2024
TROPION-Breast03: a randomized phase III global trial of datopotamab deruxtecan ± durvalumab in patients with triple-negative breast cancer and residual invasive disease at surgical resection after neoadjuvant therapy
Bardia A, Pusztai L, Albain K, Ciruelos E, Im S, Hershman D, Kalinsky K, Isaacs C, Loirat D, Testa L, Tokunaga E, Wu J, Dry H, Barlow W, Kozarski R, Maxwell M, Harbeck N, Sharma P. TROPION-Breast03: a randomized phase III global trial of datopotamab deruxtecan ± durvalumab in patients with triple-negative breast cancer and residual invasive disease at surgical resection after neoadjuvant therapy. Therapeutic Advances In Medical Oncology 2024, 16: 17588359241248336. PMID: 38686016, PMCID: PMC11057345, DOI: 10.1177/17588359241248336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInvasive disease-free survivalResidual invasive diseasePathological complete responseTriple-negative breast cancerDisease-free survivalNeoadjuvant therapyInvasive diseaseSurgical resectionBreast cancerHigh risk of disease recurrenceTopoisomerase I inhibitor payloadRisk of disease recurrenceStandard-of-care therapyAdjuvant treatment approachesPhase III studyTreatment of patientsWritten informed consentAntibody-drug conjugatesAged 18-yearsComplete responseNeoadjuvant treatmentInstitutional review boardOverall survivalDisease recurrenceIII studies
2023
Pan-cancer analysis of antibody-drug conjugate targets and putative predictors of treatment response
Bosi C, Bartha Á, Galbardi B, Notini G, Naldini M, Licata L, Viale G, Mariani M, Pistilli B, Ali H, André F, Piras M, Callari M, Barreca M, Locatelli A, Viganò L, Criscitiello C, Pusztai L, Curigliano G, Győrffy B, Dugo M, Bianchini G. Pan-cancer analysis of antibody-drug conjugate targets and putative predictors of treatment response. European Journal Of Cancer 2023, 195: 113379. PMID: 37913680, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.113379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) databaseAntibody-drug conjugatesADC targetPan-cancer analysisCancer Genome AtlasExpression distributionGene expressionNew therapeutic opportunitiesTreatment responseExpression of determinantsPrimary tissuesGenome AtlasExpression levelsNormal tissuesPotential downstreamProtein expressionRelative expressionExpression databaseGenesTherapeutic opportunitiesExpressionTarget expressionMRNA levelsCancer typesInter-patient heterogeneity
2020
SGNLVA-001: A phase I open-label dose escalation and expansion study of SGN-LIV1A administered weekly in breast cancer.
Beckwith H, Medgyesy D, Abraham J, Nanda R, Tkaczuk K, Krop I, Pusztai L, Modi S, Mita M, Specht J, Hurvitz S, Han H, Kalinsky K, Wilks S, O'Shaughnessy J, Hart L, Rugo H, Mitri Z, Garfin P, Burris III H. SGNLVA-001: A phase I open-label dose escalation and expansion study of SGN-LIV1A administered weekly in breast cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: tps1104-tps1104. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.tps1104.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMetastatic breast cancerMonomethyl auristatin EDose-expansion cohortsAntibody-drug conjugatesDose escalationBreast cancerRECIST v1.1Expansion cohortPrior linesCytotoxic chemotherapyMetastatic triple-negative breast cancerGrade 2 peripheral neuropathyInvestigational antibody-drug conjugateNegative metastatic breast cancerLIV-1Triple-negative breast cancerAdequate organ functionHumanized IgG1 monoclonal antibodyKey efficacy endpointsPrimary safety endpointProgression-free survivalDose-limiting toxicityDuration of responseOverall response rateMonths of completion
2017
New Therapeutic Strategies for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
Székely B, Silber AL, Pusztai L. New Therapeutic Strategies for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Oncology 2017, 31: 130-7. PMID: 28205193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerResidual cancerBreast cancerEarly-stage triple-negative breast cancerUnselected triple negative breast cancerIntroduction of taxanesOngoing adjuvant trialsImmune checkpoint inhibitorsSurvival of patientsImportant clinical trialsImportant therapeutic advanceBRCA-mutant cancersNew therapeutic strategiesAntibody-drug conjugatesAdjuvant trialsNeoadjuvant chemotherapyAdjuvant therapyCheckpoint inhibitorsIdentifies patientsTherapeutic advancesClinical trialsHigh riskTherapeutic strategiesCancerTrials
2015
New targets in breast cancer
Jhaveri A, Pusztai L. New targets in breast cancer. Memo - Magazine Of European Medical Oncology 2015, 8: 86-91. DOI: 10.1007/s12254-015-0197-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreast cancerHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Novel clinical trial designsGrowth factor receptor 2Immune checkpoint modulatorsClinical trial designFactor receptor 2Akt/mammalian targetCyclin-dependent kinase 4/6Antibody-drug conjugatesPoly ADP-ribose polymeraseEndocrine therapyCheckpoint modulatorsADP-ribose polymeraseTherapeutic strategiesReceptor 2Trial designTherapeutic potentialMolecular abnormalitiesMammalian targetRapamycin (mTOR) pathwayNew drugsCancerNew targets