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Reduced risk of recurrence

Do more today to help protect their tomorrow: KISQALI + AI can help prevent recurrence in the broadest population of patients with stage II/III HR+/HER2- eBC at high risk of recurrence.

In patients with stage II/III HR+/HER2- eBC,

Over 5 years, KISQALI delivered a 28% reduction in the risk of recurrence

The iDFS benefit deepened over time with KISQALI + AI, beyond the 3-year treatment period

In the 3-year final analysis (median follow-up of 33.3 months)1,2:

  • iDFS at 3 years was 90.7% for KISQALI + AI vs 87.6% for AI alone (absolute difference 3.1%)

  • There was a 25.1% relative reduction in the risk of an iDFS event; HR=0.749 (95% CI: 0.628-0.892)

In an interim analysis, at a median follow-up of 28 months, a statistically significant reduction in risk was achieved despite the greater challenge of showing clinical benefit in a broad range of patients.1,3,4

NATALEE: KISQALI + AI vs AI alone

At a median follow-up of 55.4 months

KM curve of invasive disease-free survival at 5 years: 85.5% with Kisqali + AI vs 81.0% with AI alone. 28% reduction in risk of recurrence; HR=0.716 (95% CI: 0.618-0.829).

Hazard ratio is based on stratified Cox model.6

iDFS was defined as the time from randomization to the date of the first event of local invasive breast cancer recurrence, regional invasive recurrence, distant recurrence, contralateral invasive breast cancer, second primary non-breast invasive cancer (excluding basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin), or death (any cause).1

In a 5-year post hoc analysis5:

  • At 3 years: 2.7% absolute difference*

  • At 5 years: 4.5% absolute difference

  • At the time of data cutoff, only 12.4% of patients receiving KISQALI + AI had experienced an iDFS event vs 15.9% of patients treated with AI alone

  • The 5-year analysis was prespecified and observational in nature; as such, there was no prespecified statistical procedure controlling for type 1 error

*The difference between percentages does not equal 2.7 due to rounding.5

Kisqali can help reduce the risk of recurrence, including distant recurrence with incurable metastatic disease.

NATALEE was a randomized, multicenter, open-label, phase III study of KISQALI + letrozole or anastrozole (n=2549) vs letrozole or anastrozole (n=2552) for the adjuvant treatment of men and women with stage II/III HR+/HER2- eBC, including all those with node-positive or high-risk node-negative disease (eligible stages and nodal status include: anatomic stage group IIB-III, or anatomic stage group IIA that is either node positive, or node negative with histologic grade 3, or histologic grade 2 with Ki-67 ≥20% and/or high risk by gene signature testing). iDFS was the primary end point.1,2

AI, aromatase inhibitor; eBC, early breast cancer; HER2-, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative; HR, hazard ratio; HR+, hormone receptor-positive; iDFS, invasive disease-free survival.

KISQALI + AI consistently improved iDFS across subgroups, regardless of stage, nodal status, or menopausal status

 

KISQALI may be right for a variety of patients with stage II/III HR+/HER2- eBC.

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References: 1. Kisqali. Prescribing information. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. 2. Hortobagyi GN, Lacko A, Sohn J, et al. A phase III trial of adjuvant ribociclib plus endocrine therapy versus endocrine therapy alone in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer: final invasive disease-free survival results from the NATALEE trial. Ann Oncol. 2025;36(2):149-157. doi:10.1016/j.annonc.2024.10.015 3. Fasching PA, Stroyakovskiy D, Yardley DA, et al. Adjuvant ribociclib plus nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor in patients with HR+/HER2− early breast cancer: 4-year outcomes from the NATALEE trial. Presented at: ESMO Congress 2024; September 13-17, 2024; Barcelona, Spain. 4. Slamon DJ, Fasching PA, Hurvitz S, et al. Rationale and trial design of NATALEE: a phase III trial of adjuvant ribociclib + endocrine therapy versus endocrine therapy alone in patients with HR+/HER2− early breast cancer. Ther Adv Med Oncol. 2023;15:1-16. doi:10.1177/17588359231178125 5. Crown J, Stroyakovskii D, Yardley DA, et al. Adjuvant ribociclib plus nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor therapy in patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative early breast cancer: 5-year follow-up of NATALEE efficacy outcomes and updated overall survival. ESMO Open. Published online October 17, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105858 6. Slamon D, Lipatov O, Nowecki Z, et al. Ribociclib plus endocrine therapy in early breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2024;390(12):1080-1091;(protocol). doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2305488