scholarly journals Optimal integration of CDK4/6 inhibitors for treatment of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
D.Ye. Ryspayeva
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Metastatic Breast Cancer ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Hormone Receptor ◽  
Metastatic Breast ◽  
Clinical Results ◽  
Hormone Resistance ◽  
Cyclin Dependent Kinases ◽  
New Class ◽  
Hormone Receptor Positive

The paper analyzes the effectiveness of a new class of medications — CDK4/6 cyclin-dependent kinases inhibitors and discover the mechanism of its action. The article describes the general results of studies on palbociclib, ribociclib and abemaciclib* for the first- and subsequent-line of the therapy of HR-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. The profile of adverse events of approved CDK4/6 inhibitors are considered. The combination of CDK4/6 inhibitors with endocrine therapy was shown to have benefits in survival, potentiality to reduce hormone resistance and great perspectives to improve clinical results of hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer.

Trastuzumab Plus Anastrozole Versus Anastrozole Alone for the Treatment of Postmenopausal Women With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive, Hormone Receptor–Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer: Results From the Randomized Phase III TAnDEM Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (33) ◽  
pp. 5529-5537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bella Kaufman ◽  
John R. Mackey ◽  
Michael R. Clemens ◽  
Poonamalle P. Bapsy ◽  
Ashok Vaid ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor ◽  
Metastatic Breast Cancer ◽  
Adverse Events ◽  
Hormone Receptor ◽  
Growth Factor Receptor ◽  
Metastatic Breast ◽  
Phase Iii ◽  
Hormone Receptor Positive ◽  
Epidermal Growth

Purpose TAnDEM is the first randomized phase III study to combine a hormonal agent and trastuzumab without chemotherapy as treatment for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)/hormone receptor–copositive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Patients and Methods Postmenopausal women with HER2/hormone receptor–copositive MBC were randomly assigned to anastrozole (1 mg/d orally) with or without trastuzumab (4 mg/kg intravenous infusion on day 1, then 2 mg/kg every week) until progression. The primary end point was progression-free survival (PFS) in the intent-to-treat population. Results Overall, 103 patients received trastuzumab plus anastrozole; 104 received anastrozole alone. Patients in the trastuzumab plus anastrozole arm experienced significant improvements in PFS compared with patients receiving anastrozole alone (hazard ratio = 0.63; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.84; median PFS, 4.8 v 2.4 months; log-rank P = .0016). In patients with centrally confirmed hormone receptor positivity (n = 150), median PFS was 5.6 and 3.8 months in the trastuzumab plus anastrozole and anastrozole alone arms, respectively (log-rank P = .006). Overall survival in the overall and centrally confirmed hormone receptor–positive populations showed no statistically significant treatment difference; however, 70% of patients in the anastrozole alone arm crossed over to receive trastuzumab after progression on anastrozole alone. Incidence of grade 3 and 4 adverse events was 23% and 5%, respectively, in the trastuzumab plus anastrozole arm, and 15% and 1%, respectively, in the anastrozole alone arm; one patient in the combination arm experienced New York Heart Association class II congestive heart failure. Conclusion Trastuzumab plus anastrozole improves outcomes for patients with HER2/hormone receptor–copositive MBC compared with anastrozole alone, although adverse events and serious adverse events were more frequent with the combination.

scholarly journals Patterns of treatment and outcome of palbociclib plus endocrine therapy in hormone receptor-positive/HER2 receptor-negative metastatic breast cancer: a real-world multicentre Italian study

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 175883592098765
Author(s):  
Raffaella Palumbo ◽  
Rosalba Torrisi ◽  
Federico Sottotetti ◽  
Daniele Presti ◽  
Anna Rita Gambaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Metastatic Breast Cancer ◽  
Endocrine Therapy ◽  
Real World ◽  
Hormone Receptor ◽  
Metastatic Breast ◽  
Progression Free Survival ◽  
Her2 Receptor ◽  
Treatment Line ◽  
Hormone Receptor Positive

