Outcomes of male patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer receiving palbociclib in the real-world POLARIS study

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PURPOSE: Data on treatments for male breast cancer patients are limited owing to rarity and underrepresentation in clinical trials. The real-world POLARIS study gathers data on palbociclib use for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced breast cancer (ABC) in female and male patients. This sub-analysis describes real-world palbociclib treatment patterns, clinical outcomes, and quality of life (QoL) in male patients.

METHODS: POLARIS is a prospective, noninterventional, multicenter, real-world study of patients with HR+/HER2- ABC receiving palbociclib. Assessments included medical record reviews, patient QoL questionnaires (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality-of-Life Questionnaire-Core 30), site characteristics questionnaires, and physician treatment selection surveys. Variables included demographics, disease history, global health status/QoL, clinical assessments and adverse events. Analyses were descriptive in nature. For clinical outcomes, real-world tumor responses and progression were determined by physician assessment in routine clinical practice. Real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS) was described using the Kaplan-Meier method.

RESULTS: At data cutoff, 15 male patients were enrolled (median age, 66 years). Nine patients received palbociclib as a first-line treatment and 6 as a second-line or later treatment. Patients received a median of 20 cycles of palbociclib. Neutropenia was experienced by 2 patients and grade ≥ 3 adverse events were reported in 11 patients. Global health status/QoL scores remained generally consistent during the study. One patient (6.7%) achieved a complete tumor response, 4 (26.7%) a partial response, and 8 (53.3%) stable disease. Median rwPFS was 19.8 months (95% CI, 7.4-38.0). Median follow-up duration was 24.7 months (95% CI, 20.0-35.7).

CONCLUSION: This real-world analysis showed that palbociclib was well tolerated and provides preliminary data on treatment patterns and outcomes with palbociclib in male patients with HR+/HER2- ABC, helping inform the use of palbociclib in this patient subgroup.

TRIAL IDENTIFIER: NCT03280303.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:203

Enthalten in:

Breast cancer research and treatment - 203(2024), 3 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 463-475

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Blum, Joanne L [VerfasserIn]
DiCristo, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Gordon, David [VerfasserIn]
Karuturi, Meghan S [VerfasserIn]
Oubre, David [VerfasserIn]
Jepsen, Erin [VerfasserIn]
Cuevas, Juan [VerfasserIn]
Lakhanpal, Shailendra [VerfasserIn]
Montelongo, Monica Z [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Zhe [VerfasserIn]
Cappelleri, Joseph C [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yao [VerfasserIn]
Tripathy, Debu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Advanced breast cancer
CDK4/6 inhibitor
EC 2.7.10.1
G9ZF61LE7G
Hormone receptor–positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–negative
Journal Article
Male
Multicenter Study
Palbociclib
Piperazines
Pyridines
Real-world
Receptor, ErbB-2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.02.2024

Date Revised 02.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03280303

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10549-023-07145-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363958789