Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) for prediction of response to platinum-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

Authors

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Sheyda Abdullaeva

N.N. Petrov National Research Oncology Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

Sheyda Abdullaeva , Tatiana Semiglazova , Anna Artemyeva , Vladislav Semiglazov , Petr Krivorotko , Vladimir Semiglazov

Organizations

N.N. Petrov National Research Oncology Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, N.N. Petrov National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, N.N. Petrov National Medicine Research Center of Oncology, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation

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No funding received
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Background: According to several previous trials the rate of pathological complete response (pCR) for patients with TNBC is increased when carboplatin is added to NACT. However, it is largely unknown which group of patients would truly benefit from platinum-based NACT and for whom chemotherapy could be de-escalated. Several clinical trials have evaluated the stromal TILs as an important prognostic and predictive biomarker in breast cancer. We assessed the pCR rates and the outcomes in patients with TNBC randomized to receive NACT ± Carboplatin regarding TILs status. Methods: The clinical data were obtained from 132 patients diagnosed with TNBC (ER&PgR < 10%) and treated with either anthracycline-taxane NACT (n = 68) or сarboplatin-based chemotherapy (n = 64) from 2017 to 2022 at N.N. Petrov National Medicine Research Center of Oncology. TILs were evaluated in 132 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tumor tissue samples stained with H&E at baseline biopsies according to guidelines from the International TILs Working Group. Classification of TILs into low ( < 10%), intermediate (≤10% to < 40%) and high (≥ 40%) levels was performed. Data are presented using the methods of descriptive statistics. The differences between groups were assessed using the Сhi-square test. P-values below 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Results: The proportion of patients who achieved a pCR was higher in the carboplatin group 66% than in patients without carboplatin 35% (OR 3,5; 95% CI 1,71-7,17; p = 0,0006). There were 25 (18.9%), 77 (58.3%) and 30 (22.7%) patients with low ( < 10%), intermediate (≤10% to < 40%) and high (≥ 40%) levels of TILs, respectively. In total, the tumors with high TILs had a pCR rate of 63.3%, compared with 46.1% for low TILs (OR 2,0; 95% CI 0,87-4,67; p = 0,097). No significant statistical difference in pCR rates was shown between carboplatin-based and standard NACT groups with high TILs - 71% and 54%, respectively (OR 2,06; 95% CI 0,45-9,30; p = 0,346). When analyzing a group with low TILs infiltration, the pCR was more frequent in the platinum-based 64% compared to 31% in the standard NACT group (OR 3,9; 95% CI 1,72-9,00; p = 0,0011). Conclusions: These data may support the de-escalation of carboplatin-based NACT in patients diagnosed with TNBC with high TILs infiltration. Further investigations are warranted to explore the predictive value of TILs in platinum-based NACT.

Long-term efficacy analysis concerning progress-free survival is going to be performed.

NACT
(n = 68)
NACT+Cb
(n = 64)
p-value
Age - median (range)47 (29-75)45 (26-70)p = 0.88
Grade 2 - n. (%)9 (13%)9 (14%)p = 0.89
Grade 3 - n. (%)59 (87%)55 (86%)
I stage - n. (%)2 (3%)2 (3%)p = 0.07
II stage - n. (%)36 (53%)46 (72%)
III stage - n. (%)30 (44%)16 (25%)
LN positive - n. (%)46 (68%)38 (59%)p = 0.32
LN negative - n. (%)22 (32%)26 (41%)
pCR - n. (%)24 (35%)42 (66%)p = 0.0006

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2023 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Breast Cancer—Local/Regional/Adjuvant

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Neoadjuvant Therapy

Citation

J Clin Oncol 41, 2023 (suppl 16; abstr e12620)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2023.41.16_suppl.e12620

Abstract #

e12620

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