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ABSTRACT: Background
The evolution of therapeutic landscape of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer (BC) has led to an unprecedented outcome improvement, even if the optimal sequence strategy is still debated. To address this issue and to provide a picture of the advancement of anti-HER2 treatments, we performed a large, multicenter, retrospective study of HER2-positive BC patients.Methods
The observational PANHER study included 1,328 HER2-positive advanced BC patients treated with HER2 blocking agents since June 2000 throughout July 2020. Endpoints of efficacy were progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS).Results
Patients who received a first-line pertuzumab-based regimen showed better PFS (p < 0.0001) and OS (p = 0.004) than those receiving other treatments. Median PFS and mOS from second-line starting were 8 and 28 months, without significant differences among various regimens. Pertuzumab-pretreated patients showed a mPFS and a mOS from second-line starting not significantly affected by type of second line, that is, T-DM1 or lapatinib/capecitabine (p = 0.80 and p = 0.45, respectively). Conversely, pertuzumab-naïve patients receiving second-line T-DM1 showed a significantly higher mPFS compared with that of patients treated with lapatinib/capecitabine (p = 0.004). Median OS from metastatic disease diagnosis was higher in patients treated with trastuzumab-based first line followed by second-line T-DM1 in comparison to pertuzumab-based first-line and second-line T-DM1 (p = 0.003), although these data might be partially influenced by more favorable prognostic characteristics of patients in the pre-pertuzumab era. No significant differences emerged when comparing patients treated with 'old' or 'new' drugs (p = 0.43), even though differences in the length of the follow-up between the two cohorts should be taken into account.Conclusion
Our results confirmed a relevant impact of first-line pertuzumab-based treatment and showed lower efficacy of second-line T-DM1 in trastuzumab/pertuzumab pretreated, as compared with pertuzumab-naïve patients. Our findings may help delineate a more appropriate therapeutic strategy in HER2-positive metastatic BC. Prospective randomized trials addressing this topic are awaited.
SUBMITTER: Pizzuti L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8842182 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pizzuti Laura L Krasniqi Eriseld E Sperduti Isabella I Barba Maddalena M Gamucci Teresa T Mauri Maria M Veltri Enzo Maria EM Meattini Icro I Berardi Rossana R Di Lisa Francesca Sofia FS Natoli Clara C Pistelli Mirco M Iezzi Laura L Risi Emanuela E D'Ostilio Nicola N Tomao Silverio S Ficorella Corrado C Cannita Katia K Riccardi Ferdinando F Cassano Alessandra A Bria Emilio E Fabbri Maria Agnese MA Mazzotta Marco M Barchiesi Giacomo G Botticelli Andrea A D'Auria Giuliana G Ceribelli Anna A Michelotti Andrea A Russo Antonio A Salimbeni Beatrice Taurelli BT Sarobba Giuseppina G Giotta Francesco F Paris Ida I Saltarelli Rosa R Marinelli Daniele D Corsi Domenico D Capomolla Elisabetta Maria EM Sini Valentina V Moscetti Luca L Mentuccia Lucia L Tonini Giuseppe G Raffaele Mimma M Marchetti Luca L Minelli Mauro M Ruggeri Enzo Maria EM Scavina Paola P Bacciu Olivia O Salesi Nello N Livi Lorenzo L Tinari Nicola N Grassadonia Antonino A Fedele Scinto Angelo A Rossi Rosalinda R Valerio Maria Rosaria MR Landucci Elisabetta E Stani Simonetta S Fratini Beatrice B Maugeri-Saccà Marcello M De Tursi Michele M Maione Angela A Santini Daniele D Orlandi Armando A Lorusso Vito V Cortesi Enrico E Sanguineti Giuseppe G Pinnarò Paola P Cappuzzo Federico F Landi Lorenza L Botti Claudio C Tomao Federica F Cappelli Sonia S Bon Giulia G Pelle Fabio F Cavicchi Flavia F Fiorio Elena E Foglietta Jennifer J Scagnoli Simone S Marchetti Paolo P Ciliberto Gennaro G Vici Patrizia P
Therapeutic advances in medical oncology 20211129
<h4>Background</h4>The evolution of therapeutic landscape of human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer (BC) has led to an unprecedented outcome improvement, even if the optimal sequence strategy is still debated. To address this issue and to provide a picture of the advancement of anti-HER2 treatments, we performed a large, multicenter, retrospective study of HER2-positive BC patients.<h4>Methods</h4>The observational PANHER study included 1,328 HER2-positive advance ...[more]