Everolimus Plus Exemestane in Advanced Breast Cancer: Safety Results of the BALLET Study on Patients Previously Treated Without and with Chemotherapy in the Metastatic Setting

Autor: Generali D, Montemurro F, Bordonaro R, Mafodda A, Romito S, Michelotti A, Piovano P, Ionta MT, Bighin C, Sartori D, Frassoldati A, Cazzaniga ME, Riccardi F, Testore F, Vici P, Barone CA, Schirone A, Piacentini F, Nolè F, Molino A, Latini L, Simoncini EL, Roila F, Cognetti F, Nuzzo F, Foglietta J, Minisini AM, Goffredo F, Portera G, Ascione G, Mariani G, Cazzaniga M, contributor
Přispěvatelé: Generali, D, Montemurro, F, Bordonaro, R, Mafodda, A, Romito, S, Michelotti, A, Piovano, P, Ionta, M, Bighin, C, Sartori, D, Frassoldati, A, Cazzaniga, M, Riccardi, F, Testore, F, Vici, P, Barone, C, Schirone, A, Piacentini, F, Nolè, F, Molino, A, Latini, L, Simoncini, E, Roila, F, Cognetti, F, Nuzzo, F, Foglietta, J, Minisini, A, Goffredo, F, Portera, G, Ascione, G, Mariani, G, Contributor, Generali, Daniele, Montemurro, F., Bordonaro, R., Mafodda, A., Romito, S., Michelotti, A., Piovano, P., Ionta, M. T., Bighin, C., Sartori, D., Frassoldati, A., Cazzaniga, M. E., Riccardi, F., Testore, F., Vici, P., Barone, C. A. ., Schirone, Alice, Piacentini, F., Nolè, F., Molino, A., Latini, L., Simoncini, E. L., Roila, F., Cognetti, Francesca, Nuzzo, Federica, Foglietta, J., Minisini, A. M., Goffredo, F., Portera, G., Ascione, G., Mariani, G.
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Oncology
Cancer Research
Advanced breast cancer
Everolimus
Hormone-receptor positive
Real life
Safety
medicine.medical_treatment
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Exemestane
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Medicine
Neoplasm Metastasis
Aged
80 and over

advanced breast cancer
everolimus
hormone-receptor positive
real life
safety
Middle Aged
Metastatic breast cancer
Everolimu
Italy
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Female
medicine.drug
Hormone‐receptor positive
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
Socio-culturale
Breast Neoplasms
Everolimus Plus Exemestane
Advanced Breast Cancer
BALLET Study

03 medical and health sciences
Breast cancer
Internal medicine
Post-hoc analysis
Breast Cancer
Humans
Adverse effect
Aged
Chemotherapy
business.industry
medicine.disease
Androstadienes
Regimen
030104 developmental biology
chemistry
business
Zdroj: The oncologist. 22(6)
ISSN: 1549-490X
Popis: BACKGROUND: The BALLET study was an open-label, multicenter, expanded access study designed to allow treatment with everolimus plus exemestane in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer progressed following prior endocrine therapy. A post hoc analysis to evaluate if previous chemotherapy in the metastatic setting affects the safety profile of the combination regimen of everolimus and exemestane was conducted on the Italian subset, as it represented the major part of the patients enrolled (54%). PATIENTS AND METHODS: One thousand one hundred and fifty-one Italian patients were included in the present post hoc analysis, which focused on two sets of patients: patients who never received chemotherapy in the metastatic setting (36.1%) and patients who received at least one chemotherapy treatment in the metastatic setting (63.9%). RESULTS: One thousand one hundred and sixteen patients (97.0%) prematurely discontinued the study drug, and the main reasons reported were disease progression (39.1%), local reimbursement of everolimus (31.1%), and adverse events (AEs) (16.1%). The median duration of study treatment exposure was 139.5 days for exemestane and 135.0 days for everolimus. At least one AE was experienced by 92.5% of patients. The incidence of everolimus-related AEs was higher (83.9%) when compared with those that occurred with exemestane (29.1%), and the most commonly reported everolimus-related AE was stomatitis (51.3%). However, no significant difference in terms of safety related to the combination occurred between patients without and with chemotherapy in the metastatic setting. CONCLUSION: Real-life data of the Italian patients BALLET-related cohort were an adequate setting to state that previous chemotherapy did not affect the safety profile of the combination regimen of everolimus and exemestane. The Oncologist 2017;22:1-8Implications for Practice: With the advent of new targeted agents for advanced or metastatic breast cancer, multiple lines of therapy may be possible, and components of the combined regimens can overlap from one line to another. Thus, it is important to assess even the potential of cumulative and additive toxic effects among the drugs. Previous chemotherapy did not affect the safety profile of the combination regimen of everolimus and exemestane. The continuous monitoring of the safety signals of this drug combination from general clinical practice is important, in particular for stomatitis.
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