[Long-Term Response to CDK4/6 Inhibitor for Multiple Metastases of Breast Cancer]

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2024 Oct;51(10):1071-1073.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

The patient was a 60-year-old woman. She was diagnosed with hypertension, symptomatic epilepsy, renal failure, and cerebral infarction. During follow-up, she was found to have a mass in her left breast and was referred to our department. An irregular mass measuring 5 cm in diameter was palpated in the C region of the left breast. Multiple enlarged lymph nodes, thought to be metastases, were also palpated in the ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes. A needle biopsy revealed invasive ductal carcinoma, ER positive, PgR positive, HER2 negative, Ki-67 12%. A systemic examination revealed bone metastasis. Surgery was not possible due to comorbidities, so fulvestrant(500 mg/month)+denosumab(120 mg/month)was started. Furthermore, as the tumor markers were elevated, abemaciclib(300 mg/day)was added, which resulted in a decrease in the tumor markers. After 1 month of administration, grade 3 neutropenia was observed, so the dosage was reduced to 200 mg/day. During the course of treatment, the tumor markers rose again, so the dose was increased to 250 mg/day, which resulted in a decrease in the tumor markers and good tolerability. At present, 36 months after the start of treatment, long SD has continued, no adverse events of grade 3 or higher have been observed, and the drug has been well tolerated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aminopyridines / administration & dosage
  • Aminopyridines / therapeutic use
  • Benzimidazoles
  • Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Breast Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4* / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6* / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6
  • CDK4 protein, human
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors
  • CDK6 protein, human
  • abemaciclib
  • Aminopyridines
  • Benzimidazoles