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Breast cancer oral Presentations - ASCO 25
1. Comparison of marking techniques for target lymph nodes in 2,596 patients with
node-positive breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: Results from the
prospective multicenter AXSANA/EUBREAST-03/AGO-B-053 study
2. INAVO120: Phase III trial final overall survival (OS) analysis of first-line inavolisib
(INAVO)/placebo (PBO) + palbociclib (PALBO) + fulvestrant (FULV) in patients (pts) with
PIK3CA-mutated, hormone receptor-positive (HR+), HER2-negative (HER2-),
endocrine-resistant advanced breast cancer (aBC)
3. A double-blind placebo controlled randomized phase III trial of fulvestrant and
ipatasertib as treatment for advanced HER2-negative and estrogen receptor positive
(ER+) breast cancer following progression on first line CDK 4/6 inhibitor and aromatase
inhibitor: The CCTG/BCT MA.40/FINER study
4. De-escalated neoadjuvant taxane plus trastuzumab and pertuzumab with or
without carboplatin in HER2-positive early breast cancer (neoCARHP): A multicentre,
open-label, randomised, phase 3 trial
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Breast cancer oral Presentations - ASCO 25
5. Predicting pathologic complete response (pCR) from clinicopathologic variables and
HER2DX genomic test in stage II/III HER2+ breast cancer treated with taxane,
trastuzumab, and pertuzumab (THP): Secondary results from the
EA1181/CompassHER2 pCR trial
6. Efficacy and safety of elinzanetant for vasomotor symptoms associated with
adjuvant endocrine therapy: Phase 3 OASIS 4 trial
7. 15-year outcomes for women with premenopausal hormone receptor-positive early
breast cancer (BC) in the SOFT and TEXT trials assessing benefits from adjuvant
exemestane (E) + ovarian function suppression (OFS) or tamoxifen (T)+OFS
8. Predicting nodal burden after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with circulating
tumor (ct)DNA for surgical planning: Results from the I-SPY2 trial
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Breast cancer oral Presentations - ASCO 25
9. Updated survival outcomes and predictors of benefit from ovarian function
suppression in premenopausal women with hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer:
Results from the ASTRRA trial
10. Prediction of survival after de-escalated neoadjuvant therapy in HER2+ early breast
cancer: A pooled analysis of three WSG trials
11. Phase III of oral paclitaxel (DHP107) vs intravenous paclitaxel in HER2-negative
recurrent or metastatic breast cancer (mBC): Primary analysis of a multinational
optimal trial (NCT03315364)
12. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in patients with ER+, HER2- advanced breast
cancer (ABC) treated with imlunestrant, investigator's choice standard endocrine
therapy, or imlunestrant + abemaciclib: Results from the phase III EMBER-3 trial
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Breast cancer oral Presentations - ASCO 25
13. Phase l/lb study of inavolisib (INAVO) alone and in combination with endocrine
therapy ± palbociclib (PALBO) in patients (pts) with PIK3CA-mutated, hormone
receptor-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced/metastatic breast cancer (HR+,
HER2- LA/mBC)
14. Analysis of hyperglycemia (HG) in prediabetic/obese pts.
15. The impact of ovarian function suppression with adjuvant endocrine therapy on
survival outcomes in young germline BRCA mutation carriers with breast cancer:
Secondary analysis of an international cohort study
16. Vepdegestrant, a PROTAC estrogen receptor (ER) degrader, vs fulvestrant in ER-
positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast
cancer: Results of the global, randomized, phase 3 VERITAC-2 study
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VERITAC-2: Safety and Tolerability (All Treated Patients)
Overview
TEAEs in >10% of Patients in Either Group
Vepdegestrant
Fulvestrant
Vepdegestrant
Fulvestrant
TEAEs, %
(n=312)
(n=307)
(n = 312)
(n = 307)
Any grade
87
81
TEAE, %
Any Grade
Grade 3/4
Any Grade
Grade 3/4
Grade >3
23
18
Fatigue®
27
1
16
1
Serious
10
9
ALT increasedᵇ
14
1
10
1
Leading to treatment discontinuation
3
1
AST increasedᵇ
14
1
10
3
Leading to dose reduction
2
NA
TRAEs, %
Nausea
13
0
9
1
Any grade
57
40
Anemia
12
2
8
3
Grade ≥3
8
3
Neutropenia
12
2e
5
1e
QT prolongation
Back pain
11
1
7
<1
TEAEs: vepdegestrant, 10%; fulvestrant, 1%
A QT interval sub-study (n=88) confirmed a mild increase (11.1 ms) from
Arthralgia
11
1
11
0
baseline in mean QTcF, with upper 90% CI (13.7 ms) <20 ms,¹
indicating no large QT-prolonging effect
Decreased appetite
11
<1
5
0
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includes fatigue and asthenia No between-group differences were observed for ALT/AST increases or anemia based on laboratory values, includes anemia, hemoglobin decreased, and iron deficiency anemia. includes neutropenia and neutrophil count decreased. No events led to dose
reductions or treatment discontinuation in either treatment group. There were no events of febrile neutropenia in the repdegestrant group and event of grade febrile neutropenia in the fulvestrant group. 1 patient with grade 4 event. Based on a concentration-QT population modeling analysis.
