Targeted immunotherapy with a checkpoint inhibitor in combination with chemotherapy: A new clinical paradigm in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

Authors

  • Farhan S. Cyprian College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  • Saghir Akhtar College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  • Zoran Gatalica Caris Life Sciences, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
  • Semir Vranic College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9743-7265

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17305/bjbms.2019.4204

Keywords:

Breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, immune checkpoint inhibitors, predictive biomarkers, PD-L1

Abstract

The treatment of several solid and hematologic malignancies with immune checkpoint inhibitors (against programmed death receptor-1/ligand-1 [PD-1/PD-L1]) has dramatically changed the cancer treatment paradigm. However, no checkpoint inhibitors were previously approved for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a difficult-to-treat disease with a high unmet therapeutic need. Based on IMpassion130 clinical trial (NCT02425891), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently granted an accelerated approval for atezolizumab (TECENTRIQ®), a monoclonal antibody drug targeting PD-L1, plus chemotherapy (Abraxane; nab®-Paclitaxel) for the treatment of adults with PD-L1-positive, unresectable, locally advanced or metastatic TNBC. The FDA has also approved the Ventana diagnostic antibody SP142 as a companion test for selecting TNBC patients for treatment with atezolizumab. In the present review, we briefly discuss the importance of this breakthrough as the first cancer immunotherapy regimen to be approved for the management of breast cancer.

Targeted immunotherapy with a checkpoint inhibitor in combination with chemotherapy:  A new clinical paradigm in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

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20-08-2019

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Targeted immunotherapy with a checkpoint inhibitor in combination with chemotherapy: A new clinical paradigm in the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer. Biomol Biomed [Internet]. 2019 Aug. 20 [cited 2024 Mar. 19];19(3):227-33. Available from: https://www.bjbms.org/ojs/index.php/bjbms/article/view/4204