Performance of time to discontinuation and time to next treatment as proxy measures of progression-free survival, overall and by treatment group.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e19135-e19135
Author(s):  
Mark S. Walker ◽  
Lisa Herms ◽  
Paul J.E. Miller

e19135 Background: Real-world data sources have historically provided limited information about the occurrence of disease progression. As a result, progression-free survival (PFS), a standard effectiveness outcome measure in oncology, has been estimated using proxies such as time-to-discontinuation (TTD) or time-to-next-treatment (TTNT). Curation of unstructured electronic medical record (EMR) data make it possible to calculate PFS from directly observed progression. The aim of this research was to compare TTD and TTNT as proxy indicators with PFS determined from direct statements regarding progression in the medical record and to compare effect sizes on treatment-based groups across these endpoints. This report cites findings from the metastatic breast cancer (mBC) setting. Methods: Previously curated EMR data were collected from Concerto’s Definitive Oncology Dataset for adult, female, hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor-negative mBC patients diagnosed 2008 or later who received at least one line of systemic therapy. Patients were grouped based on any receipt vs. no receipt of an aromatase inhibitor (AI) in first line (1L). Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression methods were used to calculate PFS, TTD, and TTNT in 1L and OS from start of 1L. Results: The study included 378 patients, of which 138 (36.5%) were de novo stage IV or metastatic. The mean patient age was 60.3 years (SD 13.3), 57.1% were Caucasian, and 68.3% were postmenopausal. Conclusions: Estimates of TTD and TTNT aligned closely, suggesting that nearly all patients who discontinued initial therapy received subsequent treatment. Notably, TTNT and TTD were both meaningfully shorter than PFS, suggesting that their use as proxy indicators may systematically underestimate PFS. Further, analysis based on receipt of AI indicates that comparative effects on TTD or TTNT may produce quite different results than those for PFS and OS. [Table: see text]

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 10512-10512
Author(s):  
Felipe Batalini ◽  
Russell Madison ◽  
Dean C. Pavlick ◽  
Ethan Sokol ◽  
Tamara Snow ◽  
...  

10512 Background: PARPi are approved for treatment of pts w/ HER2-negative mBC and germline BRCA1/2 (g BRCA) pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (muts); however, clinical benefit has also been demonstrated in mBC pts w/ sBRCA or other HR-pathway gene muts. Using a RW Clinico-Genomic Database (CGDB), we assessed outcomes for pts w/ gBRCA muts compared to pts w/ either s BRCA or other HR-pathway muts treated w/ PARPi. Methods: 6,329 mBC pts from ̃280 US cancer clinics were included in the Flatiron Health (FH) -Foundation Medicine (FM) CGDB, which includes comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) linked to de-identified, electronic health record (EHR)-derived clinical data. Eligible pts had mBC, received care in the FH network from 1/1/2011-9/1/2020, and had tissue CGP by FM. Pts classified as gBRCA: positive germline result in EHR and BRCA mut predicted germline per FM’s somatic, germline, zygosity algorithm (SGZ) (Sun et al PMID 29415044). Non-g BRCA: negative germline results in EHR and a somatic BRCA (s BRCA) mut per SGZ or BRCA wild-type w/ another HR mut per CGP result. Pts w/o a documented gBRCA result in EHR, unknown FM BRCA SGZ result, or conflicting results were excluded. RW overall survival (rwOS) and RW progression-free survival (rwPFS) from start of PARPi for pts w/ gBRCA and non- gBRCA mBC were compared using Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression adjusted for mBC line number, prior platinum, age at PARPi initiation, race, and receptor status. Results: Among pts who received PARPi in the mBC setting, 44 had gBRCA and 18 had non -gBRCA: 9 s BRCA (5 BRCA1, 4 BRCA2), 4 PALB2, 2 ATM, and 1 each of ATM+CDK12, BARD1+FANCF+RAD54L, and CHEK2. Of HR muts 76% were confirmed biallelic: 33/44 gBRCA (11 unknown), 8/9 sBRCA, 3/4 PALB2, and 3/5 other (1 unknown). Neither median rwPFS nor rwOS from start of PARPi were significantly different between the non-g BRCA and g BRCA cohorts (rwPFS: 7.0 [4.6-11.3] vs 5.5 [4.3-7.2] months (mos), aHR: 1.19 [0.57 – 2.43]; rwOS: 15.0 [7.95-16.3] vs 11.5 [9.46-NA] mos, aHR: 0.85 [0.36-1.98]). For 9 pts w/ sBRCA mut, median rwPFS was 7.1 mos (range 1.4-12.4) and all pts had progressed by data cut off. Conclusions: Despite small pt numbers and limitations from RW data, our results suggest that pts w/ biallelic non-g BRCA mBC may derive similar benefit from PARPi when tumor CGP detects a s BRCA mut or germline or somatic mut in other HR-pathway genes. These findings are consistent w/ the results from TBCRC-048 (Tung et al PMID 33119476) and support further randomized trials exploring the efficacy of PARPi in this population.[Table: see text]


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (26_suppl) ◽  
pp. 37-37
Author(s):  
Cike Peng ◽  
Rongxi Yang ◽  
Dharanija Madhavan ◽  
Markus Wallwiener ◽  
Anja Rudolph ◽  
...  

