Olaparib monotherapy as primary treatment in unselected triple negative breast cancer

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BACKGROUND: The antitumor efficacy of PARP inhibitors (PARPi) for breast cancer patients harboring germline BRCA1/2 (gBRCA1/2) mutations is well established. While PARPi monotherapy was ineffective in patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) wild type for BRCA1/2, we hypothesized that PARPi may be effective in primary TNBCs without previous chemotherapy exposure.

PATIENTS AND METHODS: In the phase II PETREMAC trial, patients with primary TNBC >2 cm received olaparib for up to 10 weeks before chemotherapy. Tumor biopsies collected before and after olaparib underwent targeted DNA sequencing (360 genes) and BRCA1 methylation analyses. In addition, BRCAness (multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification), PAM50 gene expression, RAD51 foci, tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and PD-L1 analyses were performed on pretreatment samples.

RESULTS: The median pretreatment tumor diameter was 60 mm (range 25-112 mm). Eighteen out of 32 patients obtained an objective response (OR) to olaparib (56.3%). Somatic or germline mutations affecting homologous recombination (HR) were observed in 10/18 responders [OR 55.6%, 95% confidence interval (CI) 33.7-75.4] contrasting 1/14 non-responders (OR 7.1%; CI 1.3-31.5, P = 0.008). Among tumors without HR mutations, 6/8 responders versus 3/13 non-responders revealed BRCA1 hypermethylation (P = 0.03). Thus, 16/18 responders (88.9%, CI 67.2-96.9), in contrast to 4/14 non-responders (28.6%, CI 11.7-54.7, P = 0.0008), carried HR mutations and/or BRCA1 methylation. Excluding one gPALB2 and four gBRCA1/2 mutation carriers, 12/14 responders (85.7%, CI 60.1-96.0) versus 3/13 non-responders (23.1%, CI 8.2-50.3, P = 0.002) carried somatic HR mutations and/or BRCA1 methylation. In contrast to BRCAness signature or basal-like subtype, low RAD51 scores, high TIL or high PD-L1 expression all correlated to olaparib response.

CONCLUSION: Olaparib yielded a high clinical response rate in treatment-naïve TNBCs revealing HR deficiency, beyond germline HR mutations.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02624973.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:32

Enthalten in:

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 32(2021), 2 vom: 10. Feb., Seite 240-249

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Eikesdal, H P [VerfasserIn]
Yndestad, S [VerfasserIn]
Elzawahry, A [VerfasserIn]
Llop-Guevara, A [VerfasserIn]
Gilje, B [VerfasserIn]
Blix, E S [VerfasserIn]
Espelid, H [VerfasserIn]
Lundgren, S [VerfasserIn]
Geisler, J [VerfasserIn]
Vagstad, G [VerfasserIn]
Venizelos, A [VerfasserIn]
Minsaas, L [VerfasserIn]
Leirvaag, B [VerfasserIn]
Gudlaugsson, E G [VerfasserIn]
Vintermyr, O K [VerfasserIn]
Aase, H S [VerfasserIn]
Aas, T [VerfasserIn]
Balmaña, J [VerfasserIn]
Serra, V [VerfasserIn]
Janssen, E A M [VerfasserIn]
Knappskog, S [VerfasserIn]
Lønning, P E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

BRCA1 Protein
Clinical Trial, Phase II
Homologous recombination deficiency
Journal Article
Neoadjuvant therapy
Olaparib
PARP inhibitor
Phthalazines
Piperazines
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
Prediction
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triple negative breast cancer
WOH1JD9AR8

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.02.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02624973

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.annonc.2020.11.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM31809083X