Fasting glucose and body mass index as predictors of activity in breast cancer patients treated with everolimus-exemestane: The EverExt study.

Abstract

Evidence on everolimus in breast cancer has placed hyperglycemia among the most common high grade adverse events. Anthropometrics and biomarkers of glucose metabolism were investigated in a observational study of 102 postmenopausal, HR + HER2- metastatic breast cancer patients treated with everolimus-exemestane in first and subsequent lines. Best overall response (BR) and clinical benefit rate (CBR) were assessed across subgroups defined upon fasting glucose (FG) and body mass index (BMI). Survival was estimated by Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test. Survival predictors were tested in Cox models. Median follow up was 12.4 months (1.0-41.0). The overall cohort showed increasing levels of FG and decreasing BMI (p < 0.001). Lower FG fasting glucose at BR was more commonly associated with C/PR or SD compared with PD (p < 0.001). We also observed a somewhat higher BMI associated with better response (p = 0.052). More patients in the lowest FG category achieved clinical benefit compared to the highest (p < 0.001), while no relevant differences emerged for BMI. Fasting glucose at re-assessment was also predictive of PFS (p = 0.037), as confirmed in models including BMI and line of therapy (p = 0.049). Treatment discontinuation was significantly associated with changes in FG (p = 0.014). Further research is warranted to corroborate these findings and clarify the underlying mechanisms.

• Authors: Laura Pizzuti, Paolo Marchetti, Clara Natoli, Teresa Gamucci, Daniele Santini, Angelo Fedele Scinto, Laura Iezzi, Lucia Mentuccia, Loretta D'Onofrio, Andrea Botticelli, Luca Moscetti, Francesca Sperati, Claudio Botti, Francesca Ferranti, Simonetta Buglioni, Giuseppe Sanguineti, Simona Di Filippo, Luigi di Lauro, Domenico Sergi, Teresa Catenaro, Silverio Tomao, Antonio Giordano, Marcello Maugeri-Saccà, Maddalena Barba, Patrizia Vici
• Journal: Scientific reports (Sci Rep) Vol. 7 Issue 1 Pg. 10597 (09 06 2017) ISSN: 2045-2322 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 28878375 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Multicenter Study)

Chemical References

• Androstadienes
• Biomarkers
• Blood Glucose
• Everolimus
• exemestane

Topics

• Aged
• Androstadienes
• Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols (adverse effects, therapeutic use)
• Biomarkers
• Blood Glucose
• Body Mass Index
• Breast Neoplasms (blood, diagnosis, drug therapy, mortality)
• Everolimus
• Fasting (blood)
• Female
• Humans
• Kaplan-Meier Estimate
• Middle Aged
• Prognosis
• Treatment Outcome