Neoadjuvant everolimus plus letrozole versus fluorouracil, epirubicin and cyclophosphamide for ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer: a randomized pilot trial

Autor: Liang Jin, Heran Deng, Nanyan Rao, Jiewen Chen, Yandan Yao, Yaping Yang, Zhanghai He, Yan Nie, Wei Wu, Jieqiong Liu, Fengxi Su
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Adult
0301 basic medicine
Oncology
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (FEC)
Receptor
ErbB-2

Biopsy
Breast Neoplasms
Pilot Projects
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Breast cancer
Positive axillary lymph node
Internal medicine
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Biomarkers
Tumor

Genetics
medicine
Humans
Everolimus
Randomized neoadjuvant pilot trial
ER-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer
Cyclophosphamide
RC254-282
Aged
Epirubicin
business.industry
Research
Letrozole
Everolimus plus letrozole
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Primary tumor
Treatment Outcome
030104 developmental biology
Receptors
Estrogen

Tolerability
Fluorouracil
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
business
medicine.drug
Zdroj: BMC Cancer, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2021)
BMC Cancer
ISSN: 1471-2407
Popis: BackgroundHere we evaluated the feasibility, efficacy, tolerability, and treatment-mediated immune modulation of neoadjuvant everolimus plus letrozole versus chemotherapy in treating postmenopausal patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer.MethodsPostmenopausal women with ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who had a primary tumor > 2 cm or positive axillary lymph node(s) proofed by biopsy were randomly (1,1) enrolled to receive neoadjuvant everolimus plus letrozole for 18 weeks or fluorouracil, epirubicin plus cyclophosphamide (FEC) for 6 cycles before surgery. Primary outcome was feasibility of the trial. Secondary outcome included ultrasound response rate, pathological complete response rate, breast-conserving surgery rate, toxicities, treatment-mediated immune modulation and biomarkers.ResultsForty patients were randomized. Completion rate was 90.0% in the neoadjuvant endocrine therapy (NET) arm but 70.0% in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) arm. The ultrasound response rate was 65.0% in NET arm and 40.0% in FEC arm, respectively. In terms of the adverse events, clearly favored NET arm. Everolimus plus letrozole increased the ratio of peripheral Tregs to CD4+T cells and tumor PD-L1 expression, and decreased Ki67 index and tumor-infiltrating Tregs, and patients with a greater increase of tumor-specific CTLs showed more sensitive to NET.ConclusionThis pilot trial showed that neoadjuvant everolimus plus letrozole might achieve a favorable ultrasound response rate with low toxicities in treating postmenopausal ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer patients. Everolimus plus letrozole might have positive antitumoral immunity effects. Further large randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm our findings.Trail registrationA Trial of Neoadjuvant Everolimus Plus Letrozole Versus FEC in Women With ER-positive, HER2-negative Breast Cancer, registered on 07/04/2016 and first posted on 18/04/2016,NCT02742051.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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