scholarly journals High score of LDH plus dNLR predicts poor survival in patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer treated with trastuzumab emtansine

BMC Cancer ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Liru Li ◽  
Lin Ai ◽  
Lin Jia ◽  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Boya Lei ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective To investigate the prognostic value of derived neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (dNLR) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in patients with advanced HER2 positive breast cancer treated with trastuzumab emtansine. Methods Fifty one patients with advanced HER2 positive breast cancer who received T-DM1 treatment in Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital were selected. The clinical data and blood test indexes were collected, and the ROC curve determined the optimal cut-off value. Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Cox regression model was used to analyze the effect of different levels of dNLR,LDH,LNI (dNLR combined with LDH index) before and after T-DM1 treatment on the survival of patients. Results The median PFS and OS of the patients with advanced HER2 positive breast cancer who received T-DM1 treatment were 6.9 months and 22.2 months, respectively. The optimal cut-off value of LDH and dNLR before T-DM1 treatment was 244 U / L (P = 0.003) and 1.985 (P = 0.013), respectively. Higher LDH and dNLR were significantly correlated with shorter median PFS and OS (P < 0.05). The median PFS of patients with LNI (0), LNI (1) and LNI (2) were 8.1 months, 5.5 months and 2.3 months, respectively, P = 0.007. Univariate and multivariate analysis showed that LDH > 244 U / L, dNLR > 1.985, LNI > 0, ECOG ≥1 and HER-2 (IHC2 +, FISH+) before the T-DM1 treatment were the poor prognostic factors. LDH uptrend after the T-DM1 treatment also predicted poor prognosis. Conclusion Serum LDH > 244 U / L and dNLR > 1.985 before the T-DM1 treatment were prognostic risk factors for patients with advanced HER2 positive breast cancer receiving T-DM1 treatment. The higher LNI score was significantly associated with shorter PFS and OS. LDH uptrend after T-DM1 treatment was also related to the poor prognosis.

BMC Cancer ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Nakayama ◽  
Tetsuhiro Yoshinami ◽  
Hiroyuki Yasojima ◽  
Nobuyoshi Kittaka ◽  
Masato Takahashi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is a second-line standard therapy for patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer. Evidence regarding post–T-DM1 treatments is currently lacking. We evaluated the effectiveness of post–T-DM1 drug therapy in patients with HER2-positive, unresectable and/or metastatic breast cancer. Methods In this multicenter, retrospective, observational study, real-world clinical data of female patients with HER2-positive breast cancer who had a history of T-DM1 treatment were consecutively collected from five sites in Japan. We investigated the effectiveness of post–T-DM1 therapy by evaluating the real-world progression-free survival (rwPFS), time to treatment failure (TTF), overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), and clinical benefit rate (CBR). Tumor response was assessed by investigators according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST version 1.1) guidelines. Subgroup and exploratory analyses according to background factors were also undertaken. Results Of the 205 patients who received T-DM1 treatment between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2018, 128 were included in this study. Among the 128 patients analyzed, 105 (82%) patients received anti-HER2 therapy and 23 (18%) patients received regimens without anti-HER2 therapy. Median (95% confidence interval [CI]) rwPFS, TTF, and OS were 5.7 (4.8–6.9) months, 5.6 (4.6–6.4) months, and 22.8 (18.2–32.4) months, respectively. CBR and ORR (95% CI) were 48% (38.8–56.7) and 23% (15.1–31.4), respectively. Cox-regression analysis showed that an ECOG PS score of 0, a HER2 immunohistochemistry score of 3+, recurrent type, ≥12 month duration of T-DM1 therapy, and anti-HER2 therapy were independent variables for rwPFS. An exploratory subgroup analysis of regimens after T-DM1 showed that those with anti-HER2 therapy had a median rwPFS of 6.3 and those without anti-HER2 therapy had a median rwPFS of 4.8 months. Conclusions In the real-world setting in Japan, several post–T-DM1 regimens for patients with unresectable and/or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, including continuation of anti-HER2 therapy, showed some effectiveness; however, this effectiveness was insufficient. Novel therapeutic options are still needed for further improvement of PFS and OS in later treatment settings. Trial registration UMIN000038296; registered on 15 October 2019.


