TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Validation of a Simulation Model–Based Clinical Decision Tool
T2 - Identifying Patients Where 21-Gene Recurrence Score Testing May Change Decisions
AU - Jayasekera, Jinani
AU - Sparano, Joseph A.
AU - O’Neill, Suzanne
AU - Chandler, Young
AU - Isaacs, Claudine
AU - Kurian, Allison W.
AU - Kushi, Lawrence
AU - Schechter, Clyde B.
AU - Mandelblatt, Jeanne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/9/10
Y1 - 2021/9/10
N2 - PURPOSE There is a need for industry-independent decision tools that integrate clinicopathologic features, comorbidities, and genomic information for women with node-negative, invasive, hormone receptor–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2–negative (early-stage) breast cancer. METHODS We adapted an extant Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network simulation model to estimate the 10-year risk of distant recurrence, breast cancer–specific mortality, other-cause mortality, and life-years gained with chemoendocrine versus endocrine therapy. We simulated outcomes for 1,512 unique patient subgroups based on all possible combinations of age, tumor size, grade, and comorbidity level; simulations were performed with and without 21-gene recurrence scores (RSs). Model inputs were derived from clinical trials, large US cohort studies, registry, and claims data. External validation was performed by comparing results to observed rates in two independent sources. We highlight results for one scenario where treatment choice may be uncertain. RESULTS Chemoendocrine versus endocrine therapy in a 65-69-year-old woman with a small (# 2 cm), intermediate-grade tumor, and mild comorbidities provides a 1.3% absolute reduction in 10-year distant recurrence risk, with 0.23 life-years gained. With these tumor features, a woman like this will have a 28% probability of having an RS 16-20, 18% RS 21-25, and 11% RS 261. If testing is done, and her RS is 16-20, chemoendocrine therapy reduces 10-year distant recurrence risk to 1%, with 0.20 life-years gained, a similar result as without testing. The absolute benefits would increase to 4.8%-5.5% if the RS was 261. The model closely reproduced observed rates in both independent data sets. CONCLUSION Our validated clinical decision tool is flexible, readily adaptable to include new therapies, and can support discussions about genomic testing and early breast cancer treatment.
AB - PURPOSE There is a need for industry-independent decision tools that integrate clinicopathologic features, comorbidities, and genomic information for women with node-negative, invasive, hormone receptor–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2–negative (early-stage) breast cancer. METHODS We adapted an extant Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network simulation model to estimate the 10-year risk of distant recurrence, breast cancer–specific mortality, other-cause mortality, and life-years gained with chemoendocrine versus endocrine therapy. We simulated outcomes for 1,512 unique patient subgroups based on all possible combinations of age, tumor size, grade, and comorbidity level; simulations were performed with and without 21-gene recurrence scores (RSs). Model inputs were derived from clinical trials, large US cohort studies, registry, and claims data. External validation was performed by comparing results to observed rates in two independent sources. We highlight results for one scenario where treatment choice may be uncertain. RESULTS Chemoendocrine versus endocrine therapy in a 65-69-year-old woman with a small (# 2 cm), intermediate-grade tumor, and mild comorbidities provides a 1.3% absolute reduction in 10-year distant recurrence risk, with 0.23 life-years gained. With these tumor features, a woman like this will have a 28% probability of having an RS 16-20, 18% RS 21-25, and 11% RS 261. If testing is done, and her RS is 16-20, chemoendocrine therapy reduces 10-year distant recurrence risk to 1%, with 0.20 life-years gained, a similar result as without testing. The absolute benefits would increase to 4.8%-5.5% if the RS was 261. The model closely reproduced observed rates in both independent data sets. CONCLUSION Our validated clinical decision tool is flexible, readily adaptable to include new therapies, and can support discussions about genomic testing and early breast cancer treatment.
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U2 - 10.1200/JCO.21.00651
DO - 10.1200/JCO.21.00651
M3 - Article
C2 - 34251881
AN - SCOPUS:85116171816
SN - 0732-183X
VL - 39
SP - 2893
EP - 2902
JO - Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - Journal of Clinical Oncology
IS - 26
ER -