Alternative dosing regimen of exemestane in a randomized presurgical trial: the role of obesity in biomarker modulation

Autor: Harriet Johansson, Aliana Guerrieri-Gonzaga, Sara Gandini, Bjørn-Erik Bertelsen, Debora Macis, Davide Serrano, Gunnar Mellgren, Matteo Lazzeroni, Parijatham S. Thomas, Katherine D. Crew, Nagi B. Kumar, Irene Maria Briata, Viviana Galimberti, Giuseppe Viale, Lana A. Vornik, Valentina Aristarco, Tania Buttiron Webber, Stefano Spinaci, Powel H. Brown, Brandy M. Heckman-Stoddard, Eva Szabo, Bernardo Bonanni, Andrea DeCensi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: npj Breast Cancer, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2374-4677
DOI: 10.1038/s41523-024-00616-8
Popis: Abstract In a 3-arm presurgical trial, four-six weeks exemestane 25 mg three times/week (TIW) was non-inferior to 25 mg/day (QD) in suppressing circulating estradiol in postmenopausal women with ER-positive breast cancer. Since obesity may decrease exemestane efficacy, we analyzed changes in sex steroids, adipokines, Ki-67, and drug levels in relation to obesity. Postmenopausal women with early-stage ER-positive breast cancer were randomized to either exemestane 25 mg QD (n = 57), 25 mg TIW (n = 57), or 25 mg/week (QW, n = 62) for 4–6 weeks before breast surgery. Serum and tissue pre- and post-treatment biomarkers were stratified by body mass index (BMI)< or ≥30 kg/m2. Post-treatment median exemestane and 17-OH exemestane levels were 5–6 times higher in the QD arm compared to the TIW arm. For obese women, TIW maintained comparable reductions to QD in systemic estradiol levels, although the reduction in estrone was less with the TIW regimen. There was less suppression of SHBG with the TIW versus the QD dose schedule in obese women which should result in less systemic bioavailable estrogens. Metabolically, the effect of the TIW regimen was similar to the QD regimen for obese women in terms of leptin suppression and increase in the adiponectin-leptin ratio. Reduction in tissue Ki-67 was less for obese women on the TIW regimen than QD, although changes were similar for non-obese women. Our findings suggest that TIW exemestane should be explored further for primary cancer prevention in both normal weight and obese cohorts.
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