37 Background: Metastasis is the main course of death in breast cancer (BC) patients. Reliable prognostic markers are very much appreciated to evaluate possible outcome of patients. Circulating tumor cells (CTC) is a circulating prognostic tumor marker of metastatic breast cancer patients. Despite the big technical challenges in CTC detection, the reliability of CTC enumeration for the prognosis of BC is still on debate. Some studies have proved that the plasma level of X, a major component in extracellular matrix, was increased in patients with metastatic breast cancer. However, the association between the plasma X level and the prognosis of metastatic breast cancer is still unknown. Methods: Plasma X was measured by ELISA in 60 healthy controls, 48 primary breast cancer (PBC) patients, and 212 metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. Progression free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were analyzed. An independent cohort with 210 primary and 69 patients with metastatic breast cancer were further investigated to validate our findings. Results: A 2-fold elevation was presented in MBC patients when compared with PBC patients and controls, regardless of their CTC status. A multivariate Cox regression demonstrated that lower X level at base line was associated with longer PFS (HR: 2.50, 95% CI: 1.72–3.63, p = 1.607 × 10-6), as well as longer OS (HR: 3.74, 95% CI: 1.65 – 8.51, p = 0.002). After 1stcycle of chemotherapy, plasma X level was still prognostic and was dramatically decreased in patients who had responded to the treatment (54%, IQR: 36%–64%). In the independent validation round, a 2-fold increase of plasma X was observed again in MBC patients, compared with PBC patients. The prognostic value was also validated for PFS (HR: 2.12, 95% CI: 1.43– 3.84, p = 0.001) and OS (HR: 2.91, 95% CI: 1.73–7.65, p = 0.002) in MBC patients. Conclusions: Plasma X could be used as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for metastatic breast cancer. Its reduction after 1st cycle of chemotherapy could be an indicator of treatment efficacy. This finding may further prevent unnecessary systemic therapy by facilitating personalized medicine in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e13054-e13054
Author(s):  
Lewis Nasr ◽  
Ahmad Ghoche ◽  
Saada Diab ◽  
Fadi Nasr

e13054 Background: Approximately 70% of all breast cancer cases are hormone receptor (HR) positive. One of the most important treatment strategies for HR positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative subtype was endocrine treatment monotherapy by targeting estrogen receptor or aromatization and thus reducing estrogen level. However, resistance to this treatment and disease progression is universal. In the past few years, palbociclib, an oral inhibitor of cyclin dependent kinase 4 and 6 have been approved by the FDA, as a new standard of care in the metastatic or locally advanced setting either as front line therapy or after progression. The aim of our study is to describe the real world experience with palbociclib. Methods: Eligible patients had histologically confirmed metastatic breast cancer estrogen and progesterone receptors positive and HER2 receptor negative. Palbociclib was given 125 mg orally for 21 consecutive days of a 28 day cycle. Patients were followed over one year. Primary objective was progression free survival (PFS). Tumor response and treatment tolerability were defined as secondary objectives. Results: From 2002 to 2018, we identified a total of 44 breast cancer patients. All patients were females. The median age at diagnosis was 57 years. Among all the patients, 33.3% had visceral metastasis, 35.9% had non visceral metastasis and 30.8% had the two types of metastasis. 64.1% were de novo metastatic and 35.9% were not de novo metastatic. 82.5% had less than 3 sites of metastasis. 47% of the study patients had received both chemotherapy and endocrine therapy during treatment course, and 13 % had only received prior adjuvant endocrine therapy. 28.26% took only prior systemic therapy for breast cancer. By the cutoff date for the final analysis (1/11/2018), a total of 8 events of disease progression occurred, no death events happened. The median progression free survival was 262.6 months for palbociclib combined with letrozole as first line. Conclusions: no data was published before on palbociclib in Lebanon. We are the first to describe these characteristics. Our result (PFS 26 2.6 months) is in conformity with the PFS obtain with PALOMA-2 (24 months).


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 2489
Author(s):  
Sazan Rasul ◽  
Tim Wollenweber ◽  
Lucia Zisser ◽  
Elisabeth Kretschmer-Chott ◽  
Bernhard Grubmüller ◽  
...  

