PMID- 30375908 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190604 LR - 20191210 IS - 1651-226X (Electronic) IS - 0284-186X (Linking) VI - 58 IP - 2 DP - 2019 Feb TI - Treatment of advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer with new targeted agents in combination with endocrine therapy: a review of efficacy and tolerability based on available randomized trials on everolimus, ribociclib, palbociclib and abemaciclib. PG - 147-153 LID - 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1532603 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Recently, new targeted agents have been developed, which can prolong the effect of endocrine treatment (ET) by targeting resistance pathways in HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer. This review examines available studies of everolimus, an mTOR inhibitor, and the CDK 4/6 inhibitors ribociclib, palbociclib and abemaciclib in terms of efficacy, tolerability and safety. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A systematic literature search was performed in Pubmed. Evaluation of the quality of the identified studies was based on selected elements from the GRADE guidelines. RESULTS: The literature search yielded eight randomized trials that all presented a significant increase in the progression free survival (PFS)/time to progression (TTP) for the targeted agents plus ET vs ET only. The improvement was evident as first-line therapy with an increase in PFS of 10-11 months when adding a CDK4/6 inhibitor to ET, as well as in patients previously treated for metastatic disease, with an increase of 5-6 months. The common adverse events (AEs) of the CDK 4/6 inhibitors were due to myelosuppression. In addition, abemaciclib was associated with liver toxicity and diarrhea, and ribociclib with liver toxicity and QTcF prolongation. The most common grade 3/4 AE of everolimus was stomatitis. The majority (five) of the trials had no serious limitations, and thus the quality of evidence was high. DISCUSSION: The new targeted agents are all associated with an improvement of the PFS with an acceptable tolerability, and they should be offered to women with advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer both as first-line therapy as well as among patients previously treated in metastatic regimens. However, further data regarding the impact on overall survival are required to evaluate the full benefit for patients. Price and differences in AEs could become substantial arguments for the choice of therapy for the individual patient. FAU - Bottcher, Tea M AU - Bottcher TM AD - a Department of Oncology , Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark. FAU - Cold, Soren AU - Cold S AD - b Department of Oncology , Odense University Hospital , Odense , Denmark. FAU - Jensen, Anders B AU - Jensen AB AD - a Department of Oncology , Aarhus University Hospital , Aarhus , Denmark. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20181030 PL - Sweden TA - Acta Oncol JT - Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) JID - 8709065 RN - 0 (Aminopyridines) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal) RN - 0 (Benzimidazoles) RN - 0 (Drugs, Investigational) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (Purines) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear) RN - 60UAB198HK (abemaciclib) RN - 9HW64Q8G6G (Everolimus) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - G9ZF61LE7G (palbociclib) RN - TK8ERE8P56 (ribociclib) SB - IM MH - Aminopyridines/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal/*administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/*therapeutic use MH - Benzimidazoles/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/epidemiology/genetics/pathology MH - Disease Progression MH - Drugs, Investigational/therapeutic use MH - Everolimus/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Molecular Targeted Therapy/methods/trends MH - Piperazines/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Purines/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Pyridines/administration & dosage/adverse effects MH - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic/statistics & numerical data MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/genetics/*metabolism MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2018/10/31 06:00 MHDA- 2019/06/05 06:00 CRDT- 2018/10/31 06:00 PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/06/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/10/31 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1532603 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Acta Oncol. 2019 Feb;58(2):147-153. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2018.1532603. Epub 2018 Oct 30.