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.

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ESMO Open
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2026-09-15
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esmoop.2026.108535
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Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
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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

Giuseppe Curigliano, D. Rea, Nadia Harbeck, M Ignatiadis et al.
ESMO Open
Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies
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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

Giuseppe Curigliano, D. Rea, Nadia Harbeck, 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
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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.

ESMO OpenVol. 11(10)
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)
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