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Conclusions
Vepdegestrant is the first PROTAC to be evaluated in a phase 3 study
Oral vepdegestrant demonstrated statistically significant and clinically
meaningful improvement in PFS by BICR VS fulvestrant in patients with
ESR1m ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
OS analyses remain immature, and follow-up is ongoing
Vepdegestrant demonstrated a favorable safety profile, evidenced by
few AEs (<5%) leading to dose reduction or discontinuation
These results support vepdegestrant as a potential treatment option for
previously treated ESR1m ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
AE=adverse event, BICR=blinded independent central review, ERvestrogen receptor; ESRfm=estrogen receptor 1 gene mutation; OS*overall survival; PFS=progression-fre survival; PROTAC=PROteclysis TArgeting Chimera.
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ESR1m ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
nced by
OS analyses remain immature, and follow-up is ongoing
Vepdegestrant demonstrated a favorable safety profile, evidenced by
few AEs (<5%) leading to dose reduction or discontinuation
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cancer
These results support vepdegestrant as a potential treatment option for
previously treated ESR1m ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
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MAY 2025
Vepdegestrant (vep-DEG-eh-strent).
a PROTAC ER degrader, VS fulvestrant in people living with
ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
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What is ER+/HER2-
HER2
What are some common treatments for
advanced breast cancer?
+
ER
ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer?
ER+/HER2- breast cancer is a specific type of breast cancer
Doctors often use hormone therapy (also called endocrine therapy).
Certain types of breast cancer grow in response to
which works by either blocking the body's ability to produce
estrogen, a hormone in the body. This is called estrogen
estrogen or blocking the activity of estrogen in cancer cells. This
receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer
may slow or stop cancer growth
Some types of breast cancer have high levels of a
Aromatase inhibitors, such as letrozole, anastrozole, or exemestane,
protein called human epidermal growth factor
are endocrine therapies that reduce the production of estrogen
receptor 2 (HER2) and are called HER2-positive
Fulvestrant is an endocrine therapy that attaches to estrogen receptors
(HER2+). Other breast cancer types have low levels
and blocks their activity, which reduces estrogen's effects on tumors
or no HER2 and are called
CDK4/6 inhibitors are another type of treatment and work by blocking
HER2-negative (HER2-)
certain proteins that cause cancer cells to grow
Advanced breast cancer is cancer that
Some people have tumors that develop mutations, or changes in the
has spread from the breast to nearby
tumor's DNA, in a gene called the estrogen receptor 1 gene (ESR1). These
tissue (locally advanced cancer) or
mutations can make certain endocrine therapies not work as well
from the breast to more distant parts
Some new medicines specifically aim to treat people with ER+/HER2-
of the body (metastatic cancer)
advanced breast cancer whose tumors have developed ESR1 mutations
What is vepdegestrant?
Why is vepdegestrant being
Vepdegestrant, also called ARV-471, is an investigational
compared to fulvestrant in
drug taken by mouth as a pill that researchers are testing
for the treatment of ER+/HER2- breast cancer. It is a
this study?
