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Phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled study of dovitinib in combination with fulvestrant in postmenopausal patients with HR+, HER2- breast cancer that had progressed during or after prior endocrine therapy.

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Musolino, A; Campone, M; Neven, P; Denduluri, N; Barrios, CH; Cortes, J; Blackwell, K; Soliman, H; Kahan, Z; Bonnefoi, H; Squires, M; Zhang, Y ...
Published in: Breast Cancer Res
February 10, 2017

BACKGROUND: Overexpression of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1), found in ≤8% of hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) breast cancer cases, is correlated with decreased overall survival and resistance to endocrine therapy (ET). Dovitinib, a potent FGFR inhibitor, has demonstrated antitumor activity in heavily pretreated patients with FGFR pathway-amplified breast cancer. METHODS: In this randomized, placebo-controlled phase II trial, we evaluated whether the addition of dovitinib to fulvestrant would improve outcomes in postmenopausal patients with HR+, HER2- advanced breast cancer that had progressed during or after prior ET. Patients were stratified by FGF pathway amplification and presence of visceral disease, and they were randomized 1:1 to receive fulvestrant plus dovitinib or placebo. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). RESULTS: From 15 May 2012 to 26 November 2014, 97 patients from 36 centers were enrolled. The frequency of FGF pathway amplification was lower than anticipated, and the study was terminated early owing to slow accrual of patients with FGF pathway amplification. The median PFS (95% CI) was 5.5 (3.8-14.0) months vs 5.5 (3.5-10.7) months in the dovitinib vs placebo arms, respectively (HR, 0.68; did not meet predefined efficacy criteria). For the FGF pathway-amplified subgroup (n = 31), the median PFS (95% CI) was 10.9 (3.5-16.5) months vs 5.5 (3.5-16.4) months in the dovitinib vs placebo arms, respectively (HR, 0.64; met the predefined superiority criteria). Frequently reported adverse events in the dovitinib (diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, asthenia, and headache) and placebo (diarrhea, fatigue, nausea, and asthenia) arms were mostly low grade. CONCLUSIONS: The safety profile of dovitinib plus fulvestrant was consistent with the known safety profile of single-agent dovitinib. Dovitinib in combination with fulvestrant showed promising clinical activity in the FGF pathway-amplified subgroup. However, the data reported herein should be interpreted with caution, given that fewer PFS events occurred in the FGF pathway-amplified patients than was expected and that an effect of dovitinib regardless of FGR pathway amplification status cannot be excluded, because the population was smaller than expected. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01528345 . Registered 31 January 2012.

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Breast Cancer Res

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1465-542X

Publication Date

February 10, 2017

Volume

19

Issue

1

Start / End Page

18

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Survival Analysis
  • Retreatment
  • Receptors, Progesterone
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Receptor, erbB-2
  • Receptor, ErbB-2
  • Quinolones
  • Postmenopause
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
 

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Musolino, A., Campone, M., Neven, P., Denduluri, N., Barrios, C. H., Cortes, J., … André, F. (2017). Phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled study of dovitinib in combination with fulvestrant in postmenopausal patients with HR+, HER2- breast cancer that had progressed during or after prior endocrine therapy. Breast Cancer Res, 19(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-017-0807-8
Musolino, Antonino, Mario Campone, Patrick Neven, Neelima Denduluri, Carlos H. Barrios, Javier Cortes, Kimberly Blackwell, et al. “Phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled study of dovitinib in combination with fulvestrant in postmenopausal patients with HR+, HER2- breast cancer that had progressed during or after prior endocrine therapy.Breast Cancer Res 19, no. 1 (February 10, 2017): 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-017-0807-8.
Musolino A, Campone M, Neven P, Denduluri N, Barrios CH, Cortes J, Blackwell K, Soliman H, Kahan Z, Bonnefoi H, Squires M, Zhang Y, Deudon S, Shi MM, André F. Phase II, randomized, placebo-controlled study of dovitinib in combination with fulvestrant in postmenopausal patients with HR+, HER2- breast cancer that had progressed during or after prior endocrine therapy. Breast Cancer Res. 2017 Feb 10;19(1):18.

Published In

Breast Cancer Res

DOI

EISSN

1465-542X

Publication Date

February 10, 2017

Volume

19

Issue

1

Start / End Page

18

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Treatment Outcome
  • Survival Analysis
  • Retreatment
  • Receptors, Progesterone
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Receptor, erbB-2
  • Receptor, ErbB-2
  • Quinolones
  • Postmenopause
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis