{"title":"Switching ahead of progression: Insights from the SERENA-6 trial on targeting emerging ESR1 mutations in advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer.","authors":"Pablo Tolosa, Juan Montes, Eva Ciruelos","doi":"10.1016/j.medj.2025.100781","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The phase 3 SERENA-6 trial showed that, in ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer patients with emerging ESR1 mutations in ctDNA during aromatase inhibitor (AI) plus CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy, switching the AI to camizestrant significantly improved progression-free survival and delayed quality-of-life (QoL) deterioration.<sup>1</sup> However, the clinical utility of early ctDNA-guided switching remains unconfirmed, as secondary endpoints (including PFS2 and overall survival) are still immature.</p>","PeriodicalId":29964,"journal":{"name":"Med","volume":"6 9","pages":"100781"},"PeriodicalIF":11.8000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Med","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medj.2025.100781","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The phase 3 SERENA-6 trial showed that, in ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer patients with emerging ESR1 mutations in ctDNA during aromatase inhibitor (AI) plus CDK4/6 inhibitor therapy, switching the AI to camizestrant significantly improved progression-free survival and delayed quality-of-life (QoL) deterioration.1 However, the clinical utility of early ctDNA-guided switching remains unconfirmed, as secondary endpoints (including PFS2 and overall survival) are still immature.
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