Bicalutamide Plus Aromatase Inhibitors in ER(+)/AR(+)/HER2(-) Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

This study is aim to evaluate the efficacy and safety of bicalutamide and aromatase inhibitor in ER(+)/AR(+)/HER2(-) metastatic breast cancer patients who have disease progression after treatment of an aromatase inhibitor.

Timeline

Start

2016-01

Primary completion

2018-09

Completion

2018-12

Publications

• Background Kuenen-Boumeester V, Van der Kwast TH, Claassen CC, Look MP, Liem GS, Klijn JG, Henzen-Logmans SC. The clinical significance of androgen receptors in breast cancer and their relation to histological and cell biological parameters. Eur J Cancer. 1996 Aug;32A(9):1560-5. doi: 10.1016/0959-8049(96)00112-8.
• Background Mangelsdorf DJ, Thummel C, Beato M, Herrlich P, Schutz G, Umesono K, Blumberg B, Kastner P, Mark M, Chambon P, Evans RM. The nuclear receptor superfamily: the second decade. Cell. 1995 Dec 15;83(6):835-9. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674(95)90199-x. No abstract available.
• Background Grogg A, Trippel M, Pfaltz K, Ladrach C, Droeser RA, Cihoric N, Salhia B, Zweifel M, Tapia C. Androgen receptor status is highly conserved during tumor progression of breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2015 Nov 9;15:872. doi: 10.1186/s12885-015-1897-2.
• Background Brys M. Androgens and androgen receptor: do they play a role in breast cancer? Med Sci Monit. 2000 Mar-Apr;6(2):433-8.
• Background Witzel I, Graeser M, Karn T, Schmidt M, Wirtz R, Schutze D, Rausch A, Janicke F, Milde-Langosch K, Muller V. Androgen receptor expression is a predictive marker in chemotherapy-treated patients with endocrine receptor-positive primary breast cancers. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2013 May;139(5):809-16. doi: 10.1007/s00432-013-1382-8. Epub 2013 Feb 8.
• Background Fujii R, Hanamura T, Suzuki T, Gohno T, Shibahara Y, Niwa T, Yamaguchi Y, Ohnuki K, Kakugawa Y, Hirakawa H, Ishida T, Sasano H, Ohuchi N, Hayashi S. Increased androgen receptor activity and cell proliferation in aromatase inhibitor-resistant breast carcinoma. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2014 Oct;144 Pt B:513-22. doi: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2014.08.019. Epub 2014 Aug 29.
• Background Ciupek A, Rechoum Y, Gu G, Gelsomino L, Beyer AR, Brusco L, Covington KR, Tsimelzon A, Fuqua SA. Androgen receptor promotes tamoxifen agonist activity by activation of EGFR in ERalpha-positive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2015 Nov;154(2):225-37. doi: 10.1007/s10549-015-3609-7. Epub 2015 Oct 20.
• Background Cuenca-Lopez MD, Montero JC, Morales JC, Prat A, Pandiella A, Ocana A. Phospho-kinase profile of triple negative breast cancer and androgen receptor signaling. BMC Cancer. 2014 Apr 30;14:302. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-302.
• Background Garay JP, Karakas B, Abukhdeir AM, Cosgrove DP, Gustin JP, Higgins MJ, Konishi H, Konishi Y, Lauring J, Mohseni M, Wang GM, Jelovac D, Weeraratna A, Sherman Baust CA, Morin PJ, Toubaji A, Meeker A, De Marzo AM, Lewis G, Subhawong A, Argani P, Park BH. The growth response to androgen receptor signaling in ERalpha-negative human breast cells is dependent on p21 and mediated by MAPK activation. Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 9;14(1):R27. doi: 10.1186/bcr3112.
• Background Tarulli GA, Butler LM, Tilley WD, Hickey TE. Bringing androgens up a NOTCH in breast cancer. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2014 Aug;21(4):T183-202. doi: 10.1530/ERC-14-0248. Epub 2014 Jul 7.
• Background Ueda T, Bruchovsky N, Sadar MD. Activation of the androgen receptor N-terminal domain by interleukin-6 via MAPK and STAT3 signal transduction pathways. J Biol Chem. 2002 Mar 1;277(9):7076-85. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M108255200. Epub 2001 Dec 19.
• Background Gucalp A, Tolaney S, Isakoff SJ, Ingle JN, Liu MC, Carey LA, Blackwell K, Rugo H, Nabell L, Forero A, Stearns V, Doane AS, Danso M, Moynahan ME, Momen LF, Gonzalez JM, Akhtar A, Giri DD, Patil S, Feigin KN, Hudis CA, Traina TA; Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium (TBCRC 011). Phase II trial of bicalutamide in patients with androgen receptor-positive, estrogen receptor-negative metastatic Breast Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Oct 1;19(19):5505-12. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-3327. Epub 2013 Aug 21.
• Lu Q, Xia W, Lee K, Zhang J, Yuan H, Yuan Z, Shi Y, Wang S, Xu F. Bicalutamide plus Aromatase Inhibitor in Patients with Estrogen Receptor-Positive/Androgen Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer. Oncologist. 2020 Jan;25(1):21-e15. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0564. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

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