2025
Neoadjuvant nivolumab and chemotherapy in early estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: a randomized phase 3 trial
Loi S, Salgado R, Curigliano G, Romero Díaz R, Delaloge S, Rojas García C, Kok M, Saura C, Harbeck N, Mittendorf E, Yardley D, Suárez Zaizar A, Caminos F, Ungureanu A, Reinoso-Toledo J, Guarneri V, Egle D, Ades F, Pacius M, Chhibber A, Chandra R, Nathani R, Spires T, Wu J, Pusztai L, McArthur H. Neoadjuvant nivolumab and chemotherapy in early estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: a randomized phase 3 trial. Nature Medicine 2025, 1-9. PMID: 39838118, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03414-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPathological complete responseIncreased pCR ratePhase 3 trialNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerER+/HER2- BCNivolumab armPCR rateAnti-programmed death 1 agentsDouble-blind phase 3 trialEndpoint of pathologic complete responseStromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levelsProgrammed death-ligand 1 expressionEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerLower pathologic complete responseTumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levelsRandomized phase 3 trialReceptor-positive breast cancerHigh riskLigand 1 expressionEstrogen receptor-positivePrimary breast cancerTaxane-based chemotherapyDense lymphocytic infiltrateT cell immunosurveillance
2024
Event-free survival by residual cancer burden with pembrolizumab in early-stage TNBC: exploratory analysis from KEYNOTE-522☆
Pusztai L, Denkert C, O’Shaughnessy J, Cortes J, Dent R, McArthur H, Kümmel S, Bergh J, Park Y, Hui R, Harbeck N, Takahashi M, Untch M, Fasching P, Cardoso F, Zhu Y, Pan W, Tryfonidis K, Schmid P. Event-free survival by residual cancer burden with pembrolizumab in early-stage TNBC: exploratory analysis from KEYNOTE-522☆. Annals Of Oncology 2024, 35: 429-436. PMID: 38369015, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTriple-negative breast cancerEvent-free survivalPathological complete responseResidual cancer burdenEarly-stage triple-negative breast cancerEvent-free survival eventsPembrolizumab groupRCB-2KEYNOTE-522Neoadjuvant pembrolizumabRCB-0Central nervous system recurrenceCancer burdenCycles of paclitaxelIncreased pCR ratePembrolizumab to chemotherapyCycles of doxorubicinCox regression modelsRCB-1Adjuvant pembrolizumabDistant recurrencePCR rateResidual diseaseSystemic recurrenceComplete response