AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer has significantly improved progression-free survival and overall survival, although most patients develop resistance or have a primarily resistant disease. The aim of the study was to describe the efficacy and safety of a first-line treatment in unselected metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer patients, treated according to clinical practice. METHODS: From 2000 to 2009, we conducted a retrospective multi-institutional analysis of 182 consecutive patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who underwent first-line treatment with trastuzumab. The primary end points were progression-free survival and overall survival; the secondary end points were survival after progression in patients treated with second-line chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab and safety. A total of 172 patients were analyzed. RESULTS: Median progression-free survival and overall survival were 1.2 (95% CI, 1.1-1.4) and 4.4 years (95% CI, 3.6-5.4), respectively. For 100 patients who received second-line chemotherapy, median survival after progression was significantly longer in those who also received trastuzumab: 2.8 (95% CI, 2.1-4.0) versus 1.2 years (95% CI, 0.6-1.9). CONCLUSIONS: Although based on retrospective data, the study confirms the role of trastuzumab as first-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer outside of a controlled trial. Moreover, information obtained on the use of trastuzumab beyond disease progression supports its use in this setting
Efficacy of trastuzumab in unselected patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: A retrospective analysis / Collovà, Elena; Ferzi, Antonella; Scandurra, Giuseppa; Aurilio, Gaetano; Torri, Valter; Porcu, Luca; Sanò, Maria Vita; Taibi, Eleonora; Foglietta, Jennifer; Generali, Daniele; Andreis, Daniele; Dazzani, Maria Chiara; Bramati, Annalisa; Marcon, Ilaria; Atzori, Francesco; Cinieri, Saverio; Tondulli, Luca; Grasso, Donatella; Nolè, Franco; Petrella, Maria Cristina; Gori, Stefania; La Verde, Nicla. - In: TUMORI. - ISSN 0300-8916. - 100:4(2014), pp. 426-431. [10.1700/1636.17902]
Efficacy of trastuzumab in unselected patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: A retrospective analysis
GENERALI, DANIELE;
2014-01-01
Abstract
AIMS AND BACKGROUND: The addition of trastuzumab to chemotherapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer has significantly improved progression-free survival and overall survival, although most patients develop resistance or have a primarily resistant disease. The aim of the study was to describe the efficacy and safety of a first-line treatment in unselected metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer patients, treated according to clinical practice. METHODS: From 2000 to 2009, we conducted a retrospective multi-institutional analysis of 182 consecutive patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer who underwent first-line treatment with trastuzumab. The primary end points were progression-free survival and overall survival; the secondary end points were survival after progression in patients treated with second-line chemotherapy with or without trastuzumab and safety. A total of 172 patients were analyzed. RESULTS: Median progression-free survival and overall survival were 1.2 (95% CI, 1.1-1.4) and 4.4 years (95% CI, 3.6-5.4), respectively. For 100 patients who received second-line chemotherapy, median survival after progression was significantly longer in those who also received trastuzumab: 2.8 (95% CI, 2.1-4.0) versus 1.2 years (95% CI, 0.6-1.9). CONCLUSIONS: Although based on retrospective data, the study confirms the role of trastuzumab as first-line treatment in metastatic breast cancer outside of a controlled trial. Moreover, information obtained on the use of trastuzumab beyond disease progression supports its use in this settingPubblicazioni consigliate
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