Impact of pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy on health-related quality of life in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer : results from the phase 3 randomised KEYNOTE-119 study

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BACKGROUND: In KEYNOTE-119 (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02555657), overall survival (primary end-point) was similar between pembrolizumab and chemotherapy in patients with previously treated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), although the pembrolizumab treatment effect increased with tumour PD-L1 expression. We report results of prespecified health-related quality of life (HRQoL) analyses from KEYNOTE-119.

METHODS: Eligible patients were randomised 1:1 to pembrolizumab 200 mg Q3W intravenously for up to 35 cycles or treatment of physician's choice per local/country guidelines. Prespecified exploratory end-points were the change from baseline in HRQoL (EORTC QLQ-C30, QLQ-BR23) and to characterise utilities (EQ-5D-3L). Time to deterioration (TTD) was the time from start of treatment to first onset of a ≥10-point worsening from baseline.

RESULTS: HRQoL analyses included 187 patients with tumour PD-L1 combined positive score (CPS) ≥10. Changes from baseline at 6 weeks (primary analysis time point) were directionally better with pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy for QLQ-C30 GHS/QoL (between-group difference in least-squares mean scores of 4.21 [95% CI, -1.38 to 9.80]), QLQ-C30 functional scales (physical, role, cognitive, social), QLQ-C30 symptom scales/items (fatigue, nausea/vomiting, dyspnoea, appetite loss), and QLQ-BR23 symptom scales/items (systemic therapy side-effects, upset by hair loss). Median TTD was directionally longer for pembrolizumab versus chemotherapy for QLQ-C30 QHS/QoL (4.3 versus 1.7 months), QLQ-C30 nausea/vomiting (7.7 versus 4.8 months), and QLQ-BR23 systemic therapy side-effects (6.1 versus 3.4 months). Minimal treatment differences were observed for other HRQoL end-points.

CONCLUSIONS: HRQoL results were consistent with clinical outcomes and appeared to be driven by results for patients with tumour PD-L1 CPS ≥10.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:195

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European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 195(2023) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 113393

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schmid, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Lipatov, Oleg [VerfasserIn]
Im, Seock-Ah [VerfasserIn]
Goncalves, Anthony [VerfasserIn]
Muñoz-Couselo, Eva [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Keun Seok [VerfasserIn]
Tamura, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Testa, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Witzel, Isabell [VerfasserIn]
Ohtani, Shoichiro [VerfasserIn]
Turner, Nicholas [VerfasserIn]
Zambelli, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Harbeck, Nadia [VerfasserIn]
Andre, Fabrice [VerfasserIn]
Dent, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
Mejia, Jaime A [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Haiderali, Amin [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Allison Martin [VerfasserIn]
Cortes, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Winer, Eric P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B7-H1 Antigen
Chemotherapy
Clinical Trial, Phase III
DPT0O3T46P
Health-related quality of life
Journal Article
Patient-reported outcomes
Pembrolizumab
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Triple-negative breast cancer

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Date Completed 01.12.2023

Date Revised 05.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02555657

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113393

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NLM364681713