Richard S Finn1, Miguel Martin1, Hope S Rugo1, Stephen Jones1, Seock-Ah Im1, Karen Gelmon1, Nadia Harbeck1, Oleg N Lipatov1, Janice M Walshe1, Stacy Moulder1, Eric Gauthier1, Dongrui R Lu1, Sophia Randolph1, Véronique Diéras1, Dennis J Slamon1. 1. From the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica (R.S.F., D.J.S.), the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (H.S.R.), and Pfizer, La Jolla (E.G., D.R.L., S.R.) - all in California; Hospital Gregorio Maranon, Universidad Complutense, Madrid (M.M.); U.S. Oncology Research, The Woodlands, TX (S.J.); Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (S.-A.I.); British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, Canada (K.G.); Brustzentrum der Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany (N.H.); State Budget Medical Institution Republican Clinical Oncology, Ufa, Russia (O.N.L.); All-Ireland Cooperative Oncology Research Group, Dublin (J.M.W.); M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston (S.M.); and Institut Curie, Paris (V.D.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A phase 2 study showed that progression-free survival was longer with palbociclib plus letrozole than with letrozole alone in the initial treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer. We performed a phase 3 study that was designed to confirm and expand the efficacy and safety data for palbociclib plus letrozole for this indication. METHODS: In this double-blind study, we randomly assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, 666 postmenopausal women with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, who had not had prior treatment for advanced disease, to receivepalbociclib plus letrozole or placebo plus letrozole. The primary end point was progression-free survival, as assessed by the investigators; secondary end points were overall survival, objective response, clinical benefit response, patient-reported outcomes, pharmacokinetic effects, and safety. RESULTS: The median progression-free survival was 24.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 22.1 to not estimable) in the palbociclib-letrozole group, as compared with 14.5 months (95% CI, 12.9 to 17.1) in the placebo-letrozole group (hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.46 to 0.72; P<0.001). The most common grade 3 or 4 adverse events were neutropenia (occurring in 66.4% of the patients in the palbociclib-letrozole group vs. 1.4% in the placebo-letrozole group), leukopenia (24.8% vs. 0%), anemia (5.4% vs. 1.8%), and fatigue (1.8% vs. 0.5%). Febrile neutropenia was reported in 1.8% of patients in the palbociclib-letrozole group and in none of the patients in the placebo-letrozole group. Permanent discontinuation of any study treatment as a result of adverse events occurred in 43 patients (9.7%) in the palbociclib-letrozole group and in 13 patients (5.9%) in the placebo-letrozole group. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with previously untreated ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, palbociclib combined with letrozole resulted in significantly longer progression-free survival than that with letrozole alone, although the rates of myelotoxic effects were higher with palbociclib-letrozole. (Funded by Pfizer; PALOMA-2 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01740427 .).
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BACKGROUND: A phase 2 study showed that progression-free survival was longer with palbociclib plus letrozole than with letrozole alone in the initial treatment of postmenopausal women with estrogen-receptor (ER)-positive, humanepidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer. We performed a phase 3 study that was designed to confirm and expand the efficacy and safety data for palbociclib plus letrozole for this indication. METHODS: In this double-blind study, we randomly assigned, in a 2:1 ratio, 666 postmenopausal women with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, who had not had prior treatment for advanced disease, to receive palbociclib plus letrozole or placebo plus letrozole. The primary end point was progression-free survival, as assessed by the investigators; secondary end points were overall survival, objective response, clinical benefit response, patient-reported outcomes, pharmacokinetic effects, and safety. RESULTS: The median progression-free survival was 24.8 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 22.1 to not estimable) in the palbociclib-letrozole group, as compared with 14.5 months (95% CI, 12.9 to 17.1) in the placebo-letrozole group (hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.46 to 0.72; P<0.001). The most common grade 3 or 4 adverse events were neutropenia (occurring in 66.4% of the patients in the palbociclib-letrozole group vs. 1.4% in the placebo-letrozole group), leukopenia (24.8% vs. 0%), anemia (5.4% vs. 1.8%), and fatigue (1.8% vs. 0.5%). Febrile neutropenia was reported in 1.8% of patients in the palbociclib-letrozole group and in none of the patients in the placebo-letrozole group. Permanent discontinuation of any study treatment as a result of adverse events occurred in 43 patients (9.7%) in the palbociclib-letrozole group and in 13 patients (5.9%) in the placebo-letrozole group. CONCLUSIONS: Among patients with previously untreated ER-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, palbociclib combined with letrozole resulted in significantly longer progression-free survival than that with letrozole alone, although the rates of myelotoxic effects were higher with palbociclib-letrozole. (Funded by Pfizer; PALOMA-2 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT01740427 .).
Authors: Eva Ciruelos; José Manuel Pérez-García; Joaquín Gavilá; Analía Rodríguez; Juan de la Haba-Rodriguez Journal: Clin Drug Investig Date: 2019-07 Impact factor: 2.859
Authors: Wolfgang Wick; Susan Dettmer; Anne Berberich; Tobias Kessler; Irini Karapanagiotou-Schenkel; Antje Wick; Frank Winkler; Elke Pfaff; Benedikt Brors; Jürgen Debus; Andreas Unterberg; Martin Bendszus; Christel Herold-Mende; Andreas Eisenmenger; Andreas von Deimling; David T W Jones; Stefan M Pfister; Felix Sahm; Michael Platten Journal: Neuro Oncol Date: 2019-01-01 Impact factor: 12.300