Background: We investigated the response rate and degree of toxicity of a second course of three cycles of [177Lu]Lu-PSMA radioligand therapy (PSMA-RLT) every 4 weeks in mCRPC patients. Methods: Forty-three men (71.5 ± 6.6 years, median PSA 40.8 (0.87–1358 µg/L)) were studied. The response was based on the PSA level 4 weeks after the third cycle. The laboratory parameters before and one month after the last cycle were compared. Kaplan–Meier methods were used to estimate the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), and the Cox regression model was performed to find predictors of survival. Results: Twenty-six patients (60.5%) exhibited a PSA reduction (median PSA declined from 40.8 to 20.2, range 0.6–1926 µg/L, p = 0.002); 18 (42%) and 8 (19%) patients showed a PSA decline of ≥50% and ≥80%, respectively. The median OS and PFS were 136 and 31 weeks, respectively. The patients with only lymph node metastases survived longer (p = 0.02), whereas the patients with bone metastases had a shorter survival (p = 0.03). In the multivariate analysis, only the levels of PSA prior to the therapy remained significant for OS (p < 0.05, hazard ratio 2.43, 95% CI 1.01–5.87). The levels of hemoglobin (11.5 ± 1.7 g/dL vs. 11 ± 1.6 g/dL, p = 0.006) and platelets (208 ± 63 g/L vs. 185 ± 63 g/L, p = 0.002) significantly decreased one month after cycle three, though only two grade 3 anemia and one grade 3 thrombocytopenia were recorded. Conclusion: A further intensive PSMA-RLT course is well tolerated in mCRPC patients and associated with promising response rates and OS.


Author(s):  
Pavani Chalasani ◽  
Kiah Farr ◽  
Vicky Wu ◽  
Isaac Jenkins ◽  
Alex Liu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Treatment options for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) refractory to anthracyclines and taxanes are limited. In a phase III trial, eribulin demonstrated a significant improvement in overall survival compared to treatment of physician’s choice, but had limited tolerability because of neutropenia and peripheral neuropathy. Based on prior studies of alternative treatment schedules with other therapies, we hypothesized that a low-dose metronomic schedule of eribulin would permit patients to remain on treatment more consistently without treatment delays, resulting in longer time to progression, and improved toxicity profile. Methods We conducted a multi-site single arm, phase II trial patients with MBC. All patients were treated with metronomic eribulin (0.9 mg/m2 administered intravenously on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day cycle.) Treatment was continued until the patient developed disease progression, unacceptable toxicity, or chose to stop the study. Patients must have had prior taxane exposure. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival. Secondary end points were overall survival, response rate, and clinical benefit rate. Exploratory biomarkers were performed to analyze change in levels of circulating endothelial cells (CECs), circulating endothelial precursors, and carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) with response to therapy. Findings We consented 86 patients and 59 were evaluable for final analysis. Median age was 59 years; 78% had HER2 negative tumors. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 3.5 months with overall survival (OS) of 14.3 months. Objective response rate was 15% with clinical benefit rate of 48%. Reported grade 3 neutropenia and peripheral neuropathy were 18% and 5%, respectively. Treatment discontinuation due to toxicity was seen in 3% of patients. Interpretation Metronomic weekly low-dose eribulin is an active and tolerable regimen with significantly less myelosuppression, alopecia, and peripheral neuropathy than is seen with the approved dose and schedule, allowing longer duration of use and disease control, with similar outcomes compared to the standard dose regimen.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane E. Rogers ◽  
Michael Lam ◽  
Daniel M. Halperin ◽  
Cecile G. Dagohoy ◽  
James C. Yao ◽  
...  

We evaluated outcomes of treatment with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), doxorubicin, and streptozocin (FAS) in well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) and its impact on subsequent therapy (everolimus or temozolomide). Advanced PanNET patients treated at our center from 1992 to 2013 were retrospectively reviewed. Patients received bolus 5-FU (400 mg/m2), streptozocin (400 mg/m2) (both IV, days 1-5) and doxorubicin (40 mg/m2 IV, day 1) every 28 days. Overall response rate (ORR) was assessed using RECIST version 1.1. Of 243 eligible patients, 220 were evaluable for ORR, progression-free survival (PFS), and toxicity. Most (90%) had metastatic, nonfunctional PanNETs; 14% had prior therapy. ORR to FAS was 41% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 36-48%). Median follow-up was 61 months. Median PFS was 20 (95% CI: 15-23) months; median overall survival (OS) was 63 (95% CI: 60-71) months. Cox regression analyses suggested improvement with first-line vs subsequent lines of FAS therapy. Main adverse events ≥ grade 3 were neutropenia (10%) and nausea/vomiting (5.5%). Dose reductions were required in 32% of patients. Post-FAS everolimus (n=108; 68% second line) had a median PFS of 10 (95% CI: 8-14) months. Post-FAS temozolomide (n=60; 53% > fourth line) had an ORR of 13% and median PFS of 5.2 (95% CI: 4-12) months. In this largest reported cohort of PanNETs treated with chemotherapy, FAS demonstrated activity without significant safety concerns. FAS did not appear to affect subsequent PFS with everolimus; this sequence is being evaluated prospectively. Responses were noted with subsequent temozolomide-based regimens although PFS was possibly limited by line of therapy.


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