Health-related quality of life in the phase III ASCENT trial of sacituzumab govitecan versus standard chemotherapy in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.10.003
Health-related quality of life in the phase III ASCENT trial of sacituzumab govitecan versus standard chemotherapy in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer
Abstract
Background: The antibody-drug conjugate sacituzumab govitecan (SG) prolongs progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with refractory/relapsed metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC). Here, we investigated its effect on health-related quality of life (HRQoL).
Methods: This analysis was based on the open-label phase III ASCENT trial (NCT02574455). Adults with refractory/relapsed mTNBC who had received ≥2 prior systemic therapies (≥1 in the metastatic setting) were randomised 1:1 to SG or treatment of physician's choice (TPC; capecitabine, eribulin, vinorelbine, or gemcitabine). HRQoL was assessed on day 1 of each treatment cycle using the EORTC QLQ-C30. Score changes from baseline were analysed using linear mixed-effect models for repeated measures. Stratified Cox regressions evaluated time to first clinically meaningful change of HRQoL.
Results: The analysis population comprised 236 patients randomised to SG and 183 to TPC. For global health status (GHS)/QoL, physical functioning, fatigue, and pain, changes from baseline were superior for SG versus TPC. Compared with TPC, SG was inferior regarding changes from baseline for nausea/vomiting and diarrhoea but non-inferior for other QLQ-C30 domains. Median time to first clinically meaningful worsening was longer for SG than for TPC for physical functioning (22.1 versus 12.1 weeks, P < 0.001), role functioning (11.4 versus 7.1 weeks, P < 0.001), fatigue (7.7 versus 6.0 weeks, P < 0.05), and pain (21.6 versus 9.9 weeks, P < 0.001).
Conclusions: SG was generally associated with greater improvements and delayed worsening of HRQoL scores compared with TPC. This supports the favourable profile of SG as an mTNBC treatment.
Keywords: Antibody–drug conjugate; Clinical trial; EORTC QLQ-C30; Phase III; Quality of life; Sacituzumab govitecan; Triple-negative breast neoplasms.
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of interest statement The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: SL reports grants from Immunomedics during the conduct of the study. Outside the submitted work, SL has received grants and other from AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, and Celgene, grants, personal fees, and other from Daiichi Sankyo, grants and other from Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche, other from BMS, EirGenix, Lilly, Merck, MSD, Seagen, Prime/Medscape, PUMA, Samsung, and Pierre Fabre, grants from Teva and Vifor, and personal fees from Chugai. In addition, SL has a patent EP14153692.0 pending. DL has received consulting fees from MSD, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Roche, Immunomedics, and Pfizer and has obtained payment or honoraria from Amgen, MSD, Lilly, Novartis, BMS, and Roche. Support for attending meetings and/or travel were made to DL by Roche, MSD, AstraZeneca, and Novartis, and DL is on the Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board of MSD. SMT has obtained grants and personal fees from Immunomedics/Gilead during the conduct of the study. Outside of supported work, SMT has obtained grants and personal fees from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Merck, Nektar, Novartis, Pfizer, Genentech/Roche, Exelixis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eisai, NanoString, Sanofi, Odonate, and Immunomedics/Gilead, personal fees from Puma, Celldex, Seattle Genetics, Silverback Therapeutics, G1 Therapeutics, AbbVie, Athenex, OncoPep, Kyowa Kirin Pharmaceuticals, Daiichi Sankyo, CytomX, Samsung Bioepis Inc., Certara, Mersana Therapeutics and grants from Cyclacel. KP has received honoraria for consultancy/advisory board functions and speaker fees from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Exact Sciences, Focus Patient, Gilead Sciences, MSD, Novartis, Roche, and Seagen. KP's institution has received research grants from or had contracts with Sanofi and MSD; received consulting fees from AstraZeneca, Gilead Sciences, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche; and received payment or honoraria from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Gilead Sciences, MSD, Mundi Pharma, Novartis, Pfizer, and Roche. Support for attending meetings and/or travel was made to KP by AstraZeneca, Novartis, Pfizer, PharmaMar, and Roche. KP reports participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board of Eli Lilly, Gilead Sciences, MSD, Novartis, Pierre Fabre, Roche, Teva, and Vifor Pharma and is a board member of Belgian Society of Medical Oncology and Committee member of ESMO Young Oncologists and ESMO Resilience Task Force. KP has received equipment, materials, drugs, medical writing, gifts or other services from MSD and Gilead Sciences. MO has received grants from Immunomedics during the conduct of the study. Outside the submitted work, MO has obtained grants, personal fees, and non-financial support from Roche, grants and personal fees from Genentech, PUMA Biotechnology, Astra Zeneca, and Seattle Genetics, grants from Boehringer-Ingelheim, non-financial support from Pierre-Fabre, Eisai, GP Pharma, and Grünenthal, and grants, personal fees, and non-financial support from Novartis. HSR reports grants from Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, Lilly, Genentech, OBI, Odonate, Daiichi, Seattle Genetics, Eisai, MacroGenics, Sermonix, Immunomedics, and AstraZeneca, non-financial support from