Table 1 Clinical and pathological characteristics of ER+ breast cancer patients with advanced disease treated with combined CDK4/6i and endocrine treatment from pilot and validation cohorts according to p-AKT levels.

From: Co-targeting CDK4/6 and AKT with endocrine therapy prevents progression in CDK4/6 inhibitor and endocrine therapy-resistant breast cancer

Parameters

Pilot

Validation

Pilot vs. validation

p-AKT low

p-AKT high

N

pa

p-AKT low

p-AKT high

N

pa

pilot

validation

N

pa

Age at starting CDK4/6i

 ≤50

1

1

2

0.33

5

2

7

0.63

2

7

9

0.65

 >50

13

2

15

62

15

77

15

77

92

Site of relapseb

 Soft tissue

9

1

10

0.53

20

5

25

0.13

10

25

35

0.37

 Bone

3

2

5

34

5

39

5

39

44

 Viscera

2

0

2

13

7

20

2

20

22

No metastatic sites

 1

4

1

5

0.86

18

6

24

0.62

5

24

29

0.16

 2

7

1

8

19

3

22

8

22

30

 ≥3

3

1

4

30

8

38

4

38

42

Chemotherapyc

 No

9

1

10

0.54

37

8

45

0.60

10

45

55

0.79

 Yes

5

2

7

30

9

39

7

39

46

Time to recurrence (years)

 ≤5

7

3

10

0.28

28

5

33

0.35

10

33

43

0.29

 1–10

4

0

4

16

7

23

4

23

27

 >10

3

0

3

23

5

28

3

28

31

Total

14

3

17

 

67

17

84

 

17

84

101

 
  1. aTwo-sided χ2 or Fisher’s exact test.
  2. bSite of relapse of the metastatic lesion used to evaluate p-AKT expression.
  3. cIncludes chemotherapy administrated in the adjuvant and metastatic settings.