Multicenter, retrospective population-based study on the incidence of medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients with breast cancer with bone metastases.

Authors

Christine Brunner

Christine Brunner

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Christine Brunner , Christian Marth , Daniel Egle , Magdalena Ritter , Florentina Baumgart , Miriam Elisabeth Emmelheinz , Benjamin Walch , Claudia Iannetti , August Zabernigg , Maria Castellan , Oliver Tibor Andraschofsky , Alice Markl , Michael Hubalek , Michael Schnallinger , Ewald Woell , Sibylle Puntscher , Marjan Arvandi , Uwe Siebert , Emanuel Bruckmoser , Johannes Laimer

Organizations

Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology , Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Visceral, Transplant and Thoracic Surgery (VTT), Center of Operative Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine, County Hospital Kufstein, Kufstein, Kufstein, Austria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, County Hospital Lienz, Lienz, Austria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State Hospital Hall, Hall, Austria, Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, State Hospital Hall, Hall, Austria, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, County Hospital Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine, County Hospital St. Johann, St. Johann, Austria, Saint Vincent Hospital Zams, Zams, Austria, Institute of Public Health, Medical Decision Making and Health Technology Assessment. Department of Public Health, Health Services Research and Health Technology Assessment. UMIT TIROL – University for Health Sciences and Technology, Hall, Austria, Private Practice for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Salzburg, Austria, Salzburg, Austria

Research Funding

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Background: Antiresorptive therapy with bisphosphonates or denosumab is standard care for patients with primary or secondary osseous metastasized breast cancer. The most important toxicity of this class of drugs is medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ). MRONJ represents a major medical burden and impairs quality of life. Based on recent studies, the risk of MRONJ occurrence ranges from 1% to 3%. The objective of this study was to assess the population-based incidence of MRONJ in breast cancer patients with bone metastases in Tyrol, Austria. Methods: This retrospective multicenter study was conducted between 2000 and 2020 at nine centers across Tyrol, Austria, including 8,860 patients with breast cancer. Depending on whether patients with bone metastases received denosumab, bisphosphonates or denosumab following bisphosphonates they were allocated to one of three groups. Data was collected using an electronic case report form (e-CRF) and managed via the web-based database AskiMed. MRONJ incidences with 95% confidence intervals and the differences between the median of cumulative incidences were calculated in patients treated with bisphosphonates and/or denosumab. Results: A total of 639 patients had bone metastasis and received antiresorptive therapy. MRONJ was diagnosed in 56 (8.8%) patients. Regarding the 292 (45.7%) patients treated with denosumab alone, the MRONJ incidence was 11.6% (95%CI 8.2%-15.9%). The group of patients treated with only bisphosphonates included 255 (39.9%) patients; their MRONJ incidence was 2.7% (95%CI 1.1%-5.6%). Of the 92 (14.4%) patients receiving both antiresorptive therapies consecutively, the MRONJ incidence was 16.3% (95%CI 9.4%-25.5%). Thus, a total of 49 (12.8%) MRONJ cases were detected in patients using denosumab alone as well as using the combination of denosumab following bisphosphonates. Patients treated with denosumab developed a MRONJ in median 60 months earlier than with bisphosphonates alone or followed by denosumab. The hazard ratio for MRONJ from start of therapy of denosumab compared to bisphosphonates alone or followed by denosumab was 7.9 (3.8-16.2; p-value < 0.0001). Conclusions: This study showed a substantially higher MRONJ incidence for denosumab alone or bisphosphonates followed by denosumab in the tyrolean cohort when compared to other recent studies. Future comparative real-world-evidence research provide explicit benefit-harm tradeoffs to inform treatment decision making.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Health Services Research and Quality Improvement

Track

Quality Care/Health Services Research

Sub Track

Real-World Data/Outcomes

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr 6588)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.6588

Abstract #

6588

Poster Bd #

80

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