2021 ◽  
pp. 68-74
Author(s):  
E. V. Lubennikova ◽  
Ya. V. Vishnevskaya

The widespread introduction of anti-HER2 agents has changed the natural course of Her2-positive breast cancer. The use of trastuzumab, and later dual anti-HER2 blockade with pertuzumab, in neoadjuvant regimens significantly increased the chances of complete cure. However, among patients with early and locally advanced forms of Her2-positive cancer, there is a cohort with an extremely unfavorable prognosis – tumors that have not achieved complete pathomorphological regression after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.The presence of a residual tumor in Her2-positive breast cancer has long been only a prognostically unfavorable factor without the potential to influence disease outcome. The results of the international phase III study KATHERINE, which demonstrated the high efficacy of post-adjuvant therapy with trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) in this patient cohort, have established a new standard of care. Due to T-DM1 adjuvant therapy, the possibility to significantly improve long-term results determined the predictive characteristics of the morphological response to the choice of treatment tactics, which became an important argument in favor of neoadjuvant therapy in patients with not only locally advanced but also primarily resectable Her2-positive breast cancer, followed by personalization of therapy.This article presents our own experience with post-neoadjuvant therapy with trastuzumab emtansine in a young patient with a residual tumor. The data of the main studies in early Her2-positive breast cancer are summarized.


2017 ◽  
pp. 56-58
Author(s):  
D. D. Sakaeva

A clinical case of trastuzumab emtansine in therapy line 4 in patient with metastatic HER2positive breast cancer is provided. After 10  courses of targeted therapy by the drug a complete  response to the therapy was obtained. By results of PET CT conducted in the period from December 2015  to September 2017 the complete response is preserved.


2019 ◽  
Vol 380 (7) ◽  
pp. 617-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunter von Minckwitz ◽  
Chiun-Sheng Huang ◽  
Max S. Mano ◽  
Sibylle Loibl ◽  
Eleftherios P. Mamounas ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis W. Hunter ◽  
Hilary R. Barker ◽  
Barbara Lipert ◽  
Françoise Rothé ◽  
Géraldine Gebhart ◽  
...  

AbstractThe HER2-targeted antibody–drug conjugate trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) is approved for the treatment of metastatic, HER2-positive breast cancer after prior trastuzumab and taxane therapy, and has also demonstrated efficacy in the adjuvant setting in incomplete responders to neoadjuvant therapy. Despite its objective activity, intrinsic and acquired resistance to T-DM1 remains a major clinical challenge. T-DM1 mediates its activity in a number of ways, encompassing HER2 signalling blockade, Fc-mediated immune response and payload-mediated microtubule poisoning. Resistance mechanisms relating to each of these features have been demonstrated, and we outline the findings of these studies in this review. In our overview of the substantial literature on T-DM1 activity and resistance, we conclude that the T-DM1 resistance mechanisms most strongly supported by the experimental data relate to dysfunctional intracellular metabolism of the construct and subversion of DM1-mediated cell killing. Loss of dependence on signalling initiated by HER2–HER2 homodimers is not substantiated as a resistance mechanism by clinical or experimental studies, and the impact of EGFR expression and tumour immunological status requires further investigation. These findings are instructive with respect to strategies that might overcome T-DM1 resistance, including the use of second-generation anti-HER2 antibody–drug conjugates that deploy alternative linker-payload chemistries.


2018 ◽  
Vol 109 (10) ◽  
pp. 3305-3315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Quanren Wang ◽  
Mingzhao Gao ◽  
Li Fu ◽  
Yun Li ◽  
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