Curious about the latest information released about Early-Stage Breast Cancer at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium? To help explain it all, we are thrilled to have Dr. Sherry Shen, medical oncologist and clinical investigator on the Breast Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), as our presenter. Join us to hear about the different sessions and data that were presented at SABCS.
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Ellis, JCO 2011; Johnston, JCO 2019
Disclosures
Research funding (to institution): Merck, Sermonix Pharmaceuticals
Honoraria: MJH Life Sciences
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Outline
Immunotherapy for ER+ BC: should we add it to neoadjuvant chemotherapy?
• KEYNOTE-756: neoadjuvant chemotherapy + Keytruda (pembrolizumab)
• CHECKMATE 7FL: neoadjuvant chemotherapy + Opdivo (nivolumab)
Adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors for ER+ BC: who should get these drugs?
• NATALEE: adjuvant Kisqali (ribociclib) updated data
ctDNA: how do we go from research to the clinic?
Surgery & radiation updates
Questions and discussion
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MSK Confidential — do not distribute
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT)
Who gets NACT and why?
Goals:
• To downstage the tumor and decrease surgical morbidity
• To allow assessment of response and if needed, escalation of therapy post-operatively
• To eradicate micrometastatic disease
Therapeutic agents and Indications:
• ER+: chemotherapy, depending on operability and if breast conservation is desired
• HER2+: chemotherapy + anti-HER2 therapy, for T2+ or N+
• TNBC: chemotherapy + immunotherapy, for T2+ or N+
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Loi S. SABCS 2023
CHECKMATE 7FL: nivolumab and NACT for ER+ BC
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Loi S. SABCS 2023
Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy for ER+ BC
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Ellis, JCO 2011; Johnston, JCO 2019
Adding immunotherapy to NACT for ER+ BC
Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy improves pCR rate
But does it decrease the risk of recurrence?
We will have to wait for more data…..
Conclusions
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Lynce F, J Pharma Thera 2018
Adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors
Abemaciclib is FDA-approved for ER+ BC
On October 12, 2021, the Food and Drug
Administration approved abemaciclib with
endocrine therapy (tamoxifen or an aromatase
inhibitor) for adjuvant treatment of adult patients
with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative,
node-positive, early breast cancer at high risk of
recurrence. This is the first CDK 4/6 inhibitor
approved for adjuvant treatment of breast cancer.
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Harbeck E, ASCO 2023
Adjuvant CDK4/6is: comparing ribociclib & abemaciclib
Is there really
benefit here?
There is cost:
A/E & $$
Ribociclib Abemaciclib
Differences in patient selection
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Adjuvant CDK4/6 inhibitors
Conclusions
• Abemaciclib is FDA-approved for high-risk early-stage ER+ breast cancer
• The NATALEE trial of ribociclib included a slightly different population
• Data are promising but exactly who benefits is unclear
Unanswered questions
• Does everyone who met inclusion criteria need ribociclib (or abemaciclib)?
• How can we better select the patient population who would benefit the most?
• Does the potential benefit warrant the toxicities (both physical and financial) of taking these drugs for 2-3
years?
Conclusions & unanswered questions
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Graff, SABCS 2023; Pusztai SABCS 2023; Elliott SABCS 2023; Janni SABCS 2023
ctDNA updates
Neoadjuvant
• Most patients have detectable ctDNA prior to neoadjuvant therapy
• Baseline ctDNA detection rates are highest in TNBC
• Persistence of ctDNA during & after neoadjuvant therapy is prognostic of recurrence
Adjuvant
• ctDNA can be detected up to 2 years before recurrence, median lead time is a few months
• ctDNA detection after adjuvant therapy (chemotherapy or CDK4/6i) is worrisome for recurrence
• In high-risk ER+, ctDNA detection rate at 9 years approaches 10% of patients
• Serial screening increases detection rates
• Even in patients who have persistently negative ctDNA, recurrences happen
Is ctDNA clinically useful though?
How do we go from research to the clinic?
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Boniface, SABCS 2023; Mamounas, SABS 2023; Jagsi, SABCS 2023
Surgery & radiation updates
SENOMAC trial
• For 1-2 +SLNs, completion ALND does not decrease recurrence risk
• ALND can be safely avoided in these cases
NRG Onc / NSABP B-51 / RTOG 1304
• For +LNs that become negative after NACT, axillary radiation does not decrease recurrence risk
• Axillary RT maybe can be safely avoided in these cases (analysis not final)
IDEA
• For postmeno age 50-69 pT1N0 ER+/HER2- Odx <=18, recurrence rates were low without any RT
• Large randomized trial of RT vs. no RT in this population ongoing
We are learning to de-escalate in appropriate situations!
Disclaimer: I’m a medical oncologist!
Surgery and Radiation considerations: what’s the “right amount”? (SENOMAC, NSABP B51, IDEA, SOUND)
Final pCR analysis (ITT) and first interim EFS analysis
7% discontinuation of any drug on IO arm, 2% discontinuation of any drug on PBO arm
To complicate all of this, per the SOUND trial SLNB can be avoided in T1 tumors or up to 3cm
We could theoretically still give ribo for T2N0 with high genomic risk features BUT FDA may only approve in N+
To complicate all of this, per the SOUND trial SLNB can be avoided in T1 tumors or up to 3cm
We could theoretically still give ribo for T2N0 with high genomic risk features BUT FDA may only approve in N+
ctDNA positivity prior to neoadjuvant or prior to adjuvant therapy not as meaningful – clearance important
Becoming positive from prior negative result is bad
Persistent positive is bad
ctDNA detection shortly after (neo)adjuvant is infrequent (5%)
But in high-risk ER on monarchE trial, 21% became ctDNA+ at 24 months
SENOMAC: 2766 pts with 1-2 SLNs randomized to no cALND vs. cALND, 36% had mastectomy, 6% had T3, 34% extranodal extension, 84% got nodal RT
In 34%, additional non-SLN mets identified on completion ALND
After median 3 years f/u, recurrences 3-4% and were not significantly different between groups
Confirms ACOSOG Z011 findings
NRG Onc / NSABP B-51 / RTOG 1304:
1641 enrolled who completed >=8 wks NACT and achieved ypT0N0 randomized to RNI vs no RNI, median f/u 5 years, 56% HER2+, 23% TNBC, 21% HR+
Interim analysis: no significant diff between groups for locoregional recurrence free interval, DFRI, DFS, OS
IDEA: 200 patients postmeno age 50-69 with pT1N0 negative margins ER+/PR+, Odx <=18 planning to take >=5 years ET
Median tumor size 1cm, median f/u 5 years, 5-year freedom from recurrence 99%, after 5 years 95-97%
NRG BR007 RCT ongoing