Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women and is one of the leading causes of death from cancer in women worldwide. Despite the significant benefits of using conventional chemotherapy in the treatment of breast cancer, one of its subtypes, the triple negative breast cancer, is still a challenge in clinical practice. Recent studies have been investigating the role of the immune system in breast cancer and the development of immunotherapy. Although recently the use of atezolizumab, an anti-PD-L1 monoclonal antibody, combined with chemotherapy was approved, an important step in the treatment of patients with triple negative metastatic breast cancer, the use of immunotherapy to treat breast tumors remains a major challenge. In this systematic literature review, following PRISMA guidelines, we searched for clinical trials using immunotherapy in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer published until June 2019 in the databases EMBASE, PubMed and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), with no language restrictions. We did not contact the authors of the clinical trials to obtain additional information.Two researchers independently collected the data and assessed the quality of this study. The literature shows that immunotherapy with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents is emerging as a new treatment option in breast cancer. On the other hand, when compared to other types of cancer in which several agents have already been approved, the research is still in its infancy. The use of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 agents monotherapy revealed encouraging results in the metastatic setting, especially when administered in the early course of the disease, although combination strategies with chemotherapy appear to increase its efficacy.
Introdução: O câncer de mama e o mais comumente diagnosticado em mulheres e uma das principais causas de morte por câncer em mulheres em todo o mundo. Apesar, ou talvez por causa, de sua natureza agressiva e da falta de tratamentos direcionados atuais, pesquisas clínicas e laboratoriais significativas estão fornecendo opções de tratamento diferenciadas. Historicamente, a quimioterapia tem sido a única opção viável de tratamento sistêmico para doenças precoces e avançadas. No entanto, ensaios clínicos publicados recentemente mostraram que a imunoterapia tem um papel importante no paradigma de tratamento dessa condição devastadora. Objetivo: Demonstrar o estado da arte da imunoterapia no tratamento do câncer de mama triplo-negativo. Método: Revisão integrativa de literatura, entre janeiro/2020 a marco/2020, a partir das bases de dados PubMed, SciELO, International Clinical Trials Registry Platform e LILACS, por meio dos descritores “Imunoterapia”, “Neoplasias da mama” e “Neoplasias de mama triplo negativas” e seus respectivos correspondentes em inglês. Resultados: Foram encontrados 465 artigos; destes, 457 foram excluídos após aplicação dos critérios metodológicos. Assim, restaram oito artigos que atendiam aos critérios de inclusão, demonstrando os principais agentes terapêuticos utilizados, mecanismos de ação e combinações terapêuticas. Encontraram-se 25 ensaios clínicos em andamento na plataforma de registro de ensaios clínicos International Clinical Trials Registry Platform. Conclusão: Embora a imunoterapia seja algo recente, seus resultados com agentes inibidores da PARP, PD-1 e PD-L1 demonstraram resultados satisfatórios. Novos ensaios com subgrupos estratificados de acordo com biomarcadores tumorais específicos são necessários, a fim de avaliar se algum subgrupo tem maior benefício ao tratamento.
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