Patient characteristics associated with primary prophylactic granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) use among women treated for early-stage breast cancer.

Authors

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Grace B Gallagher

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Grace B Gallagher , Kelli O'Connell , Jenna Bhimani , Victoria Susana Blinder , Rachael P Burganowski , Jennifer J. Griggs , Tatjana Kolevska , Candyce Kroenke , Cecile Laurent , Raymond Liu , Kanichi G Nakata , Sonia Persaud , Donna Rivera , Janise M. Roh , Emily Valice , Peng Wang , Elisa Victoria Bandera , Erin Aiello Bowles , Lawrence H. Kushi , Elizabeth Kantor

Organizations

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, Rogel Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, Department of Hematology Oncology, Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco, CA, National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Rockville, MD, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Research Funding

National Cancer Institute
Geoffrey Beene Cancer Research Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Background: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends several chemotherapy regimens for early-stage breast cancer that have elevated risk of neutropenia (>20%). In these regimens, primary prophylactic use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is recommended. Little is known about how patient-level factors relate to receipt of prophylactic G-CSF among women receiving these regimens. Methods: In the Optimal Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Dosing (OBCD) Study, we examined use of G-CSF among women with stage I-IIIA breast cancer between 2005-2019 in Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) and Kaiser Permanente Washington (KPWA). We evaluated the patient-level factors associated with primary prophylactic G-CSF use (≤7 days before to ≤3 days after first day of chemotherapy) among women receiving chemotherapy regimens with high risk of neutropenia, for which the NCCN guidelines recommend prophylactic G-CSF use. Multivariable-adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and their corresponding 95% Confidence Intervals (95% CI) were calculated using generalized linear models of the Poisson family with a log link-function and robust standard errors. Results: Overall, while all 3,083 women receiving these regimens ultimately received G-CSF, 2412 (79%) received primary prophylactic G-CSF within the period 7 days prior to 3 days post first cycle. Younger women had higher prevalence of prophylactic G-CSF receipt (82.7% in ages 18-39 years vs. 58.1% in 70+ years). Black women had higher prevalence of receipt compared to white women (82.7% in non-Hispanic Black women vs 76.1% in White women). Women with a higher body mass index (BMI) had lower prevalence of receipt compared to normal weight women (73.3% in 35+ kg/m2 group vs 81.5% in 18.5-<25 kg/m2 group). In multivariable models, older women were less likely to receive prophylactic G-CSF (PR70+ vs 18-39: 0.69; 95% CI: 0.57-0.84; p-trend<0.001), as were those with a higher BMI (PRBMI 35+ vs 18.5-<25: 0.92; 95% CI: 0.85, 0.97; p-trend=0.006), and a later year of diagnosis (PR2016-19 vs 2005-07: 0.81; 95% CI: 0.77, 0.85; p-trend<0.001). Although race/ethnicity was not significantly associated with receipt of prophylactic G-CSF use overall in multivariable models, we observed Non-Hispanic Black women to experience slightly higher likelihood of G-CSF receipt than Non-Hispanic White women (PR: 1.08; 95% CI: 1.02, 1.15). Conclusions: Women of older age and those with higher BMI were less likely to receive primary prophylactic G-CSF, as were women treated in later years. Further research looking at timing of G-CSF use is warranted, as are studies examining provider/facility-level factors in relation to patterns of G-CSF use, G-CSF’s impact on survival outcomes, and the real-world impact of decisions around G-CSF use across age, BMI, and racial/ethnic groups.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2024 ASCO Annual Meeting

Session Type

Publication Only

Session Title

Publication Only: Breast Cancer—Local/Regional/Adjuvant

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Local-Regional Therapy

Citation

J Clin Oncol 42, 2024 (suppl 16; abstr e12605)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2024.42.16_suppl.e12605

Abstract #

e12605

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