Clinical Efficacy of Palbociclib-based Therapy in Women with HR+/HER2-
Metastatic Breast Cancer: A Real-World Experience in China
Abstract
Background: The combination of CDK4/6 inhibitors and endocrine therapy
(ET) prolonged the progression-free survival (PFS) in hormone receptor
(HR) positive HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Palbociclib
is the only CDK4/6 inhibitor approved in Mainland China. Aims: This
retrospective study investigated the clinical efficacy of palbociclib
with ET in real-world practice. Methods: This study was a retrospective
observational study including the MBC patients who received the ET with
palbociclib in two centers in China. We analyzed the medical records for
treatment outcomes and the PFS curves were derived using the
Kaplan–Meier method. Results: 69 patients were included. The overall
response rate (ORR) was 10.1%, and clinical benefit rate (CBR) was
78.3%. The median PFS was 12.8 months (95% confidence interval
[CI]: 10.1–15.5). A longer PFS was observed in the patients with
bone only metastasis, no liver metastases, no previous palliative
chemotherapy, no previous palliative ET, endocrine sensitivity. 19
patients (27.5%) had reduced the dose of palbociclib according to
physician’s decision, and dose reduction didn’t affect the clinical
efficacy of the combined treatment. Conclusion: ET combined with
palbociclib was effective and well tolerated in HR positive HER2
negative MBC patients in real-world setting.