Outcomes of elacestrant in patients with ER-positive, HER2-negative, ESR1-mutated metastatic breast cancer who received prior endocrine therapy and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor in a real-world setting
BACKGROUND: Real-world data analyses show durable benefits with elacestrant, with or without prior treatment with cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor (CDK4/6i). This cohort focused on patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1)-mutated metastatic breast cancer (mBC) treated with elacestrant after at least one line of endocrine therapy (ET) combined with CDK4/6i (N = 281). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Claims data from the Komodo Research Dataset linked with Foundation Medicine clinical-genomics data were used. Primary outcome was median time-to-next-treatment (mTTNT). RESULTS: In patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative ESR1-mutated mBC who received one to two prior lines of ET + CDK4/6i (n = 108), mTTNT with elacestrant was 8.2 months [95% confidence interval (CI) 6.0-12.2]. In patients who received one to two prior lines of ET + CDK4/6i for ≥12 months (n = 85), mTTNT was 9.0 months (95% CI 7.7-13.7), including an mTTNT of 12.2 months (95% CI 9.0-not reached) in those who received one prior line of ET (n = 31). In patients with liver and/or lung metastasis (n = 169), mTTNT was 6.9 months (95% CI 5.8-8.3), whereas it was 7.4 months (95% CI 5.6-12.9) in patients with brain metastasis (n = 68). In patients with coexisting ESR1- and phosphoinositide 3-kinase-pathway-mutated tumors (n = 115), mTTNT was 6.1 months (95% CI 5.0-8.1). CONCLUSIONS: Elacestrant showed durable benefits in patients with ER-positive/HER2-negative ESR1-mutated mBC previously exposed to at least one line of ET + CDK4/6i, reinforcing the role of elacestrant as a potential first-choice option for patients with endocrine-sensitive tumors.
Authors
- Giuseppe Curigliano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1781-2518)
- D. Rea
- Nadia Harbeck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9744-7372)
- M Ignatiadis
- R. Sánchez Bayona
- J.Á. García-Sáenz
- S. Kloss
- A. Okines
- E. Sears
- J. Maitland
- T. Wasserman
- S. Kuemmel
- B. Pistilli
- M. De Laurentiis
Institutions
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Institut Jules Bordet (BE)
- Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)
- Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre (ES)
- Menarini Group (Italy) (IT)
- Breast Center (CH)
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit (GB)
- Istituto Nazionale Tumori IRCCS "Fondazione G. Pascale" (IT)
- Kliniken Essen-Mitte (DE)
- Hospital Ruber Internacional (ES)
- European Institute of Oncology (IT)
- Analysis Group (United States) (US)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ESMO Open
- Published
- 2026-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.108535
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Menarini Group