[Efficacy of sacituzumab govitecan in a patient with TNBC with early relapse after neoadjuvant chemotherapy]

Recenti Prog Med. 2024 Jun;115(6):26e-30e. doi: 10.1701/4274.42536.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancers patients who relapse within 12 months from the end of neoaadjuvant chemotherapy represent a subgroup with a particularly poor prognosis, due to resistance to common chemotherapy treatments. Therefore, innovative therapeutic strategies are necessary for these patients. The therapeutic arsenal for triple-negative breast cancer has been enriched in recent years with new drugs, including antibody-drug conjugates. Sacituzumab govitecan, the first antibody directed against Trop-2, has been shown to improve survival in triple-negative metastatic breast cancer (the most aggressive subtype of breast cancer) in women who have received at least two prior chemotherapy treatments in the metastatic setting. This drug has demonstrated its effectiveness even in patients with early relapse after neoadjuvant treatment. In this clinical case we describe the story of a young patient with triple-negative breast cancer, with lymphnodal recurrence, who relapses within the first 12 months after the end of neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Sacituzumab govitecan resulted in a rapid and impressive clinical and instrumental response, associated with an improvement in quality of life and excellent functional status during therapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Bispecific / administration & dosage
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized* / administration & dosage
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized* / therapeutic use
  • Camptothecin / administration & dosage
  • Camptothecin / analogs & derivatives
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoconjugates
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy* / methods
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local* / drug therapy
  • Quality of Life
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms* / pathology

Substances

  • sacituzumab govitecan
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antibodies, Bispecific
  • Camptothecin
  • Immunoconjugates