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Trial reportBreast cancer (Tokyo, Japan)2025

Capivasertib and fulvestrant for patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer: analysis of the subgroup of patients from Japan in the phase 3 CAPItello-291 trial.

Eriko Tokunaga, Hiroji Iwata, Mitsuya Itoh, Tetsuhiko Taira, Tatsuya Toyama, Toshiro Mizuno, Akihiko Osaki, Yasuhiro Yanagita, Seigo Nakamura, Rikiya Nakamura and 5 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled TrialClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Eriko TokunagaNational Hospital Organization (NHO) Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan. erikotokunaga.nkcc@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1640-5315
Hiroji IwataAichi Cancer Center Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
Mitsuya ItohHiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tetsuhiko TairaSagara Hospital, Social Medical Corporation Hakuaikai, Kagoshima, Japan.
Tatsuya ToyamaNagoya City University Hospital, Aichi, Japan.
Toshiro MizunoMie University Hospital, Mie, Japan.
Akihiko OsakiSaitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
Yasuhiro YanagitaGunma Prefectural Cancer Center, Gunma, Japan.
Seigo NakamuraShowa University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Rikiya NakamuraChiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.
Tomoko SambeOncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Osaka, Japan.
Toshiaki OzakiOncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Osaka, Japan.
Gaia SchiavonOncology R&D, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK.
Sacha J HowellThe Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
Masakazu ToiTokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Disease Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn CAPItello-291, capivasertib-fulvestrant significantly improved progression-free survival (PFS) versus placebo-fulvestrant in the overall and PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-altered population with hormone receptor-positive (HR-positive)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-negative) advanced breast cancer. Capivasertib-fulvestrant is approved in Japan for the treatment of patients with one or more tumor biomarker alterations (PIK3CA, AKT1 or PTEN). Here, we report outcomes in the CAPItello-291 subgroup of patients from Japan.

methodsAdults with HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer whose disease had relapsed or progressed during or after treatment with an aromatase inhibitor, with or without previous cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6) inhibitor therapy, were randomly assigned (1:1 ratio) to receive capivasertib or placebo, plus fulvestrant. The dual primary endpoint was investigator-assessed PFS in the overall and PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-altered population. Safety was a secondary endpoint.

resultsOf 708 patients randomized in CAPItello-291, 78 were from Japan (37 randomized to capivasertib-fulvestrant and 41 to placebo-fulvestrant). In the Japan subgroup, PFS numerically favored the capivasertib-fulvestrant arm (hazard ratio 0.73; 95% CI 0.40-1.28), consistent with the analysis of PFS in the global population. Similarly, in the Japan subgroup of patients with PIK3CA/AKT1/PTEN-altered tumors, PFS favored the capivasertib-fulvestrant arm (hazard ratio 0.65; 95% CI 0.29-1.39), consistent with the global population. The adverse event profile of capivasertib-fulvestrant in the Japan subgroup was broadly similar to that in the global population; no new safety concerns were identified.

conclusionOutcomes in the Japan subgroup were broadly similar to those of the global population, supporting the clinical benefit of capivasertib-fulvestrant in treating HR-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer that has progressed on, or after, an endocrine-based regimen.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBreast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFulvestrantPyrimidinesReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkers, TumorClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesDouble-Blind MethodFemaleHumansJapanAKT1 protein, humanBiomarkers, TumorcapivasertibClass I Phosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFulvestrantPIK3CA protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPTEN PhosphohydrolasePTEN protein, humanPyrimidinesPyrrolesReceptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneAKT inhibitorCapivasertibHormone receptor-positive breast cancerPost-CDK4/6

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PMID39379782
PMCPMC11717841

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