PROteolysis TArgeting Chimera (PROTAC) estrogen
receptor degrader
Fulvestrant is an endocrine therapy given to people with
PROTACs are designed to attach to specific proteins in cells that
ER+/HER2- breast cancer whose tumors grow or spread after
can cause disease, which causes those proteins to be marked for
treatment with a different endocrine therapy
elimination by a natural protein disposal system in the body
In laboratory research studies, vepdegestrant eliminated more
Vepdegestrant works by causing estrogen receptors to be
estrogen receptors and had stronger effects at preventing
eliminated, which blocks the activity of estrogen and may stop
tumor growth than fulvestrant
ER+ breast cancer tumors from growing or cause the tumors
to shrink
This summary describes
The main aim of the
How long people live without their cancer growing or spreading when
results from a clinical study
study was to find out
taking vepdegestrant vs fulvestrant
comparing vepdegestrant to
fulvestrant in people with
ER+/HER2- advanced
How long people lived without their cancer growing or spreading
breast cancer who had
when taking vepdegestrant vs fulvestrant
prior treatment with
This summary
How well vepdegestrant caused tumors to stop growing or shrink
describes
endocrine therapy and
compared to fulvestrant
a CDK4/6 inhibitor
The side effects people experienced while taking vepdegestrant or
fulvestrant
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This summary describes
The main aim of the
How long people live without their cancer growing or spreading when
results from a clinical study
study was to find out
taking vepdegestrant vs fulvestrant
comparing vepdegestrant to
fulvestrant in people with
ER+/HER2- advanced
How long people lived without their cancer growing or spreading
breast cancer who had
when taking vepdegestrant vs fulvestrant
prior treatment with
This summary
How well vepdegestrant caused tumors to stop growing or shrink
describes
endocrine therapy and
compared to fulvestrant
a CDK4/6 inhibitor
The side effects people experienced while taking vepdegestrant or
fulvestrant
Analysis Population
Results
WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS STUDY?
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THIS PHASE 3 STUDY?
624 people living with ER+/HER2-
advanced or metastatic breast cancer
Participants who had tumors with ESR1 mutations:
who received previous treatment for
The time that half of the people in each group lived without their cancer
their cancer with endocrine therapy
growing or spreading was longer in those taking vepdegestrant than those
plus a CDK4/6 inhibitor
taking fulvestrant
Before the study
Vepdegestrant
5.0
Among the 313 people assigned to receive
vepdegestrant:
Fulvestrant
2.1
months
Tumors shrank or stopped growing for at least
Tumors shrank in 19% of people
82%
18%
43%,
24 weeks in 42% of people taking vepdegestrant
taking vepdegestrant and in 4% of
and 20% of people taking fulvestrant
people taking fulvestrant
received previous received previous
had sumors with
treatment
treatments
ESR1 mutations
for ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
42%
Participants
30
Percentage
-
Among the 311 people assigned to receive
20
20
fulvestrant:
20%
19%
4%
Vepdegestrant
Fulvestrant
Vepdegestrant Fulvestrant
76%
23%
43%
All participants (who had tumors with or without ESR1 mutations):
received previous received previous
had tumors with
The time that half of the people in each group lived without their cancer
treatment
treatments
ESR1 mutations
for ER+/HER2- advanced breast cancer
growing or spreading was not different between those taking vepdegestrant and
those taking fulvestrant
During the study
Participants took vepdegestrant (200 mg) as pills
Vepdegestrant
3.7
by mouth once daily or fulvestrant (500 mg) as an
injection into muscle every 2 weeks during the first
Fulvestrant
3.6
month and every 4 weeks after the first month
People taking either vepdegestrant or fulvestrant experienced some side effects (also known as adverse events), which are health problems that
occurred during the study (these may or may not have been caused by the treatment)
-
57% of people experienced
Vepdegestrant (n=312)
Fulvestrant (n=307)
side effects related to
*
27%
vepdegestrant. and 40% of
as
people experienced side effects
I Parcentage
I
-
16%
related to fulvestrant
14%
14%
15
13%
12%
12%
Most people experienced
people
10%
10%
11%
11%
11%
11%
-
9%
8%
side effects that were mild or
-
people
7%
people
people
5%
-
people
5%
people
-
moderate
perpor
I
I
3% of people stopped taking
Fatigue
Increased
Increased
Nausea
Anemia'
Low neutrophil
Back pain
Joint pain
Decreased
vepdegestrant because of
ALT*
AST
count"
appetite
ALT. or alanine aminotransferase, is an enzyme found mainly in the liver. increased ALT can indicate damage to the liver.
side effects, and 1% of people
AST, or aspartate aminotransferase. is an enzyme found in the liver as well as other organs increased AST can indicate damage to the Over or other
stopped taking fulvestrant
organs, including the heart, muscles, or kidneys.
