Approches du cancer du sein avec focalisation sur le traitement Ahmad Awada, MD, PhD Head of Medical Oncology Clinic Institut Jules Bordet Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.) Brussels, Belgium 02/2016 Approches du cancer du sein • Prévention • Dépistage • Diagnostic • Traitements • Suivi Toutes les femmes Femmes à risque (génétique) Maladie précoce guérison Maladie métastatique (situation palliative) Traitement du cancer du sein au stade précoce = Traitement multidisciplinaire Chirurgie Chimiothérapie Radiothérapie Hormonothérapie Immunothérapie Chirurgie : Evolution de plus en plus minimaliste Mastectomie Evidement axillaire Tumorectomie + radiothérapie Technique du ganglion sentinelle - Pas de lymphœdème - Pas d’impotence fonctionnelle Radiothérapie : Réduction de plus en plus dans la durée de traitement avec meilleur ciblage Radiothérapie ( 6 semaines) Radiothérapie hypofractionnée (3 semaines) * Tumeurs bien sélectionnées Mobetron (1 seule séance*) The current treatment landscape for early breast cancer: Towards treatment individualization Systemic treatment of early breast cancer - Chemotherapy and hormone therapies are important therapeutic components - Which patients? Which tumors? Adjuvant chemotherapy and endocrine therapy? - Latest advances in the (neo)adjuvant settings (TNBC; Luminal diseases (HR+) ; HER2+) - Perspectives CLINICAL CASE A 61-year-old postmenopausal woman seeks medical oncology opinion 2 weeks after conservative surgery for a 3cm invasive ductal cancer of the left breast. Two positive axillary lymph nodes. • ER 7/8 PR 3/8 – grade 2 – Ki67 is 20% and HER2 is negative • LVEF is 60% • Breast radiotherapy is mandatory (at the end of chemotherapy) CLINICAL CASE Your adjuvant chemotherapy recommendation is 1. CMF x 6 cycles or AC x4 2. TC x 4 3. Anthracycline-based chemotherapy x6 (eg, FEC x 6) 4. Anthracycline plus taxane-based chemotherapy (eg, FEC taxane or TAC x 6) 5. Dose-dense ECx4 taxane (docetaxel x 4 or paclitaxel wx12) Of note: each chemotherapy option is followed by endocrine therapy. CLINICAL CASE Your recommendation as adjuvant endocrine therapy is: 1. An aromatase inhibitor upfront (5 y) 2. Tamoxifen alone (5 y) 3. Tamoxifen alone (10 y) 4. Sequential therapy: tamoxifen AI (5 y) Adjuvant therapy of breast cancer: which patients? Which tumors? Which biology? ER Patients Characteristics • • Age Comorbidities (organs dysfunction) PR T size N status Metastases HER2 Ki67 Gene profiling? TILs? TREATMENT BURDEN TUMOR BURDEN Host tolerance to chemotherapy Here resides the decision to “escalate”/“de-escalate” the chemotherapy TUMOR BIOLOGY Here are the targets! Targeted therapies (endocrine and HER2 therapies) Overview of the most important adjuvant chemotherapy studies in early breast cancer Addition of capecitabine, gemcitabine, bevacizumab not beneficial Doc-C AC < AC->Pac(qw) or Doc(3w) < = < < = CMF < AC->Pac(3w) CAF/FAC < = DocAC = ddA/EC>Pac(2w) < 6 cycles 4 cycles CEF/FEC 8 cycles 5-FU: No benefit in nodes + (Cognetti et al) < FEC->Doc Wildiers H, …, Awada A, Belg J Med Oncol. 2014 SELECTION OF ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL PATIENTS ACCORDING TO ENDOCRINE RESPONSIVENESS AND TUMOR RISK Hormone receptors expression Absent Low T U M O R R I S K C H E M O T H E R A P Y Intermediate AI switch High TAM AI Upfront TAM alone Switch AI TAM AI upfront ADD CHEMOTHERAPY FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS High Premenopausal patients: Tamoxifen ± GnRH analogs or AI + GnRH analogs according to the tumor risk and side effects. *Luminal A disease SELECTION OF ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY REGIMENS : ACCORDING TO ENDOCRINE-RESPONSIVENESS AND TUMOR RISK Hormone receptors expression Absent A+T Low Tumor risk Intermediate Intermediate TC A+T High Endocrine therapy