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ABSTRACT: Purpose
To identify associations of biological signatures and stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTIL) with pathological complete response (pCR; ypT0 ypN0) and survival in the Phase II WSG-ADAPT HER2+/HR- trial (NCT01817452).Experimental design
Patients with cT1-cT4c, cN0-3 HER2+/HR- early breast cancer (EBC) were randomized to pertuzumab+trastuzumab (P+T, n = 92) or P+T+paclitaxel (n = 42). Gene expression signatures were analyzed in baseline biopsies using NanoString Breast Cancer 360 panel (n = 117); baseline and on-treatment (week 3) sTIL levels were available in 119 and 76 patients, respectively. Impacts of standardized gene expression signatures on pCR and invasive disease-free survival (iDFS) were estimated by logistic and Cox regression.Results
In all patients, ERBB2 [OR, 1.70; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.08-2.67] and estrogen receptor (ER) signaling (OR, 1.72; 95% CI, 1.13-2.61) were favorable, whereas PTEN (OR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.38-0.87) was unfavorable for pCR. After 60 months median follow-up, 13 invasive events occurred (P+T: n = 11, P+T+paclitaxel: n = 2), none following pCR. Gene signatures related to immune response (IR) and ER signaling were favorable for iDFS, all with similar HR about 0.43-0.55. These patterns were even more prominent in the neoadjuvant chemotherapy-free group, where additionally BRCAness signature was unfavorable (HR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.04-3.84). IR signatures were strongly intercorrelated. sTILs (baseline/week 3/change) were not associated with pCR or iDFS, though baseline sTILs correlated positively with IR signatures.Conclusions
Distinct gene signatures were associated with pCR versus iDFS in HER2+/HR- EBC. The potential role of IR in preventing recurrence suggests that patients with upregulated IR signatures could be candidates for de-escalation concepts in HER2+ EBC.
SUBMITTER: Graeser M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9932580 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Graeser Monika M Gluz Oleg O Biehl Claudia C Ulbrich-Gebauer Daniel D Christgen Matthias M Palatty Jenci J Kuemmel Sherko S Grischke Eva-Maria EM Augustin Doris D Braun Michael M Potenberg Jochem J Wuerstlein Rachel R Krauss Katja K Schumacher Claudia C Forstbauer Helmut H Reimer Toralf T Stefek Andrea A Fischer Hans Holger HH Pelz Enrico E Zu Eulenburg Christine C Kates Ronald R Ni Hua H Kolberg-Liedtke Cornelia C Feuerhake Friedrich F Kreipe Hans Heinrich HH Nitz Ulrike U Harbeck Nadia N
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research 20230201 4
<h4>Purpose</h4>To identify associations of biological signatures and stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTIL) with pathological complete response (pCR; ypT0 ypN0) and survival in the Phase II WSG-ADAPT HER2+/HR- trial (NCT01817452).<h4>Experimental design</h4>Patients with cT1-cT4c, cN0-3 HER2+/HR- early breast cancer (EBC) were randomized to pertuzumab+trastuzumab (P+T, n = 92) or P+T+paclitaxel (n = 42). Gene expression signatures were analyzed in baseline biopsies using NanoString Breas ...[more]