Background: The phase III MONALEESA trials tested the efficacy and safety of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)4/6 inhibitor ribociclib with different endocrine therapy partners as first- or second-line treatment of hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative advanced breast cancer (ABC). Using the largest pooled biomarker dataset of the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib in ABC to date, we identified potential biomarkers of response to ribociclib.
Patients And Methods: Baseline circulating tumour DNA from patients in the MONALEESA trials was assessed using next-generation sequencing. An analysis of correlation between gene alteration status and progression-free survival (PFS) was carried out to identify potential biomarkers of response to ribociclib.
Results: Multiple frequently altered genes were identified. Alterations in ERBB2, FAT3, FRS2, MDM2, SFRP1, and ZNF217 were associated with a greater PFS benefit with ribociclib versus placebo. Patients with high tumour mutational burden (TMB) and with ANO1, CDKN2A/2B/2C, and RB1 alterations exhibited decreased sensitivity to ribociclib versus placebo.
Conclusions: Although exploratory, these results provide insight into alterations associated with the improved response to ribociclib treatment and may inform treatment sequencing in patients with actionable alterations following progression on CDK4/6 inhibitors. Validation of potential biomarkers identified here and development of prospective trials testing their clinical utility are warranted.
Gov Identifiers: NCT01958021, NCT02422615, NCT02278120.
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