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Serum thymidine kinase activity in patients with hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer treated with palbociclib and fulvestrant.

Luca Malorni1, Svitlana Tyekucheva2, Florentine S Hilbers3, Michail Ignatiadis4, Patrick Neven5, Marco Colleoni6, Stéphanie Henry7, Alberto Ballestrero8, Andrea Bonetti9, Guy Jerusalem10, Konstantinos Papadimitriou11, Antonio Bernardo12, Elena Seles13, Francois P Duhoux14, Iain R MacPherson15, Alastair Thomson16, David Mark Davies17, Mattias Bergqvist18, Ilenia Migliaccio19, Géraldine Gebhart20, Gabriele Zoppoli21, Judith M Bliss22, Matteo Benelli23, Amelia McCartney24, Roswitha Kammler25, Heidi De Swert26, Barbara Ruepp27, Debora Fumagalli28, Rudolf Maibach29, David Cameron30, Sherene Loi31, Martine Piccart32, Meredith M Regan33.   

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Biomarkers for cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitors, such as palbociclib, for patients with hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer are lacking. Thymidine kinase is a proliferation marker downstream of the cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 pathway. We prospectively investigated the prognostic role of serum thymidine kinase activity (sTKa), in patients treated with Palbociclib + fulvestrant. PATIENTS AND METHODS: PYTHIA was a phase II, single-arm, multicentre, trial that enrolled 124 post-menopausal women with endocrine-resistant hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer. Serum samples were collected pre-treatment (pre-trt; n = 122), at day 15 of cycle 1 (D15; n = 108), during the one week-off palbociclib before initiating cycle 2 (D28; n = 108) and at end of treatment (n = 76). sTKa was determined centrally using Divitum®, a refined ELISA-based assay with a limit of detection of 20 Divitum Units (Du)/L. The primary study endpoint was progression-free survival, assessed for its association with pre- and on-treatment sTKa.
RESULTS: Data from 122 women were analysed. Pre-treatment sTKa was not associated with clinical characteristics and moderately correlated with tissue Ki-67. Palbociclib + fulvestrant markedly suppressed sTKa levels at D15, with 83% of patients recording levels below limit of detection. At D28, sTKa showed a rebound in 60% of patients. At each timepoint, higher sTKa was associated with shorter progression-free survival (each p < 0.001), with the strongest effect at D15.
CONCLUSIONS: STKa is an independent prognostic biomarker in patients treated with palbociclib. High pre-treatment sTKa and its incomplete suppression during treatment may identify patients with poorer prognosis and primary resistance. This warrants validation in prospective comparative trials. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV IDENTIFIER: NCT02536742; EudraCT 2014-005387-15.
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Keywords:  Breast cancer; Fulvestrant; Palbociclib; Prognostic factors; Serum markers; Thymidine kinase

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Year:  2022        PMID: 35172272     DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2021.12.030

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Eur J Cancer        ISSN: 0959-8049            Impact factor:   9.162


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