Prediction of fulvestrant efficacy in patients with advanced breast cancer: retrospective-prospective evaluation of the predictive potential of a multigene expression assay

Troels Dreier Christensen, Anna Sofie Kappel Buhl, Ib Jarle Christensen, Ida Kappel Buhl, Eva Balslev, Ann S Knoop, Hella Danø, Vesna Glavicic, Adam Luczak, Sven Tyge Langkjer, Søren Linnet, Erik Hugger Jakobsen, Jurij Bogovic, Bent Ejlertsen, Annie Rasmussen, Anker Hansen, Steen Knudsen, Peter Buhl Jensen, Dorte Nielsen

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Fulvestrant is a selective oestrogen receptor (ER) degrader used as monotherapy and combination therapy for ER positive HER2 negative advanced breast cancer (ABC) in postmenopausal women. The drug response predictor (DRP), is a mathematical algorithm based on the expression of multiple genes in the tumour. The fulvestrant DRP algorithm has previously shown effect in BC. In this study, we investigated the DRP's potential in predicting fulvestrant benefit.

METHOD: Among 695 patients with ABC prospectively included in a Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG) cohort we retrospectively included 226 patients who received fulvestrant as monotherapy. The DRP result was based on mRNA extracted from tumour biopsies and analysed using Affymetrix array. Primary endpoint was time to progression (TTP).

RESULTS: For patients who received fulvestrant in line one to four and were previously unexposed to adjuvant endocrine therapy, we identified a hazard ratio (HR) of 0.44 (90% confidence interval (90% CI) upper limit of 1.08, one sided p = 0.066) for a predicted positive vs negative outcome. A weaker association was seen when including patients exposed to adjuvant endocrine treatment or received fulvestrant in fifth or later lines. Exploratory analyses showed that the DRP was efficient when using recent biopsies for DRP estimate and among recently treated patients.

CONCLUSION: The DRP showed a potential in predicting fulvestrant treatment but was not significant in the overall analysis. Use of older biopsies, long-term endocrine treatment and multiple therapies between biopsy used for analysis and fulvestrant treatment, probably affect the predictive accuracy.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftBreast Cancer
Vol/bind27
Udgave nummer2
Sider (fra-til)266–276
Antal sider11
ISSN1340-6868
DOI
StatusUdgivet - mar. 2020

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