Abstract Background Patients with HR+ MBC are treated with first-line endocrine therapy plus CDK4/6 inhibitors, but resistance often emerges through ESR1 or PIK3CA mutations (MUT). Co-mutations (co-MUT), present in ∼10-15% of patients, remain poorly understood. Here, we compare molecular features and Real-world overall survival (rwOS) among patients with co-MUT vs. those with single or no mutations (no-MUT). Methods We used Tempus Lens (Tempus AI, Inc., Chicago, IL) to identify patients with a primary diagnosis of MBC who had Tempus xF or xT testing from the Tempus multi-modal database (N = 8,626). Patients with tumor purity of at least 30% were assessed and all pathogenic or likely pathogenic (P/LP) somatic SNVs/indels for PIK3CA, ESR1, and TP53 were extracted. Polyclonal ESR1 and PIK3CA were defined as more than one distinct P/LP somatic SNV/indel. Tumor mutational burden (TMB) (mt/mB) was analyzed by DNA-sequencing. rwOS analyses were run for all samples collected in the year preceding any line of therapy using risk-set adjusted Cox models with the start of therapy as the index date, the later date of sequencing and treatment start as the study entry time, and a maximum follow up of 5 years. Results Of the total cohort, 53% of patients had no-MUTs, 32% were PIK3CA-MUT, 9% were ESR1-MUT, and 6% were co-MUT. As shown in the table, age and hormone receptor status were significantly different between the groups, but not race. The co-MUT group exhibited a higher prevalence of bone metastases, while ESR1-only patients had increased liver and lung involvement. TP53 P/LP MUT were present in 33% (N=903) of the PIK3CA-only patients and 24% (N=131) of the co-MUT patients. High TMB rate was significantly different between all groups and was highest in the co-MUT and PIK3CA patients (15% vs 14%). Polyclonal changes in both genes were also more frequent in the co-MUT group. The most common ESR1 mutation was p.D538G (6.4%), while p.His1047Arg was the predominant PIK3CA mutation (14%, n=1,187). Liquid biopsy identified 40% of co-MUT, while tissue sequencing detected 61%. Co-MUT patients had significantly worse rwOS compared to no-MUT (HR=1.75, p0.001), though evidence of non-proportionality was observed. Conclusions Herein, we characterized the largest real-world cohort of co-MUT HR+ MBC patients, identifying distinct clinical and molecular features such as enriched bone metastasis, higher TMB, and increased polyclonality. The lower overall frequency of ESR1 MUT and co-MUT likely reflects that only 25% of patients had late molecular testing, suggesting these mutations often arise after prolonged endocrine therapy. In this subgroup, the ESR1 MUT rate was 24% and the co-MUT rate was 15%, as expected. Limitations include the retrospective design; future studies will address these and examine PTEN/AKT alterations. Citation Format: A. Sivapiragasam, A. Dugan, S. Fragkogianni, M. Ciampricotti, E. Williams. Clinical and Molecular Landscape of ESR1 and PIK3CA Co-Mutated Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer (HR+ MBC): Insights from 8,626 Patients Including Polyclonality and TP53 Alterations abstract. In: Proceedings of the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2025; 2025 Dec 9-12; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Clin Cancer Res 2026;32(4 Suppl):Abstract nr PS1-11-16.
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Abirami Sivapiragasam
Medical University of South Carolina
Adam Dugan
Tempus Labs (United States)
Stamatina Fragkogianni
Tempus Labs (United States)
Clinical Cancer Research
Medical University of South Carolina
Tempus Labs (United States)
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synapsesocial.com/papers/6996a85cecb39a600b3ef0a6 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1158/1557-3265.sabcs25-ps1-11-16