TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative biomarker analysis of PALOMA-2/3 trials for palbociclib
AU - Zhu, Zhou
AU - Turner, Nicholas C.
AU - Loi, Sherene
AU - André, Fabrice
AU - Martin, Miguel
AU - Diéras, Véronique
AU - Gelmon, Karen A.
AU - Harbeck, Nadia
AU - Zhang, Cathy
AU - Cao, Joan Q.
AU - Yan, Zhengming
AU - Lu, Dongrui R.
AU - Wei, Ping
AU - VanArsdale, Todd L.
AU - Rejto, Paul A.
AU - Huang, Xin
AU - Rugo, Hope S.
AU - Loibl, Sibylle
AU - Cristofanilli, Massimo
AU - Finn, Richard S.
AU - Liu, Yuan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/12/1
Y1 - 2022/12/1
N2 - While cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors, including palbociclib, combined with endocrine therapy (ET), are becoming the standard-of-care for hormone receptor–positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2‒negative metastatic breast cancer, further mechanistic insights are needed to maximize benefit from the treatment regimen. Herein, we conducted a systematic comparative analysis of gene expression/progression-free survival relationship from two phase 3 trials (PALOMA-2 [first-line] and PALOMA-3 [≥second-line]). In the ET-only arm, there was no inter-therapy line correlation. However, adding palbociclib resulted in concordant biomarkers independent of initial ET responsiveness, with shared sensitivity genes enriched in estrogen response and resistance genes over-represented by mTORC1 signaling and G2/M checkpoint. Biomarker patterns from the combination arm resembled patterns observed in ET in advanced treatment-naive patients, especially patients likely to be endocrine-responsive. Our findings suggest palbociclib may recondition endocrine-resistant tumors to ET, and may guide optimal therapeutic sequencing by partnering CDK4/6 inhibitors with different ETs. Pfizer (NCT01740427; NCT01942135).
AB - While cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitors, including palbociclib, combined with endocrine therapy (ET), are becoming the standard-of-care for hormone receptor–positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2‒negative metastatic breast cancer, further mechanistic insights are needed to maximize benefit from the treatment regimen. Herein, we conducted a systematic comparative analysis of gene expression/progression-free survival relationship from two phase 3 trials (PALOMA-2 [first-line] and PALOMA-3 [≥second-line]). In the ET-only arm, there was no inter-therapy line correlation. However, adding palbociclib resulted in concordant biomarkers independent of initial ET responsiveness, with shared sensitivity genes enriched in estrogen response and resistance genes over-represented by mTORC1 signaling and G2/M checkpoint. Biomarker patterns from the combination arm resembled patterns observed in ET in advanced treatment-naive patients, especially patients likely to be endocrine-responsive. Our findings suggest palbociclib may recondition endocrine-resistant tumors to ET, and may guide optimal therapeutic sequencing by partnering CDK4/6 inhibitors with different ETs. Pfizer (NCT01740427; NCT01942135).
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U2 - 10.1038/s41698-022-00297-1
DO - 10.1038/s41698-022-00297-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85136137422
SN - 2397-768X
VL - 6
JO - npj Precision Oncology
JF - npj Precision Oncology
IS - 1
M1 - 56
ER -