Neoadjuvant Nivolumab Plus Carboplatin/Paclitaxel Elicits High pCR Rates in Early-Stage TNBC
December 8th 2023Neoadjuvant nivolumab and non–anthracycline containing chemotherapy produced promising pathologic complete response rates regardless of whether nivolumab was administered before or during treatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel in patients with stage I to IIB triple-negative breast cancer.
Dr Schmid on the Use of Perioperative Pembrolizumab in TNBC
December 8th 2023Peter Schmid, MD, PhD, discusses updated event-free survival findings from the phase 3 KEYNOTE-522 trial of neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab in patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.
Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab compared with placebo plus chemotherapy continued to show a clinically meaningful improvement in event-free survival in patients with high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.
Zanidatamab Triplet Shows Positive PFS Outcomes in HR+/HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
Zanidatamab in combination with palbociclib and fulvestrant resulted in positive progression-free survival outcomes and exhibited an acceptable safety profile in patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.
Atezolizumab Plus Neoadjuvant HP/Chemo Does Not Significantly Improve pCR in HER2+ Breast Cancer
The addition of atezolizumab to neoadjuvant trastuzumab plus pertuzumab (HP) and chemotherapy led to a numerical, but not statistically significant, increase in pathologic complete response vs HP/chemotherapy alone in patients with HER2-positive operable breast cancer.
Adjuvant T-DM1 Provides Sustained Survival Benefit in HER2+ Early Breast Cancer
December 8th 2023Adjuvant ado-trastuzumab emtansine continued to improve overall survival and invasive disease-free survival vs trastuzumab after 8.4 years of follow-up in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer and residual invasive disease following neoadjuvant therapy enrolled in the phase 3 KATHERINE trial.
SIM0270 Demonstrates Early Antitumor Activity in ER+/HER2– Advanced/Metastatic Breast Cancer
December 8th 2023The brain-penetrant oral selective estrogen receptor degrader SIM0270 exhibited a favorable safety profile and early signals of antitumor activity in patients with estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, including those with ESR1 mutations.
Ribociclib Plus Nonsteroidal Aromatase Inhibitor Improves iDFS in HR+ HER2- Early Breast Cancer
December 8th 2023A continued statistically significant improvement in iDFS was observed for patients with HR-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer who received ribociclib plus a nonsteroidal AI vs a nonsteroidal AI alone, according to the final iDFS analysis of the phase 3 NATALEE trial.
Elacestrant Improves PFS in ESR1-Mutant Metastatic Breast Cancer Subgroups
December 8th 2023Treatment with elacestrant led to a clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free-survival compared with standard-of-care therapy among patients with estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
Dr Damodaran on Futibatinib Plus Fulvestrant in FGFR1-Amplified HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer
December 7th 2023Senthil Damodaran, MD, PhD, discusses the efficacy of futibatinib plus fulvestrant in patients with FGFR1-amplified metastatic hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative breast cancer according to findings from the phase 2 FOENIX-MBC2 trial.
T-DXd Yields Early Activity in HER2+/HER2-Low Breast Cancer With Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
Treatment with trastuzumab deruxtecan generated clinical responses in patients with HER2-low or HER2-positive advanced breast cancer with pathologically confirmed leptomeningeal carcinomatosis.
Datopotamab Deruxtecan Prolongs PFS in HR+/HER2- Inoperable or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Datopotamab deruxtecan resulted in a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival compared with chemotherapy among patients with previously treated, hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative inoperable or metastatic breast cancer.
T-DXd Demonstrates Real-World Efficacy in Advanced Breast Cancer With Dynamic HER2 Expression
Administration of fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan significantly prolonged time-to-next treatment in patients with HER2-positive or HER2-low metastatic breast cancer, including patients who experienced changes in HER2 status during the treatment course.
PFS Benefit Observed With Tucatinib Plus T-DM1 in Previously Treated HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer
December 6th 2023The addition of tucatinib to ado-trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) significantly improved progression-free survival vs placebo plus T-DM1 in patients with previously treated HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, including those with brain metastases.
Maintenance Pembrolizumab/Olaparib Misses Survival End Points in Locally Advanced or Metastatic TNBC
Pembrolizumab plus olaparib did not improve progression-free or overall survival vs pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer who received induction pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy.
BDC-1001 Plus Pertuzumab Is Under Exploration in HER2+ Breast Cancer
The phase 2 BBI-20231001 trial evaluating the Boltbody immune-stimulating antibody conjugate BDC-1001 with or without pertuzumab in patients with HER2-positive breast adenocarcinoma is open for enrollment in the United States, France, Italy, and Spain.
Neoadjuvant Pembrolizumab Plus Chemo Improves pCR Across Key ER+ Breast Cancer Subgroups
The addition of pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab plus endocrine therapy improved pathologic complete responses in key subsets of patients with early-stage, high-risk, estrogen receptor–positive/HER2-negative breast cancer enrolled in the phase 3 KEYNOTE-756 trial.
Capivasertib Maintains QOL Benefit Vs Placebo in HR+/HER2– Advanced Breast Cancer
December 6th 2023Capivasertib plus fulvestrant did not negatively affect quality of life compared with placebo plus fulvestrant in patients with aromatase inhibitor–resistant, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
Neoadjuvant Platinum Plus Standard Chemotherapy Improves Survival in TNBC
December 10th 2022The addition of carboplatin to taxane-anthracycline chemotherapy led to a significant improvement in event-free survival and overall survival as neoadjuvant therapy in patients with operable and locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer.
Sacituzumab Govitecan Shows Sustained Survival Improvement in HR+/HER2– Breast Cancer
Sacituzumab govitecan prolonged survival vs treatment of physician’s choice in pretreated patients with hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer regardless of Trop-2 expression, according to updated findings from the phase 3 TROPiCS-02 trial.