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Poster Display session 2

1141 - Evolution in the risk of adverse events of adjuvant endocrine therapy in postmenopausal women with early- stage breast cancer.

Date

29 Sep 2019

Session

Poster Display session 2

Topics

Tumour Site

Breast Cancer

Presenters

Daniel Reinhorn

Citation

Annals of Oncology (2019) 30 (suppl_5): v55-v98. 10.1093/annonc/mdz240

Authors

D.J. Reinhorn1, E. Amir2, R. Yerushalmi1, H. Goldvaser1

Author affiliations

  • 1 Institute Of Oncology, Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, 61175 - Petach Tikva/IL
  • 2 Medical Oncology And Hematology, Princess Margaret Cancer Center, M5G 2M9 - Toronto/CA

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Abstract 1141

Background

Adjuvant endocrine therapy is a gold standard in early-stage, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. In postmenopausal women aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are associated with improved outcome compared to tamoxifen monotherapy. Differences in the toxicity profiles of these drugs are described, however, little is known about whether the risk of adverse events changes over time.

Methods

Sequential reports of large, randomized, adjuvant endocrine therapy trials comparing AIs to tamoxifen were reviewed. Data on pre-specified adverse events were extracted including cardiovascular events, bone fractures, cerebrovascular disease, endometrial cancer, other secondary malignancies, venous thrombosis and death without recurrence. Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated for serial publications over follow-up. The change in the ORs for adverse events over time was evaluated using weighted linear regression.

Results

Analysis included 22 reports of 7 trials reporting outcomes between 25.8 and 120 months of follow-up. Over time, the differences in toxicity profiles between AIs and tamoxifen did not change significantly (Table). Compared to tamoxifen, longer duration of AI use was associated with a non-significant reduction in the OR for bone fracture and a non-significant increase in the OR for thromboembolic events.Table:

204P

Eventβp
Fractures-0.4310.084
Cardiovascular events-0.1890.557
Cerebrovascular disease0.0880.823
Thromboembolic events0.3890.169
Secondary cancer0.2270.365
Endometrial cancer-0.1040.671
Death without recurrence0.0430.852

Conclusions

Differences in toxicity profiles between adjuvant AIs and tamoxifen do not change significantly over time. Drug-specific toxicity (e.g. bone fractures with AI and thromboembolism with tamoxifen) may fall over time and after discontinuation of treatment.

Clinical trial identification

Editorial acknowledgement

Legal entity responsible for the study

The authors.

Funding

Has not received any funding.

Disclosure

E. Amir: Speaker Bureau / Expert testimony: Genentech/Roche; Advisory / Consultancy: Apobiologix; Advisory / Consultancy: Agendia; Advisory / Consultancy: Myriad Genetics. H. Goldvaser: Honoraria (self): Roche. R. Yerushalmi: Honoraria (self): Roche; Honoraria (self): Medison; Honoraria (self): AstraZeneca; Honoraria (self): Novartis; Honoraria (self): Teva. All other authors have declared no conflicts of interest.

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