Phase II study of Radium‐223 dichloride combined with hormonal therapy for hormone receptor‐positive, bone‐dominant metastatic breast cancer

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BACKGROUND: Radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223) is a targeted alpha therapy that induces localized cytotoxicity in bone metastases. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of Ra-223 plus hormonal therapy in hormone receptor-positive (HR+), bone-dominant metastatic breast cancer. METHODS: In this single-center phase II study, 36 patients received Ra-223 (55 kBq/kg intravenously every 4 weeks) up to 6 cycles with endocrine therapy. The primary objective was to determine the clinical disease control rate at 9 months. Secondary objectives were to determine (a) tumor response rate at 6 months, (b) progression-free survival (PFS) durations, and (c) safety. RESULTS: The median number of prior systemic treatments for metastatic disease was 1 (range, 0-4). The disease control rate at 9 months was 49%. The tumor response rate at 6 months was 54% (complete response, 21%; partial, 32%). The median PFS was 7.4 months (95% CI, 4.8-not reached [NR]). The median bone-PFS was 16 months (95% CI, 7.3-NR). There were no grade 3/4 adverse events. CONCLUSIONS: Ra-223 with hormonal therapy showed possible efficacy in HR+ bone-dominant breast cancer metastasis, and adverse events were tolerable. We plan to further investigate the clinical application of Ra-223 in these patients. (NCT02366130).