Background: The CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib combined with endocrine therapy (ET) has proven to prolong progression-free survival (PFS) in women with hormone receptor-positive (HR+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2−) metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Few data are available regarding the efficacy of such a regimen outside the clinical trials. Patients and methods: This is a multicentre prospective real-world experience aimed at verifying the outcome of palbociclib plus ET in an unselected population of MBC patients. The primary aim was the clinical benefit rate (CBR); secondary aims were the median PFS, overall survival (OS) and safety. Patients received palbociclib plus letrozole 2.5 mg (cohort A) or fulvestrant 500 mg (cohort B). Results: In total, 191 patients (92 in cohort A, 99 in cohort B) were enrolled and treated, and 182 were evaluable for the analysis. Median age was 62 years (range 47–79); 54% had visceral involvement; 28% of patients had previously performed one treatment line (including chemotherapy and ET), 22.6% two lines and 15.9% three. An overall response rate of 34.6% was observed with 11 (6.0%) complete responses and 52 (28.6%) partial responses. Stable disease was achieved by 78 patients (42.9%) with an overall CBR of 59.8%. At a median follow-up of 24 months (range 6–32), median PFS was 13 months without significant differences between the cohorts. When analysed according to treatment line, PFS values were significantly prolonged when palbociclib-based therapy was administered as first-line treatment (14.0 months), to decrease progressively in second and subsequent lines (11.7 and 6.7 months, respectively). Median OS was 25 months, ranging from 28.0 months in 1st line to 18.0 and 13.0 months in 2nd and subsequent lines, respectively. Conclusions: Our data indicate that palbociclib plus ET is active and safe in HR+/HER2− MBC, also suggesting a better performance of the combinations in earlier treatment lines.

scholarly journals Olaparib in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer with a somatic BRCA2 mutation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 175883592110069
Author(s):  
Lee S. Schwartzberg ◽  
Lesli A. Kiedrowski
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Metastatic Breast Cancer ◽  
Clinical Response ◽  
Hormone Receptor ◽  
Brca2 Mutation ◽  
Locally Advanced ◽  
Susceptibility Gene ◽  
Metastatic Breast ◽  
Breast Cancer Susceptibility Gene ◽  
Hormone Receptor Positive

The oral poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib is approved for the treatment of patients with human epidermal growth factor 2-negative (HER2−) metastatic breast cancer (mBC) and a germline breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA) mutation who have been treated with chemotherapy. This case report describes a 63-year-old postmenopausal woman with somatic BRCA2-mutated mBC who responded to olaparib treatment following multiple prior lines of therapy. The patient presented in January 2012 with locally advanced, hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2− BC which, despite initial response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, recurred as bone disease in February 2014, and subsequently skin (June 2016) and liver (October 2016) metastases. A comprehensive 592-gene next-generation sequencing panel (Caris Life Sciences), performed on a skin biopsy, detected a pathogenic frameshift mutation in BRCA2 (H3154fs, c.9460delC), which was not identified in a 28-gene hereditary cancer germline analysis (Myriad Genetics, Inc.), and was therefore considered to be a somatic mutation. In January 2017, cell-free DNA (cfDNA) analysis (Guardant Health, Inc.) confirmed the BRCA2 H3154fs mutation in plasma. After several lines of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy, deriving clinical benefit from eribulin and capecitabine, the disease progressed by October 2017, and olaparib (300 mg orally twice daily) was initiated in January 2018. By April 2018, the liver lesions had shrunk by 80% and a >90% response in multiple skin lesions was noted. Clinical response was maintained for 8 months, followed by progression in the skin in September 2018. Biopsy of recurrent lesions revealed a novel BRCA2 mutation, E3152del (c.9455_9457delAGG), predicted to restore the open reading frame and presumably the mechanism of resistance to olaparib. Further likely resistance mutations were noted in subsequent cfDNA analyses. This case demonstrated a clinical response with olaparib as a later-line therapy for HR+, HER2− mBC with a somatic BRCA2 mutation.

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