Abstract P4-10-04: Clinical outcomes of alpelisib in hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-negative advanced breast cancer by next-generation sequencing-detected PIK3CA alteration status and phosphatase and tensin homolog loss: Biomarker analysis from the SOLAR-1 study

Introduction: Hyperactivation of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway is a frequent event in human cancers and can be a result of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) loss, activation of receptor tyrosine kinases, or alterations in PI3K isoforms. About 40% of hormone receptor-positive (HR+), human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-negative (HER2-) breast cancers harbor alterations in the PIK3CA gene, which encodes the alpha subunit of PI3K (p110α). Mutations in PIK3CA can cause PI3K pathway hyperactivation, which may contribute to endocrine resistance. Alpelisib (ALP) is an α-selective PI3K inhibitor that, in combination with fulvestrant (FUL), demonstrated improved median progression-free survival (PFS) vs placebo (PBO) + FUL (11.0 vs 5.7 mo, respectively; hazard ratio [HR] 0.65; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.50-0.85; P Methods: SOLAR-1 is a phase 3, randomized, double-blind study of ALP 300 mg (or PBO) once daily + FUL 500 mg every 28 days + Cycle 1 Day 15 in men and postmenopausal women with HR+, HER2- ABC. Retrospectively, PIK3CA alterations (mutations and amplifications) were assessed by NGS and PTEN levels were assessed by immunohistochemistry. PTEN loss was defined based on an H-score Results: Of 572 pts in SOLAR-1, 341 (60%) had a PIK3CA mutation in tumor tissue by PCR, valid NGS results were available for 404 (71%), and PTEN levels were available for 401 (70%). Of the pts with available PTEN results, 34 (8%) had PTEN loss. PFS results and HRs, by PIK3CA alteration status as detected by NGS and PTEN status, are shown in the Table. In pts whose tumors had any PIK3CA alteration (n=239), which included a small group of pts with alterations not detectable by the PCR-based test used for screening in SOLAR-1 (n=31), mPFS was improved in the ALP + FUL vs PBO + FUL arms. In the small group of pts (n=19) whose tumors had PTEN loss but no PIK3CA alteration, ALP showed an improved mPFS and favorable HR vs the placebo arm. In pts whose tumors had multiple alterations (n=44), HR and mPFS benefits of ALP were observed, albeit with wide 95% CIs. Conclusions: These data demonstrate the efficacy of ALP in pts whose tumors harbor PIK3CA alterations as detected by NGS, including alterations that were not detectable by the PCR-based test used in SOLAR-1. Additional analyses suggest that ALP is also effective in pts with single and multiple PIK3CA mutations and in those whose tumors do not harbor a PIK3CA alteration but do have PTEN loss; however, low patient numbers in the PTEN loss subgroups may limit conclusions. Citation Format: Dejan Juric, Fabrice Andre, Christian F. Singer, Joohyuk Sohn, Mario Campone, Sibylle Loibl, Pierfranco Conte, Hiroji Iwata, Eva Ciruelos, Ingrid A. Mayer, Albert Reising, Chong Ma, Michelle Miller, Naveen Babbar, Hope S. Rugo. Clinical outcomes of alpelisib in hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-negative advanced breast cancer by next-generation sequencing-detected PIK3CA alteration status and phosphatase and tensin homolog loss: Biomarker analysis from the SOLAR-1 study [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P4-10-04.