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ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2025

Indirect Treatment Comparison between Ribociclib Combined with Non-Steroidal Aromatase Inhibitors and Ovarian Function Suppression vs. Tamoxifen in Premenopausal Women with Early Breast Cancer.

Diana Lüftner, Maggie Banys-Paluchowski, Andreas D Hartkopf, Manuel Hörner, Wolfgang Janni, Dagmar Langanke, Volkmar Müller, Andreas Schneeweiss, Marcus Schmidt, Marc Thill and 11 more

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Article in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03701334 (A Phase III Multi-center, Randomized, Open-label Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Ribociclib With Endocrine Therapy as an Adjuvant Treatment in Patients With Hormone Receptor-positive, HER2-negative Early Breast Cancer), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT03701334 phase3active not recruitingnot on this map

A Phase III Multi-center, Randomized, Open-label Trial to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Ribociclib With Endocrine Therapy as an Adjuvant Treatment in Patients With Hormone Receptor-positive, HER2-negative Early Breast Cancer (New Adjuvant TriAl With Ribociclib [LEE011]: NATALEE)

TypeinterventionalSponsorNovartis PharmaceuticalsRan2018 to 2030Enrolled5,101ConditionsEarly Breast CancerArmsRibociclib, Endocrine Therapy (ET)
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21 authors.

Diana LüftnerImmanuel Hospital Märkische Schweiz, Buckow, Germany.
Maggie Banys-PaluchowskiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Campus Lübeck, University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Lübeck, Germany.
Andreas D HartkopfDepartment of Women's Health, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Manuel HörnerErlangen University Hospital, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Wolfgang JanniDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.
Dagmar LangankeBreast Center, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Leipzig, Germany.
Volkmar MüllerClinic and Outpatient Clinic for Gynecology, University Clinic of Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.
Andreas SchneeweissNational Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Marcus SchmidtDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
Marc ThillDepartment of Gynecology and Gynecological Oncology, Agaplesion Markus Hospital, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Michael UntchMultidisciplinary Breast Cancer Center, Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany.
Achim WöckelDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Lukas HöllrichNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Julia KreuzederNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Almuth MarxNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Julia MeinzingerNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Hanna Regus-LeidigNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Christian RoosNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Hien WohlgemuthNovartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany.
Stephanie SussmannIGES Institut GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Peter A FaschingDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Erlangen University Hospital, Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: This study provides an indirect treatment comparison of ribociclib combined with non-steroidal aromatase inhibitors and ovarian function suppression (ribociclib + NSAI + OFS) vs. a frequently used treatment option in German clinical routine (tamoxifen ± OFS) in premenopausal patients with HR-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2-) early breast cancer (BC). Material and Methods: Data on premenopausal women treated with ribociclib and tamoxifen were derived from the NATALEE clinical trial (NCT03701334) and the retrospective German data collection CLEAR-B, respectively. NATALEE trial eligibility criteria were applied to the CLEAR-B dataset. Standardized mortality ratio weights were used for propensity score (PS) adjustment to balance study populations. All hazard ratios (HR) were calculated based on a 4-year-observation period for both treatment arms. Effectiveness endpoints comprised invasive and distant disease-free survival (iDFS, dDFS), recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS). Safety-related endpoints were treatment termination (TT) and toxicity-related TT (TTtox). For safety comparisons, the ribociclib arm was divided into groups that discontinued ribociclib + NSAI + OFS or ribociclib only. Results: Significant beneficial effects favoring ribociclib + NSAI + OFS (n = 1115) over tamoxifen ± OFS (n = 822) were observed for all effectiveness outcomes (iDFS [HR = 0.5 (95% CI 0.35; 0.71); p < 0.01]; dDFS [HR = 0.52 (95% CI 0.35; 0.77); p = 0.01], RFS [HR = 0.42 (95% CI 0.29; 0.62); p < 0.01], OS [HR = 0.34 (95% CI 0.18; 0.63); p = 0.01]) during the 4-year-observation period. The effect of early treatment discontinuation showed no significant differences between ribociclib + NSAI + OFS and tamoxifen ± OFS (TT-a: HR = 1.2 [95% CI: 0.71; 2.01], p = 0.48; TTtox-a: HR = 0.54 [95% CI 0.22; 1.30], p = 0.23). Conclusion: In this retrospective analysis, ribociclib + NSAI + OFS demonstrated advantages across all effectiveness endpoints, including OS, in premenopausal women with HR+, HER2- early BC, without increasing overall treatment discontinuation rates compared to tamoxifen ± OFS.

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early breast cancerHER2-negativeHR-positiveindirect treatment comparisonribociclib

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