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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 1/2020

09.10.2019 | Clinical trial

Sixty spontaneous vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation in 15 women with early-stage breast cancer under aromatase inhibitors

verfasst von: Elena Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Bérengère Aubry-Rozier, Delphine Stoll, Khalil Zaman, Olivier Lamy

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Ausgabe 1/2020

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Abstract

Purpose

At denosumab discontinuation, bone turnover markers increase and the gained BMD is lost. In postmenopausal osteoporosis, there is an increased risk of spontaneous vertebral fractures (VFs) of about 1 to 10%, rarely described in women under denosumab for aromatase inhibitors (AI)-treated breast cancer. We aim to describe the characteristics of 15 patients under denosumab given for AI-treated early-stage breast cancer that presented VFs at its discontinuation.

Methods

Single-center retrospective case series of 15 patients. We report clinical data, dual X-ray absorptiometry values at denosumab initiation and discontinuation, and serum B-crosslaps dosage at the time of VF occurrence (before denosumab resumption).

Results

Fifteen women (66.4 ± 7.1 years at denosumab discontinuation) that received AI for 5.0 ± 0.6 years, denosumab 60 mg for 8.2 ± 2.0 doses, and developed 60 VFs at denosumab discontinuation, were followed for 24.4 ± 9.5 months. Patients suffered from 1 to 11 (mean 4.0 ± 1.9) clinical VFs within 7 to 16 months after last denosumab injection. VFs developed earlier in patients with longer denosumab treatment (R2 = 0.29, p = 0.04) and in patients without osteoporosis before denosumab (9.4 ± 2.0 vs. 13.0 ± 2.0 months; p = 0.005). Serum B-crosslaps at the time of VFs tended to be higher in patients with earlier VFs (R2 = 0.47; p = 0.06) or with longer denosumab treatment (R2 = 0.48; p = 0.06). Denosumab was resumed in all patients, then switched for a bisphosphonate in eight. No new VFs occurred during follow-up.

Conclusions

Despite an apparently low fracture risk, women under denosumab for AI-treated early-stage breast cancer develop spontaneous VFs at denosumab discontinuation. This risk increases with treatment duration and may be prevented by a potent bisphosphonate.
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Metadaten
Titel
Sixty spontaneous vertebral fractures after denosumab discontinuation in 15 women with early-stage breast cancer under aromatase inhibitors
verfasst von
Elena Gonzalez-Rodriguez
Bérengère Aubry-Rozier
Delphine Stoll
Khalil Zaman
Olivier Lamy
Publikationsdatum
09.10.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Ausgabe 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0167-6806
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7217
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05458-8

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