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Trial reportBreast cancer research and treatment2026

Long-term outcomes of eribulin‑based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple‑negative breast cancer patients stratified by homologous recombination deficiency status: results of the randomized JBCRG-22 study.

Norikazu Masuda, Hiroyuki Yasojima, Hiroko Bando, Takashi Yamanaka, Hideo Shigematsu, Masato Takahashi, Shigenori E Nagai, Mitsuya Ito, Tomoyuki Aruga, Mariko Tokiwa and 8 more

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Norikazu MasudaDepartment of Breast Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan. nmasuda@alpha.ocn.ne.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7302-0278
Hiroyuki YasojimaDepartment of Surgery, Breast Oncology, NHO Osaka National Hospital, Osaka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3729-1520
Hiroko BandoDepartment of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7361-3647
Takashi YamanakaBreast Surgery and Oncology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Kanagawa, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-0081-4263
Hideo ShigematsuDepartment of Breast Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9393-9655
Masato TakahashiDepartment of Breast Surgery, NHO Hokkaido Cancer Center, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6641-9598
Shigenori E NagaiDivision of Breast Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2887-6066
Mitsuya ItoDepartment of Breast Surgery, Hiroshima City Hiroshima Citizens Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan.
Tomoyuki ArugaBreast Surgery Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3442-8972
Mariko TokiwaDepartment of Breast Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-8231
Shigeru ImotoDepartment of Breast Surgery, Kyorin University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0878-7851
Rikiya NakamuraDepartment of Breast Surgery, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4349-9046
Hiroshi IshiguroBreast Oncology Service, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9859-5932
Hidetaka KawabataDepartment of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4321-9067
Shigehira SajiDepartment of Medical Oncology, Fukushima Medical University Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6732-8030
Hironori HagaDepartment of Diagnostic Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4322-9561
Satoshi MoritaDepartment of Biomedical Statistics and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4344-3317
Masakazu ToiTokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1488-9958

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate long-term outcomes for triple‑negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients enrolled in JBCRG-22.

methodsTNBC (cT1c-T3, cN0-1, M0) patients were stratified by homologous recombination deficiency (HRD) and germline BRCA mutation (gBRCAm) status. Group A patients (aged < 65 years with HRD-positive tumors, or those with gBRCAm, if available) were randomized to receive 4 cycles of weekly paclitaxel (group A1) or eribulin (group A2), both with carboplatin, followed by 4 cycles of anthracycline. Group B patients (aged < 65 years with HRD-negative tumors or aged ≥ 65 years) were randomized to receive 6 cycles of eribulin plus cyclophosphamide (group B1) or eribulin plus capecitabine (group B2). Five-year invasive disease-free survival (IDFS), distant disease-free survival (DDFS), and overall survival (OS) were assessed. Additionally, data were analyzed by biomarker levels including lymphocyte count (LC) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR).

resultsNinety-nine patients were followed for a median of 5.6 years. In patients who received eribulin-based therapy (groups A2 + B1 + B2), 5-year IDFS and OS rates, respectively, were 95% and 100% in patients who achieved pCR after neoadjuvant therapy (n = 20) and 71.4% and 80.2% in those who did not (n = 56), showing significantly better prognosis in the pCR cohort (p < 0.05). OS tended to be better in patients with baseline LC ≥ 1500/mm

conclusionsThese findings will help guide the development of eribulin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy for selected TNBC patients. Our exploratory analysis of LC and NLR results may help inform clinical prediction models for eribulin-treated patients.

trial registrationThe study has been registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry ( https://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/index-j.htm ) with unique trial number UMIN000023162. The Japan Breast Cancer Research Group trial number is JBCRG-22.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsFuransHomologous RecombinationKetonesTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm StagingPolyether PolyketidesTreatment OutcomeBiomarkers, TumoreribulinFuransKetonesPolyether PolyketidesBRCA1/2EribulinHomologous recombination deficiencyImmune microenvironmentNeoadjuvant chemotherapyTriple-negative breast cancer

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PMCPMC13002658

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