Durvalumab in Combination With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Long-Term Analysis From the GeparNuevo Trial

Дурвалумаб в комбинации с неоадъювантной химиотерапией при раннем тройном негативном раке молочной железы: долгосрочный анализ испытания GeparNuevo
S Loibl, M Untch, J Huober, Vanessa Schaser, Michael Braun, Carsten Denkert, Andreas Hartkopf, Jens-Uwe Blohmer, Claus Hanusch, T Link, M Reinisch, Dirk-Michael Zahm, Rudolf Weide, Vesna Bjelic-Radisic, Peter Staib, Hans Tesch, Kerstin Rhiem, Ralf Lorenz, Julia Rey, Andreas Schneeweiss
2026-04-20

DurvalumabGeparNuevo trialearly triple-negative breast cancerneoadjuvant chemotherapystromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs)
= 0.045). sTILs in residual disease (RD) could be assessed in 39/71 patients without pCR. Post hoc analyses by sTILs high (>10%) versus low (≤10%) in RD showed estimated 7-year iDFS rates of 92.3% (95% CI, 56.6 to 98.9) and 51.4% (95% CI, 29.2 to 69.7), respectively. Hence, adding durvalumab to dose-dense NACT without adjuvant continuation of checkpoint inhibition improved long-term survival outcomes, irrespective of the extent of pathologic response. This underscores the necessity to re-evaluate the adjuvant continuation of checkpoint inhibition.
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Adding durvalumab to dose-dense neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) improved long-term survival outcomes in early triple-negative breast cancer without adjuvant checkpoint inhibitor continuation.
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Benefit of durvalumab was observed irrespective of the extent of pathologic response (pCR vs residual disease).
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In patients with residual disease and low sTILs (≤10%), the estimated 7-year iDFS was 51.4% (95% CI, 29.2 to 69.7).
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In patients with residual disease, high stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTILs >10%) were associated with an estimated 7-year iDFS of 92.3% (95% CI, 56.6 to 98.9).
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Results suggest re-evaluating the practice of adjuvant continuation of checkpoint inhibition after neoadjuvant durvalumab plus NACT.

Durvalumab combined with dose-dense neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with early triple-negative breast cancer enrolled in the GeparNuevo trial

Long-term survival outcomes (including invasive disease-free survival) and the impact of adding durvalumab without adjuvant continuation of checkpoint inhibition, stratified by pathologic response and stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in residual disease

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S Loibl
M Untch
J Huober
Vanessa Schaser
Michael Braun
Carsten Denkert
Andreas Hartkopf
Jens-Uwe Blohmer
Claus Hanusch
T Link
M Reinisch
Dirk-Michael Zahm
Rudolf Weide
Vesna Bjelic-Radisic
Peter Staib
Hans Tesch
Kerstin Rhiem
Ralf Lorenz
Julia Rey
Andreas Schneeweiss
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