Evidence Level:Resistant: A2 - Guideline
New
Title:
Endocrine Therapy for Hormone Receptor-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Excerpt:CONTRADICTING EVIDENCE: Targeted Therapy: A nonsteroidal AI and palbociclib may be offered to postmenopausal women with treatment-naive HR-positive MBC, because progression-free survival (PFS) but not overall survival (OS) was improved compared with letrozole alone.
DOI:10.1200/JCO.2016.67.1487
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C1 - Off-label
(Approved for HER2 Negative Breast Cancer)
New
Excerpt:Ibrance is indicated for the treatment of hormone receptor (HR) positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer:...in combination with an aromatase inhibitor…in combination with fulvestrant in women who have received prior endocrine therapy.
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Efficacy and safety of intensive adjuvant treatment with a CDK4/6 inhibitor in non-pCR patients with HR-positive HER2-negative breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy: a prospective, multicenter, randomized, open-label phase II clinical study
Excerpt:...HR-positive HER2-negative type is defined as ER-positive rate of immunohistochemical staining of tumor cells > 10%; PR-positive is defined as the PR-positive rate of immunohistochemical staining of tumor cells is > 10%; HER2-negative is defined as HER2 immunohistochemical 0-1+ or HER2 2+, but is negative by FISH test (no amplification). ...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Clinical trial in patients with advanced breast cancer (hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative) receiving palbociclib and standard therapy with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant after prior endocrine therapy.
Excerpt:...- Patients with proven diagnosis of advanced adenocarcinoma of the breast (locally advanced, inoperable or metastatic disease).- Patients with hormone-receptor-positive (HR+) disease, defined as ER+ and/or PgR+ - Patients with human-epidermal-growth-factor-receptor-2-negative (HER2-) disease - Pre-/perimenopausal women receiving concomitant therapy with an luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist or postmenopausal status- Patients scheduled for palliative treatment with the combination of palbociclib and letrozole for first- or later-line, anastrozole for first-line, exemestane for first-line, or fulvestrant for first-or later-line after prior endocrine failure.- Patient has an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status 0-2...
More C2 evidence

Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Impact of eHealth-support on Quality of Life in metastatic breast cancer patients treated with Palbociclib and endocrine therapy
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
A single-arm, open-label, phase II, multicenter clinical study of abeciclib in the treatment of recurrent or metastatic hormone receptor-positive breast cancer that has progressed after palbociclib therapy
Excerpt:...Histologically confirmed histopathologically confirmed locally advanced or metastatic hormone receptor-positive (estrogen receptor ER and/or progesterone receptor PR-positive) and HER2-negative (human epidermal growth factor 2 ( HER2) expression deficiency), patients who are not suitable for surgical treatment; 2. ...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Randomized, Open Label, Clinical Study of the Targeted Therapy, Palbociclib, to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer
Excerpt:...Patients must have histologically confirmed HER2+ and hormone receptor positive (ER+ and/or PR+), metastatic breast cancer....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib for HR Positive / HER2-negative Isolated Locoregional Recurrence of Breast Cancer
Excerpt:...Recurrent tumor must be hormone receptor positive:...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib and Endocrine Therapy for LObular Breast Cancer Preoperative Study (PELOPS)
Excerpt:...- Patients must have histologically confirmed hormone receptor positive (ER and/or PR), HER2 negative, invasive breast cancer....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib in Combination With Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Hormone Receptor Positive, HER2 Negative Invasive Breast Cancer
Excerpt:...- Participants must have histologically confirmed hormone receptor positive (HR+) HER2 negative stage II (except T2N0) or stage III invasive breast cancer....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
A Study to Describe the Breast Cancer Patient Population, Treatment, and Results in Indian Patients Receiving Combinations of the Medicines Called Palbociclib for Advanced Breast Cancer
