Zhang Liulu, Yang Lu, Ge Yan, Zhu Zhaowen, Chen Bo, Yang Ciqiu, Gao Hongfei, Yang Mei, Zhu Teng, Wang Kun
Department of Breast Cancer, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Cell Rep Med. 2025 Jul 15;6(7):102193. doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.102193. Epub 2025 Jun 19.
Tumor angiogenesis contributes to immune evasion, and vascular normalization enhances immunotherapy response by reshaping the tumor microenvironment. This phase 2 trial evaluates neoadjuvant anlotinib (antiangiogenic), sintilimab (programmed cell death protein 1 [PD-1] inhibitor), and chemotherapy in 29 patients with stage II-III triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). The primary endpoint, pathological complete response (pCR), is achieved in 69.0% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 49.0%-85.0%), with an 86.2% minimal residual disease (residual cancer burden [RCB] 0 + 1) rate. Notably, programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)-negative patients achieve a 75.0% pCR rate, comparable to PD-L1-positive patients (64.7%). The 2-year event-free survival (EFS) is 92.4%, with 100% EFS in pCR patients. Grade 3/4 adverse events occur in 31.0% of patients, primarily rash and hematologic toxicities. These results demonstrate that combining antiangiogenic therapy with immunotherapy and chemotherapy enhances treatment efficacy, potentially overcoming PD-L1 limitations, and supports further investigation in high-risk TNBC. This trial was registered at ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04877821).
肿瘤血管生成有助于免疫逃逸,而血管正常化通过重塑肿瘤微环境增强免疫治疗反应。这项2期试验评估了29例II-III期三阴性乳腺癌(TNBC)患者使用新辅助安罗替尼(抗血管生成药物)、信迪利单抗(程序性细胞死亡蛋白1 [PD-1]抑制剂)和化疗的疗效。主要终点指标——病理完全缓解(pCR)率达到69.0%(95%置信区间[CI]:49.0%-85.0%),微小残留病(残留癌症负担[RCB] 0 + 1)率为86.2%。值得注意的是,程序性死亡配体1(PD-L1)阴性患者的pCR率达到75.0%,与PD-L1阳性患者(64.7%)相当。2年无事件生存率(EFS)为92.4%,pCR患者的EFS为100%。3/4级不良事件发生在31.0%的患者中,主要为皮疹和血液学毒性。这些结果表明,抗血管生成治疗与免疫治疗及化疗联合可提高治疗效果,可能克服PD-L1的局限性,并支持在高危TNBC中进一步开展研究。该试验已在ClinicalTrials.gov注册(NCT04877821)。