ArticleNPJ breast cancer2024
A phase 3 study (PATHWAY) of palbociclib plus tamoxifen in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer.
Article in NPJ breast cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03423199 (Asian, International, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tamoxifen With or Without Palbociclib ± Goserelin in Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Asian, International, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tamoxifen With or Without Palbociclib ± Goserelin in Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Next-generation sequencing for guiding matched targeted therapies in people with relapsed or metastatic cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative long-term outcomes of first-line CDK4/6 inhibitors plus endocrine therapy versus endocrine therapy in patients with HR+/HER2-metastatic or advanced breast cancer: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Quality of life with palbociclib plus tamoxifen in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: results from PATHWAY, an Asian international, double-blind, randomized phase 3 trial.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Trial
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- TGFβ signaling promotes cell cycle progression and resistance to the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib through SOX4 transcriptional modulation in breast cancer cells.Cell death & disease · 2026Article
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- JNK pathway suppression mediates insensitivity to combination endocrine therapy and CDK4/6 inhibition in ER+ breast cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
- Impact of PIK3CA Mutations on the Clinical Benefits of CDK 4/6 Inhibitors in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer: An Updated Pairwise and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of Cancer · 2025Article
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Abstract
Palbociclib combined with endocrine therapy is approved for treating patients with hormone-receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced breast cancer; however, data on palbociclib combined with tamoxifen are limited. We investigated the efficacy and safety of palbociclib-tamoxifen in patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer. This double-blind phase 3 study included 184 women who were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive palbociclib-tamoxifen or placebo-tamoxifen. Pre/perimenopausal women also received goserelin. The primary endpoint was investigator-assessed progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS) and safety. Median PFS was 24.4 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 13.1-32.4) with palbociclib-tamoxifen and 11.1 months (95% CI, 7.4-14.6) with placebo-tamoxifen (hazard ratio [HR], 0.60; 95% CI, 0.43-0.85; P = 0.002). Palbociclib-tamoxifen improved PFS in patients who were treated with first-line or second-line endocrine therapy and pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal patients. Though OS data are still immature (median not reached in both groups), an overall risk reduction of 27% (HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.44-1.21) with palbociclib-tamoxifen was observed at the time of PFS analysis. The most common grade 3/4 adverse event with palbociclib-tamoxifen was neutropenia (89.0% [none were febrile] versus 1.1% with placebo-tamoxifen). There were no deaths owing to adverse events in either group. Among patients with HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer, palbociclib-tamoxifen resulted in significantly longer PFS than tamoxifen alone. Early OS data showed a trend favoring palbociclib-tamoxifen. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03423199. Study registration date: February 06, 2018.
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