Overall Survival with Palbociclib and Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer.
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Date
2018-11-15ICR Author
Author
Turner, NC
Slamon, DJ
Ro, J
Bondarenko, I
Im, S-A
Masuda, N
Colleoni, M
DeMichele, A
Loi, S
Verma, S
Iwata, H
Harbeck, N
Loibl, S
André, F
Puyana Theall, K
Huang, X
Giorgetti, C
Huang Bartlett, C
Cristofanilli, M
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Journal Article
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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 .).
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Subject
Humans
Breast Neoplasms
Piperazines
Pyridines
Estradiol
Receptors, Steroid
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Survival Analysis
Double-Blind Method
Aged
Middle Aged
Female
ErbB Receptors
Fulvestrant
Research team
Molecular Oncology
Language
eng
Date accepted
2018-10-20
License start date
2018-11
Citation
The New England journal of medicine, 2018, 379 (20), pp. 1926 - 1936
Publisher
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC