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ArticleMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2021

CDK4/6 Inhibitors and Arthralgia: A Single Institution Experience.

Angeliki Andrikopoulou, Oraianthi Fiste, Kleoniki Apostolidou, Efthymia Skafida, Christos Markellos, Michalis Liontos, Anastasios Kyriazoglou, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, Flora Zagouri

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Article in Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Angeliki AndrikopoulouDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Oraianthi FisteDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7106-4162
Kleoniki ApostolidouDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Efthymia SkafidaDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Christos MarkellosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Michalis LiontosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Anastasios KyriazoglouDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
Meletios-Athanasios DimopoulosDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-8990-3254
Flora ZagouriDepartment of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, 11528 Athens, Greece.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAromatase inhibitors (AIs) are associated with musculoskeletal pain in one third (20-47%) of breast cancer patients. Recently, CDK4/6 inhibitors have emerged as a new therapeutic approach in hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer. While hematological and gastrointestinal toxicities are frequently reported during treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors, musculoskeletal symptoms are less commonly encountered.

methodsHerein, we present a retrospective study of 47 breast cancer patients who received CDK4/6 inhibitors along with endocrine therapy in our department between 01/01/2018 and 01/09/2020.

resultsMedian age at diagnosis was 58 years (29-81). Median duration of treatment was 8.76 months (SD: 7.68; 0.47-30.13 months). Median PFS was 24.33 months (95% CI; 1.71-46.96). Overall, toxicity was reported in 61.7% of the cases (29/47). Arthralgia was reported in 6.4% (3/47) of the patients. Hematological toxicity was reported in 51.1% (24/47) of the patients. Neutropenia was the main hematological toxicity observed (86.8%; 22/47) along with anemia (4.3%; 2/47), thrombocytopenia (2.1%; 1/47), and leukopenia (4.2%; 1/24).

conclusionsThough our data reflect a small sample size, we report a reduced arthralgia rate (6.4%) during treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors compared with that reported in studies of AIs (20-47%).

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Breast NeoplasmsCyclin-Dependent Kinase 6ArthralgiaCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4FemaleHumansRetrospective StudiesCDK4 protein, humanCyclin-Dependent Kinase 4Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6arthralgiabreast cancerCDK4/6 inhibitorsmusculoskeletaltoxicity

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