Abstract Title:

Tibolone increases bone mineral density but also relapse in breast cancer survivors: LIBERATE trial bone substudy.

Abstract Source:

Breast Cancer Res. 2012 Jan 17 ;14(1):R13. Epub 2012 Jan 17. PMID: 22251615

Abstract Author(s):

Nigel J Bundred, Peter Kenemans, Cheng Har Yip, Matthias W Beckmann, Jean-Michel Foidart, Piero Sismondi, Bo von Schoultz, Rena Vassilopoulou-Sellin, Rachid El Galta, Eugenie Van Lieshout, Mirjam Mol-Arts, Juan Planellas, Ernst Kubista

Article Affiliation:

Department of Surgery, University of Manchester, Southmoor Road, Manchester, M23 9LT, UK. [email protected].

Abstract:

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: The Livial Intervention Following Breast Cancer: Efficacy, Recurrence and Tolerability Endpoints (LIBERATE: Clinical http://Trials.gov number NCT00408863), a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial that demonstrated that tibolone (Livial), a tissue-selective hormone-replacement therapy (HRT), increased breast cancer (BC) recurrence HR 1.40 (95% CI, 1.14 to 1.70; P = 0.001). A subgroup of women was entered into a study of bone mineral density (BMD). METHODS: Women with surgically excised primary BC (T1-3, N0-2, M-0) within the last 5 years, complaining of vasomotor symptoms, were assigned to tibolone, 2.5 mg daily, or placebo treatment for a maximum of 5 years. The BMD substudy enrolled 763 patients, using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanning at baseline and at 2 years. RESULTS: In the bone substudy, 699 of 763 women were eligible (345 allocated to tibolone, and 354, to placebo). After undergoing DXA scans, 300 (43%) women had normal BMD; 317 (45%), osteopenia; and 82 (11.7%), osteoporosis. Low body-mass index (P<0.001), Asian race (P<0.001), and late age at menarche (P<0.04) predicted low bone mass at baseline. Tibolone increased BMD by 3.2% at the lumbar spine and 2.9% at the hip compared with placebo (both P<0.001). The majority of fractures (55%) occurred in osteopenic patients. Women with normal BMD had increased recurrence with tibolone, 22 (15.6%) of 141 compared with placebo, 11 (6.9%) of 159 (P = 0.016), whereas no increased BC recurrence was seen in women with low BMD; 15 (7.4%) of 204 taking tibolone versus 13 (6.7%) of 195 taking placebo. CONCLUSIONS: Tibolone is contraindicated after BC treatment, as it increases BMD and BC recurrence. Risk of BC recurrence was elevated in BC women with normal BMD (compared with low) who took tibolone.

Study Type : Human Study

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