Overall Survival with Palbociclib and Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer

Turner, N.C. and Slamon, D.J. and Ro, J. and Bondarenko, I. and Im, S.-A. and Masuda, N. and Colleoni, M. and DeMichele, A. and Loi, S. and Verma, S. and Iwata, H. and Harbeck, N. and Loibl, S. and André, F. and Puyana Theall, K. and Huang, X. and Giorgetti, C. and Huang Bartlett, C. and Cristofanilli, M. (2018) Overall Survival with Palbociclib and Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer. The New England Journal of Medicine, 379. pp. 1926-1936. ISSN 0028-4793

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Abstract

BACKGROUND The cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor palbociclib, in combination with fulvestrant therapy, prolongs progression-free survival among patients with hormone-receptor–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)–negative advanced breast cancer. We report the results of a prespecified analysis of overall survival. METHODS We randomly assigned patients with hormone-receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who had progression or relapse during previous endocrine therapy to receive palbociclib plus fulvestrant or placebo plus fulvestrant. We analyzed overall survival; the effect of palbociclib according to the prespecified stratification factors of presence or absence of sensitivity to endocrine therapy, presence or absence of visceral metastatic disease, and menopausal status; the efficacy of subsequent therapies after disease progression; and safety. RESULTS Among 521 patients who underwent randomization, the median overall survival was 34.9 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 28.8 to 40.0) in the palbociclib– fulvestrant group and 28.0 months (95% CI, 23.6 to 34.6) in the placebo–fulvestrant group (hazard ratio for death, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.64 to 1.03; P=0.09; absolute difference, 6.9 months). CDK4/6 inhibitor treatment after the completion of the trial regimen occurred in 16% of the patients in the placebo–fulvestrant group. Among 410 patients with sensitivity to previous endocrine therapy, the median overall survival was 39.7 months (95% CI, 34.8 to 45.7) in the palbociclib–fulvestrant group and 29.7 months (95% CI, 23.8 to 37.9) in the placebo–fulvestrant group (hazard ratio, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.55 to 0.94; absolute difference, 10.0 months). The median duration of subsequent therapy was similar in the two groups, and the median time to the receipt of chemotherapy was 17.6 months in the palbociclib– fulvestrant group, as compared with 8.8 months in the placebo–fulvestrant group (hazard ratio, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.47 to 0.73; P<0.001). No new safety signals were observed with 44.8 months of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Among patients with hormone-receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer who had sensitivity to previous endocrine therapy, treatment with palbociclib–fulvestrant resulted in longer overall survival than treatment with placebo– fulvestrant. The differences in overall survival in the entire trial group were not significant. (Funded by Pfizer; PALOMA-3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01942135.)

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: N Engl J Med 2018;379:1926-36. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1810527
Subjects: Oncology
Divisions: Departments > Department of Oncology and Medical Radiology
Depositing User: Елена Шрамко
Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2020 10:03
Last Modified: 06 Apr 2020 10:03
URI: http://repo.dma.dp.ua/id/eprint/5225

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