Real-world treatment patterns and outcomes in ER+/PR+/HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients: A National Cancer Database analysis.

Authors

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Abby Statler

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH

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

Organizations

Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Florida, El Paso, TX, Taussig Cancer Institute and Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL

Research Funding

Other
Cleveland Clinic Florida- Maroone Cancer Center

Background: Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes are unclear for MBC patients diagnosed with estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) and/or progesterone receptor-positive (PR+) human epidermal growth factor 2 positive (HER2+) disease (i.e. triple positive). This study aimed to: 1) examine the utilization of first-line therapy among ER+/PR+/HER2+ MBC patients and 2) compare overall survival (OS) between the identified regimens. Methods: We analyzed triple positive MBC patients included in the National Cancer Database who were treated with endocrine therapy (ET) or chemotherapy (chemo) between 2010 and 2015. Kaplan-Meier method was used to estimate distributions of OS, which were compared among patient cohorts using the log-rank test. Results: A total of 6,234 patients were included in the analysis; of these, 3770 (60%) received ET and 2464 (40%) received chemo. Of those with complete survival data, there was no difference in median OS between patients treated with chemo vs. ET; however, those who received anti-HER2 therapy had significantly better OS than those who did not (median OS 49.4 vs. 41.0 months, p < 0.0001). Median OS stratified by ET or chemo with and without anti-HER2 further supported these findings, revealing the addition of anit-HER2 therapy to chemotherapy and ET resulted in superior median OS (Table). Conclusions: This is the first study to evaluate treatment utilization and OS among real-world triple positive MBC patients treated with ET or chemo. Our results suggest the majority of patients in the United States are treated with first-line ET; furthermore, the reported OS outcomes support the consideration of ET plus anti-HER2 therapy as a first-line treatment option for ER+/PR+/HER2+ MBC. Prospective trials evaluating de-escalation of systemic therapy in this subgroup of patients and future research to identify biomarkers to determine which patients can avoid chemotherapy are warranted.

GroupTotal NNumber of DeathsMedian OS Months (95%CI)P-value
Chemo115163238.4 ( 33.8 , 43.0 )< 0.0001
Chemo + Anti-Her272623946.8 ( 44.9 , NA )
ET1995104242.3 ( 39.5 , 45.6 )
ET + Anti-Her293624556.0 ( 45.1 , NA )

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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 1033)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2019.37.15_suppl.1033

Abstract #

1033

Poster Bd #

114

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