Table 1 Summary of clinical trials evaluating CDK4/6 inhibitors in hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer.

From: Recent progress of CDK4/6 inhibitors’ current practice in breast cancer

Trial

Phase

N

Treatments

Primary endpoint Results

PALOMA-2 (NCT01740427)

III

666

Letrozole+Palbociclib vs Placebo

PFS 24.8 vs 14.5 months (HR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.46–0.72)

MONALEESA-2 (NCT01958021)

III

668

Letrozole+Ribociclib vs Placebo

PFS 25.3 vs 16.0 months (HR = 0.568, 95% CI: 0.457–0.704)

MONARCH-3 (NCT02246621)

III

493

NSAI+Abemaciclib vs Placebo

PFS 28.18 vs 14.76 months (HR = 0.540, 95% CI: 0.418–0.698)

MONALEESA-7 (NCT02278120)

III

672

NSAI/Tamoxifen+Ribociclib+goserelin vs Placebo

PFS 23.8 vs 13.0 months (HR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.44–0.69)

DAWNA-2 (NCT03966898)

III

456

NSAI+Dalpiciclib vs Placebo

PFS 30.6 vs 18.2 months (HR = 0.51, 95% CI: 0.38–0.69)

MONALEESA-3 (NCT02422615)

III

726

Fulvestrant+Ribociclib vs Placebo

PFS in patients receiving first-line treatment 33.6 vs 19.2 months (HR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.42–0.72)

FLIPPER (NCT02690480)

II

189

Fulvestrant+Palbociclib vs Placebo

mPFS 31.8 vs 22.0 months (HR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.34–0.78)

PARSIFAL (NCT02491983)

II

486

Palbociclib+Fulvestrant vs Letrozole

PFS 27.9 vs 32.8 months (HR = 1.13, 95% CI: 0.89–1.45)

MONARCH-2 (NCT02107703)

III

669

Fulvestrant+Abemaciclib vs Placebo

PFS 16.4 vs 9.3 months (HR = 0.553, 95% CI: 0.449–0.681)

MONARCH plus (NCT02763566)

III

207

NSAI+Abemaciclib+ vs Placebo

PFS NR vs 14.7 months (HR = 0.499, 95% CI: 0.346–0.719)

104

Fulvestrant+Abemaciclib vs Placebo

PFS 11.5 vs 5.6 months (HR = 0.376, 95% CI: 0.240–0.588)

PALOMA-3 (NCT01942135)

III

105

Fulvestrant+Palbociclib vs Placebo

PFS in premenopausal women age ≤50 years 9.5 vs 5.6 months (HR = 0.50, 95% CI: 0.29–0.87)

LEONARDA-1 (NCT05054751)

III

275

Fulvestrant+Lerociclib vs Placebo

PFS 11.07 vs 5.49 months (HR = 0.458, 95% CI: 0.317–0.661)

MAINTAIN (NCT02632045)

II

119

Fulvestrant/Exemestane+Ribociclib vs Placebo

PFS 5.29 vs 2.76 months (HR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.39–0.85)

BioPER (NCT03184090)

II

33

Palbociclib+ET of physician’s choice

CBR 34.4% (95% CI: 18.6–53.2); 13.0% of tumors (95% CI: 5.2–27.5) showed loss of Rb protein expression

RIGHT (NCT03839823)

II

222

Ribociclib+goserelin+NSAI vs chemotherapy

PFS 24.0 vs 12.3 months (HR = 0.54, 95% CI: 0.36–0.79)

  1. PFS progression-free survival, mPFS median progression-free survival, NSAI Nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitors, CBR clinical benefit rate, ET endocrine therapy, HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval.