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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Discov. 2017 May 11;7(6):561–574. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0228

Table 2.

Clinical trials testing endocrine agents in the neoadjuvant setting that parallel results from studies conducted in the adjuvant or metastatic setting

Presurgical and/or neoadjuvant trial Time of Ki67 assessment (weeks) Ki67 Outcome Equivalent adjuvant or metastatic trial
NET Trials That Parallel Adjuvant Studies
IMPACT (25)
(n: 259)
2/12 Ki67 geometric mean reduction
Anastrozole: 76% at 2 wks/82% at 12 wks
Tamoxifen: 59%/62%
Tam + Ana: 64%/61%
ATAC (n: 9366) (34)
Anastrozole>Tamoxifen
P024 (22)
(n: 185)
16 Ki67 geometric mean reduction
Letrozole: 87%
Tamoxifen: 75%
BIG 1–98 (n: 8010) (35)
Letrozole>Tamoxifen
ACOSOGZ1031 (30)
(n: 266)
16 Ki67 geometric mean reduction
Anastrozole: 79%
Exemestane: 79%
Letrozole: 82%
MA.27 (n: 7576) (36)
Anastrozole=Exemestane
FACE (n: 4136) (37)
Letrozole=Anastrozole
STAGE (81)
(n: 188)
24 Mean Ki67 (end of treatment)
Anastrozole + Goserelin: 2.9%
Tamoxifen + Goserelin: 8%
SOFT (n: 4690) (82)
Exemestane + OS>Tamoxifen + OS
NET Trials That Parallel Studies in Metastatic Disease
NEWEST (44)
(n: 211)
4/16 Mean % change from baseline
Fulvestrant 500 mg: 78% at 4 wks/77% at 16 wks
Fulvestrant 250 mg: 44%/62%
CONFIRM (n: 736) (45)
Fulv 500 mg>Fulv 250 mg
Baselga et al. (83)
(n: 270)
2 Mean % change from baseline
Exemestane + Everolimus: 90%
Exe: 75%
BOLERO-2 (n: 724) (84)
Exemestane + Everolimus>Exemestane
Smith et al. (49)
(n: 206)
2/16 Mean % change from baseline
Anastrozole + Gefitinib: 19% at 2 wks /77% at 16 wks
Anastrozole: 43%/84%
NCT00080743 (n: 290) (51)
Anastrozole + Gefitinib>Anastrozole
NCT00066378 (n: 71) (50) Tamoxifen + Gefitinib=Tamoxifen
NCT00077025 (n: 93) (85)
Anastrozole + Gefitinib=Anastrozole
MINT (n: 359) (52)
Anastrozole + AZD9831=Anastrozole
Guarnieri et al. (86)
(n: 92)
24 Mean Ki67 (end of treatment)
Letrozole + Lapatinib :12.8%
Letrozole: 12.8%
NCT00073528 (n: 952) (87)
Letrozole + Lapatinib=Letrozole
OPPORTUNE (53)
(n: 75)
2 Ki67 geometric mean reduction
Anastrozole + Pictisilib: 83%
Anastrozole: 66%
FERGI trial (n: 129) (54)
Fulvestrant + Pictisilib= Fulvestrant
Curigliano et al. (88)
(n: 14)
2 Mean % change from baseline
Letrozole + Ribociclib: 92%
Letrozole: 69%
MONALEESA-2 (n: 668) (40)
Letrozole + Ribociclib>Letrozole
Ma et al. (39)
(n: 45)
2 Complete cell cycle arrest (Ki67<2.7%)
Anastrozole + Palbociclib: 86%
Anastrozole: 26%
PALOMA-2 (n: 666) (41)
Letrozole + Palbociclib>Letrozole
NEO-MONARCH (38)
(n: 161)
2 Complete cell cycle arrest (Ki67<2.7%)
Anastrozole: 15%
Abemaciclib: 60%
Anastrozole + Abemaciclib: 66%
MONARCH-1 (n: 132) (43)
High activity as monotherapy in ER+ breast cancer resistant to AIs

NET: Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy; OS: Ovarian Suppression; AI: Aromatase Inhibitor