1. Everolimus plus exemestane for hormone-receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-negative advanced breast cancer: overall survival results from BOLERO-2 †
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Piccart, M, Hortobagyi, GN, Campone, M, Pritchard, KI, Lebrun, F, Ito, Y, Noguchi, S, Perez, A, Rugo, HS, Deleu, I, Burris, HA, Provencher, L, Neven, P, Gnant, M, Shtivelband, M, Wu, C, Fan, J, Feng, W, Taran, T, and Baselga, J
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Clinical Research ,Cancer ,Breast Cancer ,Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities ,Aging ,6.1 Pharmaceuticals ,Evaluation of treatments and therapeutic interventions ,Androstadienes ,Breast Neoplasms ,Double-Blind Method ,ErbB Receptors ,Everolimus ,Female ,Humans ,Placebos ,Sirolimus ,Survival Analysis ,everolimus ,hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer ,exemestane ,overall survival ,Oncology and Carcinogenesis ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis - Abstract
BackgroundThe BOLERO-2 study previously demonstrated that adding everolimus (EVE) to exemestane (EXE) significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) by more than twofold in patients with hormone-receptor-positive (HR(+)), HER2-negative advanced breast cancer that recurred or progressed during/after treatment with nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitors (NSAIs). The overall survival (OS) analysis is presented here.Patients and methodsBOLERO-2 is a phase III, double-blind, randomized international trial comparing EVE 10 mg/day plus EXE 25 mg/day versus placebo (PBO) + EXE 25 mg/day in postmenopausal women with HR(+) advanced breast cancer with prior exposure to NSAIs. The primary end point was PFS by local investigator assessment; OS was a key secondary end point.ResultsAt the time of data cutoff (3 October 2013), 410 deaths had occurred and 13 patients remained on treatment. Median OS in patients receiving EVE + EXE was 31.0 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 28.0-34.6 months] compared with 26.6 months (95% CI 22.6-33.1 months) in patients receiving PBO + EXE (hazard ratio = 0.89; 95% CI 0.73-1.10; log-rank P = 0.14). Poststudy treatments were received by 84% of patients in the EVE + EXE arm versus 90% of patients in the PBO + EXE arm. Types of poststudy therapies were balanced across arms, except for chemotherapy (53% EVE + EXE versus 63% PBO + EXE). No new safety concerns were identified.ConclusionsIn BOLERO-2, adding EVE to EXE did not confer a statistically significant improvement in the secondary end point OS despite producing a clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement in the primary end point, PFS (4.6-months prolongation in median PFS; P < 0.0001). Ongoing translational research should further refine the benefit of mTOR inhibition and related pathways in this treatment setting.Trial registration numberNCT00863655.
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- 2014