Gabriel N Hortobagyi1, Salomon M Stemmer1, Howard A Burris1, Yoon-Sim Yap1, Gabe S Sonke1, Shani Paluch-Shimon1, Mario Campone1, Kimberly L Blackwell1, Fabrice André1, Eric P Winer1, Wolfgang Janni1, Sunil Verma1, Pierfranco Conte1, Carlos L Arteaga1, David A Cameron1, Katarina Petrakova1, Lowell L Hart1, Cristian Villanueva1, Arlene Chan1, Erik Jakobsen1, Arnd Nusch1, Olga Burdaeva1, Eva-Maria Grischke1, Emilio Alba1, Erik Wist1, Norbert Marschner1, Anne M Favret1, Denise Yardley1, Thomas Bachelot1, Ling-Ming Tseng1, Sibel Blau1, Fengjuan Xuan1, Farida Souami1, Michelle Miller1, Caroline Germa1, Samit Hirawat1, Joyce O'Shaughnessy1. 1. From the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston (G.N.H.), and Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center and the U.S. Oncology Network, Dallas (J.O.) - all in Texas; Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (S.M.S.), and Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan (S.P.-S.) - both in Israel; the Sarah Cannon Research Institute (H.A.B., D.Y.), Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (C.L.A.), and Tennessee Oncology (D.Y.) - all in Nashville; National Cancer Center Singapore, Singapore (Y.-S.Y.); Netherlands Cancer Institute and BOOG Study Center, Amsterdam (G.S.S.); Institut de Cancérologie de l'Ouest/René Gauducheau, Saint-Herblain (M.C.), Institut Gustave Roussy, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif (F.A.), University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon (C.V.), and Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon (T.B.) - all in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.L.B.); Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston (E.P.W.); University of Ulm, Ulm (W.J.), Onkologische Praxis, Velbert (A.N.), University of Tübingen, Tübingen (E.-M.G.), and Joint Practice for Interdisciplinary Oncology and Hematology, Freiburg (N.M.) - all in Germany; Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada (S.V.); University of Padua and Istituto Oncologico Veneto, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Padua, Italy (P.C.); Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (D.A.C.); Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic (K.P.); Florida Cancer Specialists-Sarah Cannon Research Institute, Fort Myers (L.L.H.); Breast Cancer Research Centre-Western Australia and Curtin University, Perth, Australia (A.C.); Department of Oncology, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark (E.J.); Arkhangelsk Clinical Oncology Dispensary, Arkhangelsk, Russia (O.B.); Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Institute of Biomedical Research in Málaga, Málaga, Spain (E.A.); Oslo University Hospital, Oslo (E.W.); Virginia Cancer Specialists, Arlington (A.M.F.); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (L.-M.T.); Rainier Hematology-Oncology, Northwest Medical Specialties, Puyallup, WA (S.B.); Novartis Pharmaceuticals, East Hanover, NJ (F.X., M.M., C.G., S.H.); and Novartis Pharma, Basel, Switzerland (F.S.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) could potentially overcome or delay resistance to endocrine therapy in advanced breast cancer that is positive for hormone receptor (HR) and negative for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). METHODS: In this randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of the selective CDK4/6inhibitor ribociclib combined with letrozole for first-line treatment in 668 postmenopausal women with HR-positive, HER2-negative recurrent or metastatic breast cancer who had not received previous systemic therapy for advanced disease. We randomly assigned the patients to receive either ribociclib (600 mg per day on a 3-weeks-on, 1-week-off schedule) plus letrozole (2.5 mg per day) or placebo plus letrozole. The primary end point was investigator-assessed progression-free survival. Secondary end points included overall survival, overall response rate, and safety. A preplanned interim analysis was performed on January 29, 2016, after 243 patients had disease progression or died. Prespecified criteria for superiority required a hazard ratio of 0.56 or less with P<1.29×10-5. RESULTS: The duration of progression-free survival was significantly longer in the ribociclib group than in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.43 to 0.72; P=3.29×10-6 for superiority). The median duration of follow-up was 15.3 months. After 18 months, the progression-free survival rate was 63.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 54.6 to 70.3) in the ribociclib group and 42.2% (95% CI, 34.8 to 49.5) in the placebo group. In patients with measurable disease at baseline, the overall response rate was 52.7% and 37.1%, respectively (P<0.001). Common grade 3 or 4 adverse events that were reported in more than 10% of the patients in either group were neutropenia (59.3% in the ribociclib group vs. 0.9% in the placebo group) and leukopenia (21.0% vs. 0.6%); the rates of discontinuation because of adverse events were 7.5% and 2.1%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients receiving initial systemic treatment for HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, the duration of progression-free survival was significantly longer among those receiving ribociclib plus letrozole than among those receiving placebo plus letrozole, with a higher rate of myelosuppression in the ribociclib group. (Funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01958021 .).
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BACKGROUND: The inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (CDK4/6) could potentially overcome or delay resistance to endocrine therapy in advanced breast cancer that is positive for hormone receptor (HR) and negative for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). METHODS: In this randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of the selective CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib combined with letrozole for first-line treatment in 668 postmenopausal women with HR-positive, HER2-negative recurrent or metastatic breast cancer who had not received previous systemic therapy for advanced disease. We randomly assigned the patients to receive either ribociclib (600 mg per day on a 3-weeks-on, 1-week-off schedule) plus letrozole (2.5 mg per day) or placebo plus letrozole. The primary end point was investigator-assessed progression-free survival. Secondary end points included overall survival, overall response rate, and safety. A preplanned interim analysis was performed on January 29, 2016, after 243 patients had disease progression or died. Prespecified criteria for superiority required a hazard ratio of 0.56 or less with P<1.29×10-5. RESULTS: The duration of progression-free survival was significantly longer in the ribociclib group than in the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.43 to 0.72; P=3.29×10-6 for superiority). The median duration of follow-up was 15.3 months. After 18 months, the progression-free survival rate was 63.0% (95% confidence interval [CI], 54.6 to 70.3) in the ribociclib group and 42.2% (95% CI, 34.8 to 49.5) in the placebo group. In patients with measurable disease at baseline, the overall response rate was 52.7% and 37.1%, respectively (P<0.001). Common grade 3 or 4 adverse events that were reported in more than 10% of the patients in either group were neutropenia (59.3% in the ribociclib group vs. 0.9% in the placebo group) and leukopenia (21.0% vs. 0.6%); the rates of discontinuation because of adverse events were 7.5% and 2.1%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients receiving initial systemic treatment for HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, the duration of progression-free survival was significantly longer among those receiving ribociclib plus letrozole than among those receiving placebo plus letrozole, with a higher rate of myelosuppression in the ribociclib group. (Funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01958021 .).
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