Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy/adjuvant pembrolizumab for early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: quality-of-life results from the randomized KEYNOTE-522 study.
Rebecca Dent, Javier Cortés, Lajos Pusztai, Heather McArthur, Sherko Kümmel, Jonas Bergh, Carsten Denkert, Yeon Hee Park, Rina Hui, Nadia Harbeck, Masato Takahashi, Michael Untch, Peter A Fasching, Fatima Cardoso, Amin Haiderali, Liyi Jia, Allison Martin Nguyen, Wilbur Pan, Joyce O'Shaughnessy, Peter Schmid
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Abstract
Background: In KEYNOTE-522 (NCT03036488), neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy and then adjuvant pembrolizumab significantly improved pathological complete response and event-free survival vs neoadjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). We report patient-reported outcomes (PROs) from KEYNOTE-522.
Methods: Patients were randomized 2:1 to neoadjuvant pembrolizumab 200 mg or placebo every 3 weeks, plus 4 cycles of paclitaxel plus carboplatin and then 4 cycles of doxorubicin (or epirubicin) plus cyclophosphamide. After surgery, patients received adjuvant pembrolizumab or placebo for up to 9 cycles. European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core 30 (EORTC QLQ-C30) and EORTC Breast Cancer-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-BR23) were prespecified secondary objectives. Between-group differences in least squares (LS) mean change from baseline (day 1 of cycle 1 in both neoadjuvant and adjuvant phases) to the prespecified latest time point with at least 60% completion and at least 80% compliance were assessed using a longitudinal model (no alpha error assigned).
Results: Week 21 (neoadjuvant phase) and week 24 (adjuvant phase) were the latest time points at which completion/compliance rates were ≥60%/80%. In the neoadjuvant phase, between-group differences (pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy [n = 762] vs placebo plus chemotherapy [n = 383]) in LS mean change from baseline to week 21 in QLQ-C30 global health status/quality of life (GHS/QoL), emotional functioning, and physical functioning were -1.04 (95% confidence interval = -3.46 to 1.38), -0.69 (95% CI = -3.13 to 1.75), and -2.85 (95% CI = -5.11 to -0.60), respectively. In the adjuvant phase, between-group differences (pembrolizumab [n = 539] vs placebo [n = 308]) in LS mean change from baseline to week 24 were -0.41 (95% CI = -2.60 to 1.77), -0.60 (95% CI = -2.99 to 1.79), and -1.57 (95% CI = -3.36 to 0.21).
Conclusions: No substantial differences in PRO assessments were observed between neoadjuvant pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy followed by adjuvant pembrolizumab vs neoadjuvant placebo plus chemotherapy in early-stage TNBC.
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