Excerpt:...Number of Participants According to the Starting Dose of Palbociclib`Duration of Treatment`Number of Participants Who Had Any Palbociclib Dose Reduction`Number of Participants Who Had Any Interruption in Palbociclib Treatment`Number of Participants Who Had Any Delays in Palbociclib Treatment`Number of Participants According to Reasons for Treatment Discontinuation`Number of Participants According to Reasons for Change in Treatment`Progression Free Survival`Objective Response Rate (ORR)`Number of Participants Who Died`Overall Survival (OS)`Number of Participants According to Biomarker Status`Number of Participants With Family History of Breast Cancer`Duration From Breast Cancer Diagnosis to Palbociclib Treatment`Number of Participants According to Stages of Breast Cancer`Number of Participants According to Node Status`Number of Participants According to Menopausal Status`Number of Participants According to Performance Status Based on Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance Status (PS)`Number of Participants According to Metastatic Sites`Number of Participants According to de Novo and Recurrent Disease`Number of Participants According to Therapies Received for Early Breast Cancer`Time Since End of Adjuvant Treatment`Number of Participants According to Supportive Therapies Received for Hormone Receptor Positive / Human Epidermal Growth Factor 2 Negative (HR+/HER2-) Diagnosis`Duration of Supportive Treatments for ABC/MBC`Number of Participants According to Reasons for Regimen Change...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
A Study of Palbociclib in Addition to Standard Endocrine Treatment in Hormone Receptor Positive Her2 Normal Patients With Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Surgery
Excerpt:...Centrally confirmed hormone-receptor-positive (≥1% ER and/or PR positive stained cells) and HER2-normal (IHC score 0-1 or FISH negative (in-situ hybridization (ISH) ratio) ly confirmed for both sides....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
PALbociclib Rechallenge in horMone Receptor-posItive/HER2- Negative Advanced Breast Cancer (PALMIRA)
Excerpt:...From a clinical point of view, the primary endpoint for this study is the PFS (progression-free survival) - defined as the period of time from randomization until objective tumor progression or death - assessed by RECIST criteria v.1.1, of continuation of palbociclib treatment combined with second-line endocrine therapy (letrozole or fulvestrant) versus endocrine therapy in pre- and post- menopausal women with HR-positive/HER2-negative ABC.`...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety of Neoadjuvant Palbociclib in Combination With Endocrine Therapy
Excerpt:...To determine the overall response rate (CR+PR) with neoadjuvant palbociclib in combination with endocrine therapy in subjects with hormone receptor positive and Her-2/neu negative breast cancer`Overall response rate (CR+PR) with neoadjuvant palbociclib in combination with endocrine therapy`To determine the rate of reduction of Ki67 index after 4 weeks of neoadjuvant Palbociclib and endocrine therapy`Rate of reduction of Ki67 index...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Wearable Enhanced Fitness Tracking for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Using Endocrine Treatment and Palbociclib
Excerpt:...- Female patients ≥ 18 years of age diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive/ human epidermal growth factor receptor 2- negative metastatic breast cancer undergoing treatment with Palbociclib combined with aromatase inhibitors (letrozole, exemestane or anastrozole) or fulvestrant as first-line therapy, or in treatment with Palbociclib and fulvestrant as second-line or posterior-line therapy in the metastatic setting; may be using ovarian suppression if the patient is premenopausal....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Study in Women With Advanced Breast Cancer Receiving Palbociclib With AI or Fulvestrant
Excerpt:...Hormone-receptor-positive (HR+) disease, defined as estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) and/or progesterone-receptor-positive (PgR+) 4....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
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Title:
Palbociclib Plus Letrozole in Hormone Receptor Positive Residual Disease After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
Excerpt:...Histologically confirmed non-metastatic primary HR-positive/HER2 negative breast cancer with all the following characteristics:...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
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Title:
Palbociclib With Everolimus + Exemestane In BC
Excerpt:...- Participants with histologically or cytologically confirmed hormone receptor (HR)-positive, Her2-negative metastatic breast cancer....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance and Sensitivity to Palbociclib Re-challenge in ER+ mBC
Excerpt:...- Hormone receptor-positive [estrogen receptor (ER) and/or progesterone receptor (PR)] and HER2-negative...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Biological and Clinical Effects of Palbociclib With Ovarian Suppression and Letrozole in the Neoadjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer
Excerpt:...- Operable hormonal receptor (HR) positive (ER/PR greater than or equal to 10%), HER2- negative, invasive early breast cancer, suitable for neoadjuvant AI treatment and ovarian suppression; HR- positive and HER2-negative as determined by American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists (ASCO-CAP ) guidelines....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
RW Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Postmenopausal HR+/HER2- mBC Patients Treated With Palbociclib Plus Letrozole as Initial Endocrine Therapy at Community Oncology Practices in the U.S.
