Patient-reported outcomes of palbociclib plus exemestane with GnRH agonist versus capecitabine in premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer: A prospective, open-label, randomized phase ll trial (KCSG-BR 15-10)

Soohyeon Lee, Seock Ah Im, Gun Min Kim, Kyung Hae Jung, Seok Yun Kang, In Hae Park, Jee Hyun Kim, Kyoung Eun Lee, Hee Kyung Ahn, Moon Hee Lee, Hee Jun Kim, Han Jo Kim, Jong In Lee, Su Jin Koh, Yeon Hee Park

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Abstract

In the era of CDK4/6 inhibitors in hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer, few trials have been specifically studied to compare quality of life between palbociclib plus endocrine therapy (ET) and cytotoxic chemotherapy exclusively in premenopausal women. We aimed to evaluate differences of patient report outcomes (PROs) between palbociclib plus ET and capecitabine. PROs were assessed using EORTC QLQ-C30 at baseline, every 6 weeks, and the end of treatment. All EORTC QLQ-30 scores were maintained from baseline to the end of treatment. Patients treated palbociclib plus ET arm experienced delay in time-to-deterioration of physical functioning (HR = 0.58, 95% CI, 0.36 to 0.84, p = 0.0058), nausea and vomiting (HR = 0.48; 95% CI, 0.32 to 0.73, p = 0.0005), and diarrhea (HR = 0.42; 95% CI, 0.27 to 0.65, p = 0.001). There was a numeric trend for worsening of insomnia (HR = 1.43; 95% CI, 0.96 to 2.16, p = 0.079) and favoring of appetite loss (HR = 0.69, 95% CI, 0.44 to 1.07, p = 0.09) in the palbociclib plus ET arm. Premenopausal patients with palbociclib plus ET maintained QoL without compromising treatment efficacy.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3265
Pages (from-to)1-12
Number of pages12
JournalCancers
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2020

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Keywords

  • Breast neoplasm
  • Capecitabine
  • Palbociclib
  • Patient-reported outcome measures
  • Premenopause

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