8. Aromatase inhibitor (AI)
• Non-steroidal
– block the peripheral conversion of androgens to
estrogens by inhibiting the heme porphyrin
portion of aromatase
– Letrozole (Femara®) & Anastrozle (Arimidex®)
• Steroidal
– binding irreversibly to the androgen binding site
– Exemestane (Aromasin®)
11. Postmenopausal adjuvant endocrine
therapy
勝
(DFS,OS Letrozole for 5 years
Tamoxifen for 5 years in LN+
MA.17
MA.17 Placebo for 5 years
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12. 勝 (DFS and
Postmenopausal adjuvant endocrine DMFS)
therapy
勝 (DFS and
OS)
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28. Reduction in percentage positive Ki67 Percentage of patient cases attaining a natural
from baseline to day 15 logarithm of percentage positive Ki67
of less than 1 at day 15
J Clin Oncol 2009;27:2630-7
31. Fulvestrant vs. Exemestane post non-
steroidal AI
P=0.6531
3.7 months
Duration 9.3 months
3.7 months
Duration 8.3 months
J Clin Oncol 2008;26:1664-70.
32. Everolimus + tamoxifen vs. tamoxifen
• Randomized phase 2 study
• 111 postmenopausal women
• ER-positive advanced breast cancer
• previously treated with an aromatase inhibitor
• PFS
– 8.6 months vs. 4.5 months, P = 0.002
• OS
– median not reached vs. 24.4 months, P = 0.01
33rd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer
Symposium, San Antonio, TX,
December 8–12, 2010.
33.
34. Everolimus in Postmenopausal
Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
Study design
• International
• Double-blind randomized (2:1)
• Phase 3 study
• oral everolimus (10 mg qd) or matching
placebo in conjunction with exemestane (25
mg qd)
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
35. Everolimus in Postmenopausal
Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
Patients
• postmenopausal women
• ER-positive
• nonamplified HER2
• refractory to previous letrozole or anastrozole
– recurrence during or within 12 months after the
end of adjuvant treatment
– progression during or within 1 month after the
end of treatment for advanced disease
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
36. Everolimus in Postmenopausal
Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
End point
• Primary: PFS
• Secondary
– overall survival
– overall response rate
– clinical benefit rate
– time to deterioration of ECOG performance status
– safety
– Quality of life
• the European Organization for Research and Treatment of
Cancer quality-of life core questionnaire (QLQ-C30)
• the breast cancer module (QLQ-BR23)
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
41. Everolimus in Postmenopausal
Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
Safety
• Serious adverse events
– combination-therapy vs. exemestane-alone
– 23% (11% ) vs. 12% (1% )
• discontinue everolimus
– adverse events
• 19% vs. 4%
– withdrawal of consent
• 5% vs. 2%
• discontinue exemestane
– adverse events
• 7% vs. 3%
– withdrawal of consent
• 7% vs. 2%
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
42. 6.9 vs. 2.8 ms
HR : 0.43
95% CI : 0.35-0.54
P<0.001
10.6 vs. 4.1 ms
HR : 0.36
95% CI : 0.27-0.47
P<0.001
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
47. Everolimus in Postmenopausal
Hormone-Receptor–Positive Advanced Breast Cancer
Overall survival
• immature at the time of the interim analysis
– combination-therapy vs. exemestane-alone
– 10.7% vs. 13%
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
48. Discussion
• Adverse events of everolimus
– stomatitis, fatigue, asthenia, diarrhea, cough, pyre
xia, and hyperglycemia
• Higher percentage of patients discontinued
everolimus because of a lack of tolerability
N Engl J Med 2011 Dec 7.
49. Summary
• Addition of everolimus to endocrine therapy
results in an improved clinical outcome
• Benefit should be weighed against the side
effects observed with everolimus
• Potential of everolimus to benefit patient
survival is not yet known
