mNSCLC

- Osimertinib

- Gefitinib

- Erlotinib

NGS EGFR
NILE RD Page mNSCLC / NGS

EGFR/ALK/ROS-1/BRAF

MET/ERBB2/RET

BFAST R Dziadziuszko mNSCLC - Alectinib NGS ALK
ALEX TS Mok mNSCLC

- Alectinib

- Crizotinib

NGS ALK
APPLE J Remon

mNSCLC

EGFR + 

- Osimertinib

- Gefitinib

NGS EGFR
/ C Aggarwal mNSCLC NGS–indicated therapy NGS EGFR/ALK/MET/BRCA1/ROS1/RET/ERBB2/BRAF
PALOMA-3 O'Leary mBC

- Palbociclib + Fulvestrant

- Placebo + fulvestrant

NGS RB1/ PIK3CA/ESR1
PLASMA-MATCH NC Turner mBC

- Fulvestrant

- Neratinib

- Capivasertib

NGS AKT1/HER2/PTEN/ESR1

Abbreviations: mCRC metastatic colorectal cancer, NGS Next-generation sequencing, FOLFOX 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin combined with oxaliplatin, KRAS Kirsten RAt Sarcoma virus, NRAS Neuroblastoma ras viral oncogene, BRAF v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene, PIK3CA Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-Bisphosphate 3-Kinase Catalytic Subunit Alpha, BEAMing Beads, emulsion, amplification, magnetics, ddPCR droplet digital polymerase chain reaction, EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor, mNSCLC metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, ALK Anaplastic lymphoma kinase, ROS-1 ROS Proto-Oncogene 1, MET Mesenchymal Epithelial Transition, ERBB2 Erythroblastic oncogene B, RET Rearranged during transfection, mBC metastatic breast cancer, RB1 Retinoblastoma protein 1, ESR1 Estrogen Receptor 1, AKT1 AKT serine/threonine kinase 1, HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog