Circulating Tumor DNA Markers for Early Progression on Fulvestrant With or Without Palbociclib in ER+ Advanced Breast Cancer

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BACKGROUND: There are no established molecular biomarkers for patients with breast cancer receiving combination endocrine and CDK4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i). We aimed to determine whether genomic markers in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) can identify patients at higher risk of early progression on fulvestrant therapy with or without palbociclib, a CDK4/6i.

METHODS: PALOMA-3 was a phase III, multicenter, double-blind randomized controlled trial of palbociclib plus fulvestrant (n = 347) vs placebo plus fulvestrant (n = 174) in patients with endocrine-pretreated estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Pretreatment plasma samples from 459 patients were analyzed for mutations in 17 genes, copy number in 14 genes, and circulating tumor fraction. Progression-free survival (PFS) was compared in patients with circulating tumor fraction above or below a prespecified cutoff of 10% and with or without a specific genomic alteration. All statistical tests were 2-sided.

RESULTS: Patients with high ctDNA fraction had worse PFS on both palbociclib plus fulvestrant (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.62, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.17 to 2.24; P = .004) and placebo plus fulvestrant (HR = 1.77, 95% CI = 1.21 to 2.59; P = .004). In multivariable analysis, high-circulating tumor fraction was associated with worse PFS (HR = 1.20 per 10% increase in tumor fraction, 95% CI = 1.09 to 1.32; P < .001), as was TP53 mutation (HR = 1.84, 95% CI = 1.27 to 2.65; P = .001) and FGFR1 amplification (HR = 2.91, 95% CI = 1.61 to 5.25; P < .001). No interaction with treatment randomization was observed.

CONCLUSIONS: Pretreatment ctDNA identified a group of high-risk patients with poor clinical outcome despite the addition of CDK4/6 inhibition. These patients might benefit from inclusion in future trials of escalating treatment, with therapies that may be active in these genomic contexts.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:113

Enthalten in:

Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 113(2021), 3 vom: 01. März, Seite 309-317

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

O'Leary, Ben [VerfasserIn]
Cutts, Rosalind J [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Hrebien, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
André, Fabrice [VerfasserIn]
Loibl, Sibylle [VerfasserIn]
Loi, Sherene [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Murillas, Isaac [VerfasserIn]
Cristofanilli, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Bartlett, Cynthia Huang [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Nicholas C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

22X328QOC4
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
Biomarkers, Tumor
Circulating Tumor DNA
Fulvestrant
G9ZF61LE7G
Journal Article
Palbociclib
Piperazines
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Pyridines
Receptors, Estrogen
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 29.09.2021

Date Revised 11.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/jnci/djaa087

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31512217X