Anemia condition that occurs when the body produces lower than-normal amount of healthy red blood cells.
because of side effects
Neutrophis are type of white blood cell that helps the body fight infections and heal wounds
Treatment with vepdegestrant extended the time people lived without their cancer growing or
TAKE-HOME
spreading compared to treatment with fulvestrant in people living with ER+/HER2- advanced
MESSAGES
breast cancer who had tumors with ESR1 mutations
Most people had side effects with vepdegestrant that were mild or moderate
Who sponsored the study?
This study is sponsored by Pfizer, Inc., in collaboration with Arvinas Estrogen Receptor, Inc.
Arvinas Estrogen Receptor, Inc.
Pfizer and Arvinas thank the people who volunteered to participate in this study
Pfizer, Inc.
Science Park
and their caregivers. as well as the investigators researchers and coordinators who
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Writing and editorial support for this summary was provided by Charlotte Pettigrew, PhD,
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of Red Nucleus, and was funded by Arvinas Operations, Inc.
Where can I find
For more information
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on this study
clinical studies in general
VERITAC-2 is the first positive Phase 3 trial of a PROTAC degrader in any cancer. PFS benefit robust in ESR1-mutant subgroup (HR 0.57) but ITT miss (HR 0.83, P=0.07) will shape the approved label. Competes with elacestrant (EMERALD/EMBER-3) for ESR1-mutant 2L ER+ mBC. Oral once-daily with favorable tolerability. OS data maturing.
Median: 5.0 months (vepdegestrant, 95% CI 3.7-7.4) vs. 2.1 months (fulvestrant, 95% CI 1.9-3.5). HR 0.57 (95% CI 0.42-0.77), P<0.001 6-month PFS rate: 45.2% (vepdegestrant) vs. 22.7% (fulvestrant). In ESR1-mutant population (n=270, 43% of enrolled), median PFS 5.0 months (95% CI 3.7-7.4) with vepdegestrant vs. 2.1 months (95% CI 1.9-3.5) with fulvestrant; HR 0.57 (95% CI 0.42-0.77, P<0.001) — 43% reduction in risk of progression or death. ORR 18.6% vs. 4.0% (OR 5.45, P=0.001). CBR 42.1% vs. 20.2%. In ITT population, median PFS 3.7 vs. 3.6 months (HR 0.83, 95% CI 0.68-1.02, P=0.07) — did NOT reach statistical significance.
✓ ESR1m mPFS 5.0 vs. 2.1 mo (HR 0.57); ITT miss (HR 0.83)
Overall survival (key secondary endpoint) immature at time of primary analysis — less than a quarter of required events had occurred. No treatment-related deaths in either arm.
Grade ≥3 adverse events: 8% (vepde) vs. 3% (fulv). Discontinuation due to AEs: 2.9% (vepde) vs. 0.7% (fulv). Key AEs: fatigue (26.6%), ALT/AST increase (14% each), nausea (13%), anemia (12%). Oral PROTAC degrader generally well tolerated. Grade ≥3 TRAE 8% vs. 3%. Most common TEAEs fatigue, AST/ALT elevation, nausea. GI toxicity rates low (nausea 13.5%, vomiting 6.4%, diarrhea 6.4%). No treatment-related deaths in either arm.
🔄 First PROTAC degrader with Phase 3 positivity; NDA under review (PDUFA June 5, 2026). VERITAC-2 is the first positive Phase 3 trial of a PROTAC degrader in any cancer. PFS benefit robust in ESR1-mutant subgroup (HR 0.57) but ITT miss (HR 0.83, P=0.07) will shape the approved label. Competes with elacestrant (EMERALD/EMBER-3) for ESR1-mutant 2L ER+ mBC. Oral once-daily with favorable tolerability. OS data maturing.