Outcomes with CDK4/6 inhibitors based on endocrine sensitivity in hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer (HR+ MBC).
e12526 Background: PALOMA-3 results demonstrated that patients (pts) with sensitivity to previous endocrine therapy had a substantial benefit with Palbociclib compared to those with intrinsic endocrine resistance (Turner NC et al. NEJM 2018). ESR1 mutation has been associated with decreased response to endocrine therapy (Fribbens C et al. JCO 2016) and NSD3 amplification in breast cancer cells have been correlated with the overexpression of ESR1 (Irish JC et al. Mol Oncol 2016). Here we demonstrate a real-world response to CDK4/6i based on high-risk features and correlation to biomarkers of response. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 115 HR+MBC pts at a single large community cancer center who received CDK4/6i + endocrine therapy and 40 matched controls treated with endocrine therapy and underwent NextGen Sequencing (NGS) profiling of 592 genes (Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, AZ). The primary outcome was progression-free survival (PFS). Hazard ratios were calculated from Cox proportional hazards models built using the survival package[1] in R. Results: Among 115 pts in the CDK4/6i cohort, the median PFS for pts treated in the first-line (N=77) versus (vs.) second-line (N=38) was 9.7 and 4.6 months (mo) respectively (HR 2.04, p=0.001). Further, the median PFS in first-line cases who had a Disease-Free Survival (DFS) of >2 years (endocrine sensitive) (N=27) was 11.9 mo, and in pts with DFS < 2years (endocrine resistant) (N=24), it was 7.7 mo (HR 0.71, p= 0.397). Six pts with ESR1 mutations had worse PFS compared to ESR1 wild-type (N=40) when treated with CDK4/6i in 1st line, 6.4 vs. 18 mo (HR: 2.25, p=0.052) and 2nd line 2.5 (N=9) vs. 5.6 mo (N=17) HR: 2.09, p=0.1). NSD3 amplification was the only other genomic alteration showing significance as a negative predictor of PFS (first-line: 6.1 vs. 14.7 mo, HR: 2.40, p=0.04; second-line: 2.8 vs. 6.5 mo, HR: 3.61, p=0.06). NSD3 amplification appeared to have no significant effect in the control cohort 6.5 vs. 4.4 mo, (HR 1.29, p=0.63). Conclusions: In this real-world cohort, CDK 4/6 combination therapy benefits HR+ MBC patients in the first and second-line setting. ESR1 mutation is a predictor of worse outcome. NSD3 gene amplification is a potential biomarker of resistance to CDK4/6i combination therapy. (Therneau T (2015). A Package for Survival Analysis in S version 2.38, https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=survival).