Haval Norman1, Kimberley T Lee2, Vered Stearns3, Sara R Alcorn4, Neha S Mangini5. 1. Department of Pharmacy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: hnorman3@jhmi.edu. 2. Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Department of Breast Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL. 3. Department of Oncology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 4. Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 5. Department of Pharmacy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Palbociclib is a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor with a primary toxicity of myelosuppression, especially neutropenia, due to cytostatic CDK6 inhibition on bone marrow. Preclinical studies suggest palbociclib may enhance radiation toxicity, but this was only evaluated in limited case series of palliative radiotherapy and not specific to radiation targeting bony metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a single institution retrospective cohort study. We included female patients who initiated palbociclib for advanced breast cancer between 2015 and 2019. The primary exposure was receipt of palliative radiation to bony metastases within 1 year prior to starting palbociclib. The primary outcome was the incidence and severity of myelosuppression during cycle one. Secondary outcomes include treatment interruptions and cycle 2 dose reductions, with subgroup analysis of radiation timing, type, dose, and location. RESULTS: Of the 247 patients, 47 received radiation to bone metastases. Only absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) after cycle one of palbociclib was significantly lower in the group receiving radiation (median ALC 0.84 vs. 1.10 K/mm3, P < .001), with similar rates of neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Patients who received ≥10 fractions radiation were more likely to have cycle one interrupted than those receiving shorter radiation courses (42.9% vs. 11.1%, P = .03). No radiation characteristics were associated with other hematologic toxicities or dose reduction. CONCLUSION: Palliative bone radiation within 1 year prior to palbociclib initiation was associated with greater lymphopenia during the first cycle than patients unexposed to radiation, but not neutropenia, anemia, or thrombocytopenia that would modify treatment.
BACKGROUND: Palbociclib is a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) 4/6 inhibitor with a primary toxicity of myelosuppression, especially neutropenia, due to cytostatic CDK6 inhibition on bone marrow. Preclinical studies suggest palbociclib may enhance radiation toxicity, but this was only evaluated in limited case series of palliative radiotherapy and not specific to radiation targeting bony metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a single institution retrospective cohort study. We included female patients who initiated palbociclib for advanced breast cancer between 2015 and 2019. The primary exposure was receipt of palliative radiation to bony metastases within 1 year prior to starting palbociclib. The primary outcome was the incidence and severity of myelosuppression during cycle one. Secondary outcomes include treatment interruptions and cycle 2 dose reductions, with subgroup analysis of radiation timing, type, dose, and location. RESULTS: Of the 247 patients, 47 received radiation to bone metastases. Only absolute lymphocyte count (ALC) after cycle one of palbociclib was significantly lower in the group receiving radiation (median ALC 0.84 vs. 1.10 K/mm3, P < .001), with similar rates of neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Patients who received ≥10 fractions radiation were more likely to have cycle one interrupted than those receiving shorter radiation courses (42.9% vs. 11.1%, P = .03). No radiation characteristics were associated with other hematologic toxicities or dose reduction. CONCLUSION: Palliative bone radiation within 1 year prior to palbociclib initiation was associated with greater lymphopenia during the first cycle than patients unexposed to radiation, but not neutropenia, anemia, or thrombocytopenia that would modify treatment.
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