Disparities in treatment patterns and overall survival (OS) in hormone receptor-positive HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (MBC): A National Cancer Database Analysis.

Authors

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Abby Statler

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH

Abby Statler , Annie Gupta , Cassann N. Blake , Wei (Auston) Wei , Brian P Hobbs , Zeina A. Nahleh

Organizations

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Research Funding

Other
Cleveland Clinic Florida- Maroone Cancer Center

Background: Determinants of variation in therapy utilization and OS are unclear for patients diagnosed with hormone receptor+, human epidermal growth factor 2 positive (HER2+) MBC. This study aimed to identify if there are disparities in first-line treatment patterns and outcomes for this subpopulation of MBC patients. Methods: We analyzed MBC patients included in the National Cancer Database diagnosed with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) and/or progesterone receptor-positive (PR+) and HER2+ disease (i.e. triple positive) treated with endocrine therapy or chemotherapy between 2010 and 2015. Analyses describe the distribution of treatments administered in the first-line setting. Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate distributions of OS, which were compared among patient cohorts using the log-rank test. Results: Of the 6215 patients diagnosed with triple positive MBC, the majority were 50-70 years old (n=3414 [55%]), female (n= 6122 [98%]), and white (n=4478 [72%]). Four distinct treatment patters were identified; hormonal therapy was the most common (n= 2289 [37%]), followed by hormonal therapy + anit-HER2 (n=1471 [24%]), chemotherapy (1280 [20%]), and chemotherapy + anit-HER2 (n=1175 (19%)). Significant differences in demographic, socioeconomic, and disease characteristics were identified across groups. Disparities in OS were also observed; the unadjusted 5-year OS was substantially lower among older patients, African Americans (AA), those with government insurance, and lower income (Table). Conclusions: This is the first study to report disparities in treatment patterns and OS among real-world triple positive MBC patients. Further investigation is required to determine if there are independent causal associations between poor prognosis and the identified demographic and socioeconomic characteristics.

FactorLevelMedian 5 year OSP-value
Age<500.55< 0.0001
50-700.39
>700.20
SexFemale0.400.02
Male0.24
RaceWhite (Non-Hispanic)0.40<0.0001
AA0.31
Asian0.52
Hispanic/Latinos0.53
Others0.68
InsuranceGovernment0.28<0.0001
Not Insured0.40
Private0.52
Income<38K0.28<0.0001
38-68 K0.39
>68 K0.48

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2019 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—Metastatic

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

HER2-Positive

Citation

J Clin Oncol 37, 2019 (suppl; abstr 1032)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.1032

Abstract #

1032

Poster Bd #

113

Abstract Disclosures