Daiichi, Mylan, Pfizer, Merck, Novartis, AstraZeneca, and MacroGenics, personal fees from Mylan, Puma, and Samsung outside the submitted work. AB has obtained grants from Genentech, Novartis, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi, Radius Health, and Immunomedics, grants and personal fees from Biotheranostics Inc., and personal fees from Pfizer, Novartis, Genentech, Merck, Radius Health, Immunomedics, Taiho, Sanofi, Daiichi Sankyo Pharma/Astra Zeneca, Puma, Phillips, Eli Lilly, and Foundation Medicine outside the submitted work. SAH reports contracted research with Ambrx, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Arvinas, Bayer, Daiichi Sankyo, Genentech/Roche, Gilead, GSK, Immunomedics, Lilly, MacroGenics, Novartis, Pfizer, OBI Pharma, Pieris, PUMA, Radius, Sanofi, Seattle Genetics, Dignitana, Zymeworks, and Phoenix Molecular Designs, Ltd. and stock options with NK Max. AMB has obtained support for the present manuscript from Immunomedics/Gilead and consulting fees from Immunomedics/Gilead, Novartis, Genentech, Roche, Eisai, Merck and Athenex. KK received grants or contracts from Incyte, Novartis, Genentech, Lilly, Pfizer, Calithera, Immunomedics, Acetylon, Seattle Genetics, Amgen, Zeno, and CytomX, consulting fees from Lilly, Pfizer, Novartis, Eisai, AstraZeneca, Genentech, Immunomedics, Merck, Seattle Genetics, Cyclacel, and OncoSec Medical, payment or honoraria from Lilly, and support for attending meetings and/or travel from Lilly, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer. KK is a member of the steering committee at Immunomedics, AstraZeneca, and Genentech. Other financial or non-financial interests of KK include spouse (employee) with Grail, Array, and Pfizer. JC holds consulting/advisor roles at Roche, Celgene, Celestial, AstraZeneca, Biothera Pharmaceuticals, Merus, Seattle Genetics, Daiichi Sankyo, Erytech, Athenex, Polyphor, Lilly, Servier, Merck Sharp & Dohme, GSK, Leuko, Bioasis, Clovis Oncology, Boehringer Ingelheim, Kyowa Kirin and honoraria from Roche, Novartis, Celgene, Eisai, Pfizer, Samsung Bioepis, Lilly, Merck Sharp & Dohme, and Daiichi Sankyo. JC receives research funding to the institution from Roche, Ariad pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca, Baxalta GMBH/Servier Affaires, Bayer healthcare, Eisai, F. Hoffman-La Roche, Guardant Health, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Pfizer, PIQUR Therapeutics, Puma C, and Queen Mary University of London. JC reports stock, patents, and intellectual property with MEDSIR and support for travel, accommodation, expenses from Roche, Novartis, Eisai, Pfizer, Daiichi Sankyo. JAO has obtained consulting fees from AbbVie Inc., Agendia, Amgen, Aptitude Health, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene Corporation, Eisai, G1 Therapeutics, Genentech, Immunomedics, Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Lilly, Merck, Myriad, Novartis, Odonate Therapeutics, Pfizer, PUMA Biotechnology, Prime Oncology, Roche, Seattle Genetics, and Syndax Pharmaceuticals. VD has obtained honoraria from and holds consulting/advisory roles with Daiichi Sankyo, Gilead Sciences, MSD, Pierre Fabre Oncologie, Roche/Genentech, Novartis, Lilly, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Eisai, AbbVie, and Seagen. VD reports participation in speakers' bureaus for and support for travel, accommodation, and expenses from Gilead, Roche, Novartis, Pfizer, Lilly, AstraZeneca, Daiichi Sankyo, and Seagen. LAC reports participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board of Sanofi Aventis, Novartis, Genentech/Roche, GSK, AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sanyo, and Aptitude Health. Other financial or non-financial interests of LAC includes spouse serving on the board of Falcon Therapeutics and spouse involvement in neural stem cell therapy patent. LG has received grants or contracts from Zymeworks and Revolution Medicines, consulting fees from Forty Seven (CD47), Genenta, METIS Precision Medicine, Novartis, Odonate Therapeutics, Revolution Medicines, Synaffix, Zymeworks, Menarini Ricerche, Amgen, and Biomedical Insights Inc., payment or honoraria from Roche, and support for attending meetings and/or travel from Pfizer. LG is a co-inventor of European patent Application N.12195182.6 and 12196177.5 titled PDL-1 expression in anti-HER2 therapy-Roche (issued) and reports participation on the advisory boards of ADC Therapeutics, AstraZeneca, Celgene, Eli Lilly, G1 Therapeutics, Genentech, Genomic Health, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Oncolytics Biotech, Odonate Therapeutics, Onkaido Therapeutics, Roche, Pfizer, Taiho Pharmaceutical, Hexal Sandoz, Seattle Genetics, Synthon, Zymeworks, Sanofi Aventis. MG has received stock or stock options at Gilead as an employee. LP has obtained support for attending meetings and/or travel and stock/stock options from Gilead due to employee status. SP and LC have obtained support for the present manuscript and stock/stock options from Gilead as employees. LS is an employee of Evidera, which received payment for the statistical analysis during the conduct of the study. MP has obtained research grant funding from AstraZeneca, Immunomedics, and Lilly, funding from Menarini, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Radius, Roche-Genentech, Servier, and Synthon, and is a consultant at AstraZeneca and Roche-Genentech. MP is on the advisory boards of Debiopharm, Immunomedics, Immutep, Menarini, Odonate, Roche-Genentech, Seagen, Seattle Genetics, and has obtained support as an invited speaker at AstraZeneca, Lilly, MSD, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche-Genentech. MP is a member of Board of Directors at Oncolytics.
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