Anthracyclines (A) + taxane (T) High ADD Endocrine therapy A+T: sequencially or in combination (including dose-dense) A(C) CMF (contraindication to taxane) TC: of great interest in pts at risk of cardiac failure Chemotherapy regimens used in pivotal studies for HER2+ breast cancer: significant positive outcome mainly when trastuzumab combined with taxane Trastuzumab (T) use Study Control arm Trastuzumab arm BCIRG 006 4xAC->4xDoc 4xAC->4xDoc+T 6xDocCarboT (TCH)* NSABP B-31 4xAC->4xPac(3w) or 12xPac(qw) 4xAC->4xPac(3w) or 12xPac(qw) +T HERA Chemotherapy Chemo->T1y Chemo->T2y PACS-04 6xFEC or 6xEDoc 6xFEC or 6xEDoc->T1y NCCTG N9831 4xAC->12xPac(qw) 4xAC->12xPac(qw)+T1y 4xAC->12xPac(qw)->T1y Concurrent Sequential Concurrent versus sequential *of great interest in pts at risk of cardiac failure T = trastuzumab; y = years; Carbo = carboplatin Wildiers H, … Awada A, Belg J Med Oncol. 2014 Therapy de-escalation: for whom? Phase II Adjuvant Paclitaxel and Trastuzumab Eligibility • HER2+ primary breast cancer • Node negative • Tumor measuring up to 3 cm in greatest dimension Paclitaxel 80 mg/m2 weekly x 12 wks + Trastuzumab 4 mg/Kg weekly x 12 wks Trastuzumab 6 mg/kg every 3wks X 40 wks 406 patients recruited; Follow-Up 4 years: - 3-year survival free from invasive disease 98.7% - Only 2 cases of distant metastasis - No cases of breast-cancer-related deaths Tolaney SM, NEJM (2015) Small HER2-positive BC outcome without anthracyclines Tolaney SM, NEJM (2015) 4. Neoadjuvant setting: An attractive approach for clinical practice and for translational research Biopsy Ki67 Gene profiling Tumor sequencing PET/CT Standard preoperative therapy Standard preoperative therapy + new agent Surgery Molecular Markers; PET/CT • “Real-time” evaluation of primary tumor response • Postoperative therapy adapted based on the induction efficacy (investigational) • Caveat: Difference in biology of micrometastasis versus primary tumor?! Selection of important neoadjuvant randomized trials incorporating taxanes Author (n) Control arm Experimental arm Outcome NSABP-B27 (n = 2411) 4xAC->S 4xAC->S->4xDoc 4xAC->4xDoc->S pCR ↗ with Doc DFS = OS = Aberdeen (n = 162) PR/CR after 4xCVAP: 4xCVAP PR/CR after 4xCVAP: 4xDoc pCR ↗ DFS ↗ OS ↗ 4xADoc pCR = DFS = OS = 4xAPac pCR ↗ DFS ↗ OS ↗ Anthracycline based + taxane pCR ↗ with sequential, but not concomitant taxane DFS = ACCOG (n = 363) Dieras (n = 200) Metaanalysis (n = 2455); 7 trials 6xAC 4xAC-> Anthracycline based S = surgery; pCR = pathological complete response rate (in breast and axilla); PR = partial response; CR = complete response Wildiers H, … Awada A, Belg J Med Oncol. 2014 Les essais en néoadjuvant pour les tumeurs HER-2 positives: le taux de pCR est meilleur dans la population RH négative Taux de pCR en fonction du statut des RH dans la population HER2 positive. (chimiothérapie systémique associée aux traitements anti-HER2) pCR globale pCR – RH positifs pCR – RH négatifs NeoSphere 46% 26% 63% NeoALTTO 51% 42% 61% CALGB 40601 51% 42% 77% NSABP B41 62% 56% 73% TRYPHAENA 55-64% 46-50% 65-84% Etude Les essais en néoadjuvant: il existe une population pouvant bénéficier d’un traitement anti-HER2 sans chimiothérapie associée uniquement Taux de pCR en fonction du statut des RH dans la population HER2 positive (absence de chimiothérapie systémique associée aux traitements anti-HER2) Etude Type de traitement Durée de traitement pCR – RH positifs pCR – RH négatifs NeoSphere trastuzumab + pertuzumab 16 sem 6% 29% TBCRC006 trastuzumab + lapatinib 12 sem 21% 36% 12 sem 9% 20% TBCRC 023 trastuzumab + lapatinib 24 sem 33% 18% 12 sem 41% NA ADAPT Harbeck N. et al., SABCS 2015, S5-03 T-DM1 GEPARSIXTO : résultat principal = réponse histologique • Le carboplatine augmente la réponse complète histologique dans les cancers du sein triple-négatifs Treatment without