Excerpt:...Pathologically confirmed HR-positive/HER2-negative diagnosis....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
A Randomized, Open-label, Multi-center Phase IV Study Evaluating Palbociclib Plus Endocrine Treatment Versus a Chemotherapy-based Treatment Strategy in Patients With Hormone Receptor Positive / HER2 Negative Breast Cancer in a Real World Setting (GBG 93 - PADMA Study).
Excerpt:...Metastatic invasive hormone receptor positive and HER2 negative breast cancer (histologically confirmed)....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Impact of eHealth-support on Quality of Life in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Palbociclib and Endocrine Therapy
Excerpt:...The tumor must be hormone-receptor positive 7....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib Combined With an Aromatase Inhibitor in Breast Cancer
Excerpt:...- Patients with histological and imaging findings-confirmed hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer;...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Neoadjuvant Letrozole and Palbociclib in Patients With Stage II-IIIB Breast Cancer, HR+, HER2 -
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib in Combination With Fulvestrant Versus Fulvestrant in Advanced Breast Cancer: A Real-world Study in China
Excerpt:...4) Pathological examination confirmed HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer patients with local recurrence or metastasis evidence....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib plus aromatase inhibitor/fulvestrant with ovarian function suppression versus docetaxel plus capecitabine in premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative local recurrent or metastatic breast cancer: a multicentre, prospective, randomised, non-inferiority, phase 2 trial
Excerpt:...1.Premenopausal women with histologically confirmed hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative recurrent or metastatic breast cancer,and ER >= 10% ,PR >= 10%. ...
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Efficacy, tolerability, and safety of palbociclib combined with an aromatase inhibitor in hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative locally advanced breast cancer: a multi-center parallel-group randomized controlled trial
Excerpt:...1 Patients with histological and imaging findings-confirmed hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer; 2 postmenopausal patients; 3 eligible patients receiving one or more treatment strategies who are followed-up in the center where they receive treatment; 4 provision of written informed consent....
Evidence Level:Sensitive: C2 – Inclusion Criteria
New
Title:
Palbociclib plus letrozole for menopausal women with localized breast cancer
Excerpt:...1.Female, age ≥18 years 2.Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0-1 3.Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast (bilateral breast cancer allowed) 4.Breast cancer tumor removed by surgery 5.Hormone receptor positive: ER+ and/or PR+ by IHC (≥10%) 6.HER2-negative by IHC (score 0 or 1+) and/or DISH negative (HER2 copy number <6 and HER2/CEP17 ratio <2) 7.Intermediate risk breast cancer defined by pathological characteristics as follow: -pT1 AND pN0* AND histological grade 3 -or pT1 AND pN1 AND histological grade 1 or 2 -or pT2 AND pN0* AND histological grade 2 * pN1a or pNmi reflecting the presence of micrometastases and pN0(i+) representing isolated tumour cells will be classified as pN0 Note: In case a genomic test has been performed and the result classifies the patient in an intermediate risk, patient is eligible independently of the pathological characteristics listed above. ...
Less C2 evidence

Evidence Level:Resistant: C3 – Early Trials
Title:
[Treatment of palbociclib in hormone receptor positive breast cancer: a real-world study and efficacy prediction model]
Excerpt:CONTRADICTING EVIDENCE: We retrospectively analyzed data from 66 HR-positive metastatic breast cancer patients treated with palbociclib and endocrine therapy...The overall response rate was 14.3% (95% CI: 6.7%, 25.4%) and clinical benefit rate was 58.7% (95% CI: 45.6%, 71.0%)....Our report indicates that palbociclib combined with endocrine therapy for HR-positive recurrent metastatic breast cancer is effective and safe...
DOI:10.3760/cma.j.cn112152-20210811-00606
Evidence Level:Resistant: C3 – Early Trials
Title:
32P - The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios predict efficacy of CDK 4/6 inhibitors in women with hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative advanced breast cancer
Excerpt:This is the first study to show a significant association between high NLR or PLR values, as measured during CDK 4/6 inhibitor treatment, and lower PFS in HR+ aBC pts.