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Effect of neoadjuvant chemotherapy on immune checkpoint expression in breast cancer
- Source :
- Journal of Clinical Oncology. 35:e12126-e12126
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2017.
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Abstract
- e12126 Background: Even with neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) many breast cancer (BC) patients (pts) relapse, especially triple negative pts. The incorporation of checkpoint inhibitors into NAC for BC is being tested in clinical trials. How NAC affects checkpoint receptor expression is not known. Such information could aid in the rational selection of checkpoints to target during NAC. We sought to characterize changes in the frequency of circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells expressing PD1, CTLA4, LAG3, TIM3, and OX40 over the course of NAC. Methods: In this prospective trial, expression of PD-1, CTLA-4, Lag3, Tim3 and Ox40 on circulating CD4 and CD8 T cells were measured by FACS analysis in pts with operable breast cancer (BC) prior and at the end of NAC. The primary objective was to explore the association between NAC and expression levels of the immune checkpoints. Results: 1, 20 and 3 pts had clinical stage I, II, IIIA, respectively. Median age was 48. 11, 6 and 7 pts were triple negative (TN), HER2+ and hormone receptor (HR)+, respectively. Complete pathologic response rate was 45.8%. Globally CD4 T cells expressing CTLA4, Lag3, Ox40 and PD1 decreased following NAC (all p < 0.01). Conversely, CD8 T cells expressing CTLA4, Lag3 and Ox40 significantly increased (all p < 0.01). More CD8 T cells from HER2+ pts expressed Lag3 prior to therapy compared to HR+ pts (p < 0.05) with a similar trend compared to TN pts. Prior to therapy more CD8 T cells from HER2+ and TN pts expressed Tim3 compared to HR+ pts (p < 0.05 for each). Post therapy more CD4 T cells from HER2+ pts expressed PD1 compared to HR+ and TN pts (p = 0.027 and 0.018 respectively). Clinical response did not predict change in checkpoint expression. An interaction analysis revealed that HER2+ disease predicted a drop in CTLA4 CD4 T cells and a drop in Lag3 CD4 and CD8 T cells over NAC (p < 0.05). Conclusions: This analysis identified changes in checkpoint receptor expression by CD4 and CD8 T cells in BC pts after NAC. Differences in checkpoint receptor expression were found between BC subgroups. This data provides a starting point for understanding checkpoint receptor expression changes with NAC, and could help guide the selection and timing of incorporating checkpoint inhibitors in BC.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15277755 and 0732183X
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4cc17ab1a516fad987935da239fde3f0
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e12126