carboplatin Treatment with carboplatin (n=293) (n=295) No 185 (63,1%) 166 (56,3%) Yes 108 (36,9%; 31,3-42,4) 129 (43,7%; 38,1-49,4) ypT0ypN0 p-value 0-107 Subgroup Number of patients Odds ratio Overall 588 1,33 (0,956-1,85) 315 1,94 (1,24-3,04) (95%CI) Test for interaction Subtype TNBC 0,015 HER2 positive 273 0,841 (0,511-1,39) Von Minckwitz et al., SABCS 2015, S2-04 Von Minckwitz G et al., Asco 2015, updated date; E. Hahnen in prep Advanced Breast Cancer: are there new treatments on the horizon? ADVANCED LUMINAL DISEASE (HR+) : THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM AND PERSPECTIVES Luminal Diseases: Therapeutic Armamentarium in 2016 Clinical practice and advanced clinical research - Tamoxifen - NSAI (HER2-) [letrozole ± palbociclib*, anastrozole] - NSAI (HER2+) [+ trastuzumab or lapatinib] - Fulvestrant (500 mg) ± palbociclib* (CDK4/6 inhibitor) - Exemestane ± everolimus (m-TOR inhibitor) - Fulvestrant ± Buparlisib* (ct DNA PIK3CA mutant group)?? PD - Chemotherapy *Investigational compound. Several CDK4/ inhibitors are under active clinical investigation Proposed Therapeutic Algorithm for Luminal Subtype after ASCO 2015 (A. Awada) Postmenopausal ER+ MBC Prior Endocrine Therapy as Adjuvant Rx only No “De novo” MBC with no prior AI/Tam NSAI* Fulvestrant TAM Prior Endocrine Therapy for MBC Yes ER+ HER2+ ER+ HER2– AI + Anti-HER2 Chemo + (dual) Anti-HER2 MBC: PD following first-line TAM MBC: PD during NSAI Fulvestrant + palbociclib * * or exemestane + everolimus PD NSAI* Adj: relapse on or within 12 months of completing NSAI Adj: Relapse >12 months of completing NSAI *Inclusion of CDK4/6 inhibitors in the first line setting depends on ongoing phase 3 trials NSAI: Letrozole or anastrozole according to the previous NSAI. **Investigational product ESR1 Y537S mutation is undetectable in primary and metastatic disease before endocrine therapy SABCS 2015 KEYNOTE-028 : pembrolizumab et cancer du sein RE+/HER2• Design Patients • ER+/HER2• Localement avancé ou métastatique • Échec ou non candidat à des traitements standards • PS=0/1 • > 1 lésion mesurable • PD-L1+ (> 1% ces cellules tumorales ou stroma positif) Réponse complète ou partielle ou maladie stable Traitement pour 24 mois ou jusqu’à progression ou intolérance Progression confirmée ou toxicité inacceptable Stop pembrolizumab Pembrolizumab 10 mg/kg IV q2w Evaluation de la réponse* • 261 inclus - 248 analysés – 48 positifs pour PD-L1 - 25 traités *Evaluation de la réponse : toutes les 8 semaines pour les 6 premiers mois ; puis toutes les 12 semaines Critère de jugement principal : taux de réponse globale (RECIST v1.1) et sécurité Critères de jugement secondaires : PFS, OS, durée de réponse Rugo HS et al., SABCS 2013, S5-07 KEYNOTE-028 : pembrolizumab et cancer du sein RE+/HER2• Activité anti-tumorale (RECIST 1.1) n (%) 95% CI Taux de réponse global 3 (12,0) 2,5 – 31,2 Réponse complète 0 (0,0) 0,0 – 13,7 3 (12,0) 4 (16,0) 5 (20,0) 15 (60,0) 3 (12,0) 2,5 – 31,2 4,5 – 36,1 6,8 – 40,7 38,7 – 78,9 2,5 – 31,2 Les réponses sont peu fréquentes mais semblent durables ! Change from baseline, % Réponse partielle Maladie stable Bénéfice clinique Maladie progressive NE Responder Nonresponder New bone lesion New liver lesion Temps, semaine Rugo HS et al., SABCS 2013, S5-07 ADVANCED HER-2 DISEASE : THERAPEUTIC ALGORITHM AND PERSPECTIVES HER2 POSITIF ADVANCED BREAST CANCER: TOWARDS A CURE?! HER2 OVEREXPRESSION HER2 AMPLIFICATION ER Gene expression A SEPARATE DISEASE ENTITY! = IHC FISH NEW TREATMENT APPROACHES Trastuzumab in combination with cytotoxics or hormonal agents Lapatinib, trastuzumab-DM1, pertuzumab BasalHER2 Normal Basal-like Subgroup Subgroup breast Dual HER2 inhibition + cytotoxics What’s next? (neratinib? HER-2-TDB?)* Phase III CLEOPATRA Trial: Docetaxel + Trastuzumab ± Pertuzumab in HER2-Positive First-Line MBC n = 406 Patients with HER2-positive first-line MBC Pertuzumab + trastuzumab PD Docetaxel ≥6 cycles recommended 1:1 central confirmation Placebo + trastuzumab PD (N = 808) n = 402 Docetaxel ≥6 cycles recommended Primary endpoint: Independently assessed PFS Secondary endpoints included Overall Survival; PFS by investigator assessment; Safety Pertuzumab/Placebo: 840 mg loading dose, 420 mg q3w maintenance Swain SM, et al. ESMO-ECCO 2014. Abstract 350O. Patients on Pertuzumab plus Trastuzumab and Docetaxel Lived 15.7 Months Longer!! 100 Ptz + T + D 90 Pla + T + D 80 OS (%) 70 60 50 40 30 HR 0.68 95% CI = 0.56, 0.84 P = .0002 20 10 40.8 months Δ 15.7 months 56.5 months 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Time (months) n at risk Ptz + T + D 402 371 318 268 226 104 28 1 Pla + T + D 406 350 289 230 179 91 23 0 Swain SM, et al. ESMO-ECCO 2014. Abstract 350O. HER2 Therapy for Patients Resistant to Trastuzumab: T-DM1, A Targeted Chemotherapy! HER2 T-DM1 Emtansine release P Inhibition of microtubule polymerisation P P Lysosome Internalisation SYD 985: Another antibody drug conjugate targeting HER2 (Van Herpen et al., ECC 2015) Nucleus LoRusso PM, et al. Clin Cancer Res. 2011;17(20):6437-6447 EMILIA Study: OS Was Significantly Improved with T-DM1 Treatment Median (months) No. of events Cap + Lap 25.1 182 T-DM1 30.9 149 Stratified HR = 0.682 (95% CI, 0.55, 0.85); P = .0006 Efficacy stopping boundary P = .0037 or HR = 0.727 1.0 85.2% Proportion Surviving 0.8 78.4% 64.7% 0.6 51.8% 0.4 0.2 0.0 0 2 No. at risk: Cap + Lap 496 471 T-DM1 495 485 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 110 136 86 111 63 86 45 62 27 38 17 28 7 13 4 5 Time (months) 453 474 435 457 403 439 368 418 297 349 240 293 204 242 159 197 133 164 Verma S, et al. ESMO 2012; Verma S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012;367(19):1783-1791. Preclinical HER2-TDB: A promising agent targeting resistant HER-2+ BC = IgG1 bispecific TDB mechanism of action: T cell activation and profileration TNBC/Basal-Like Diseases Paclitaxel/FAC Neoadjuvant Response by PAM50 Subtype: A Significant PCR (50%–65%) in a Subgroup of Patients Poor Outcome of a “Triple-Negative“ Breast Cancer Subgroup ER– PgR– HER2– Ki67 80% HER1+++ "Triple Negative" Progressive disease in spite of • • • • • FEC x 6 Weekly paclitaxel Kinesin inhibitor Capecitabine Radiotherapy Angiogenic and inflammatory pattern of the local recurrence!!! Heterogeneity of TNBC: An Opportunity for New Agents?! – Basal-like 1 and 2 – DNA damage response genes (Platinum, PARP inhibitors) – Immunomodulatory (checkpoint inhibitors) – Mesenchymal and mesenchymal/stem cell – PI3K/mTOR pathway – LAR – androgen receptor signaling (Enzalutamide) TNT Trial: Patients with BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Experience Significantly Greater Objective Response with Carboplatin than Docetaxel Andrew Tutt, et al. SABCS 2014. (AR ) Enzalutamide in TN, Androgen-Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer Clinical Benefit in Evaluable and ITT Populations Traina T, et al. ASCO 2015. Abstract 1003. Redundant Mechanisms of DNA Repair May Offer a Therapeutic Opportunity in Basal-Like BRCA1-/- Breast and Ovarian Cancers Olaparib, a PARP Inhibitor, Demonstrated Significant Efficacy in BRCA-Mutated Tumours Several PARPi are under clinical investigation including in the adjuvant setting BRCA-mutant breast cancer Tutt A, et al. Lancet. 2010;376(9737):235-244; Audeh MW, et al. Lancet. 2010;376(9737):245-251. Eribulin Mesylate •A pharmaceutically optimised, synthetic analogue of the marine sponge halichondrin B Halichondria okadai Probability of Survival EMBRACE Study: Eribulin vs TPC in Heavily Pretreated Patients – Overall Survival TPC, treatment of physician choice. Cortes J, et al. Lancet. 2011;377:914-923. Merci Thank you