scholarly journals Neoadjuvant Trastuzumab Emtansine and Pertuzumab in Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer: Three-Year Outcomes From the Phase III KRISTINE Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (25) ◽  
pp. 2206-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara A. Hurvitz ◽  
Miguel Martin ◽  
Kyung Hae Jung ◽  
Chiun-Sheng Huang ◽  
Nadia Harbeck ◽  
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PURPOSE The KRISTINE study compared neoadjuvant trastuzumab emtansine plus pertuzumab (T-DM1+P) with docetaxel, carboplatin, trastuzumab plus P (TCH+P) for the treatment human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive stage II to III breast cancer. T-DM1+P led to a lower pathologic complete response rate (44.4% v 55.7%; P = .016), but fewer grade 3 or greater and serious adverse events (AEs). Here, we present 3-year outcomes from KRISTINE. METHODS Patients were randomly assigned to neoadjuvant T-DM1+P or TCH+P every 3 weeks for six cycles. Patients who received T-DM1+P continued adjuvant T-DM1+P, and patients who received TCH+P received adjuvant trastuzumab plus pertuzumab. Secondary end points included event-free survival (EFS), overall survival, patient-reported outcomes (measured from random assignment), and invasive disease-free survival (IDFS; measured from surgery). RESULTS Of patients, 444 were randomly assigned (T-DM1+P, n = 223; TCH+P, n = 221). Median follow-up was 37 months. Risk of an EFS event was higher with TDM-1+P (hazard ratio [HR], 2.61 [95% CI, 1.36 to 4.98]) with more locoregional progression events before surgery (15 [6.7%] v 0). Risk of an IDFS event after surgery was similar between arms (HR, 1.11 [95% CI, 0.52 to 2.40]). Pathologic complete response was associated with a reduced risk of an IDFS event (HR, 0.24 [95% CI, 0.09 to 0.60]) regardless of treatment arm. Overall, grade 3 or greater AEs (31.8% v 67.7%) were less common with T-DM1+P. During adjuvant treatment, grade 3 or greater AEs (24.5% v 9.9%) and AEs leading to treatment discontinuation (18.4% v 3.8%) were more common with T-DM1+P. Patient-reported outcomes favored T-DM1+P during neoadjuvant treatment and were similar to trastuzumab plus pertuzumab during adjuvant treatment. CONCLUSION Compared with TCH+P, T-DM1+P resulted in a higher risk of an EFS event owing to locoregional progression events before surgery, a similar risk of an IDFS event, fewer grade 3 or greater AEs during neoadjuvant treatment, and more AEs leading to treatment discontinuation during adjuvant treatment.

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (7) ◽  
pp. 1141-1147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenica Lorusso ◽  
Felix Hilpert ◽  
Antonio González Martin ◽  
Joern Rau ◽  
Petronella Ottevanger ◽  
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IntroductionThe PENELOPE trial evaluated pertuzumab added to chemotherapy for biomarker-selected platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. As previously reported, pertuzumab did not statistically significantly improve progression-free survival (primary end point: HR 0.74, 95% CI 0.50 to 1.11), although results in the paclitaxel and gemcitabine cohorts suggested activity. Here, we report final overall survival and patient-reported outcomes.Patients and methodsEligible patients had ovarian carcinoma that progressed during/within 6 months of completing ≥4 platinum cycles, low tumor human epidermal growth factor receptor 3 (HER3) mRNA expression, and ≤2 prior chemotherapy lines. Investigators selected single-agent topotecan, gemcitabine or weekly paclitaxel before patients were randomized to either placebo or pertuzumab (840→420 mg every 3 weeks), stratified by selected chemotherapy, prior anti-angiogenic therapy, and platinum-free interval. Final overall survival analysis (key secondary end point) was pre-specified after 129 deaths. Patient-reported outcomes (secondary end point) were assessed at baseline and every 9 weeks until disease progression.ResultsAt database lock (June 9, 2016), 130 (83%) of 156 randomized patients had died. Median follow-up was 27 months in the pertuzumab arm versus 26 months in the control arm. In the intent-to-treat population there was no overall survival difference between treatment arms (stratified HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.61 to 1.32; p=0.60). Results in subgroups defined by stratification factors indicated heterogeneity similar to previous progression-free survival results. Updated safety was similar to previously published results. Compliance with patient-reported outcomes questionnaire completion was >75% for all validated patient-reported outcomes measures. Pertuzumab demonstrated neither beneficial nor detrimental effects on patient-reported outcomes compared with placebo, except for increased diarrhea symptoms.DiscussionConsistent with the primary results, adding pertuzumab to chemotherapy for low tumor HER3 mRNA-expressing platinum-resistant ovarian cancer did not improve overall survival, but showed trends in some cohorts. Except for increased diarrhea symptoms, pertuzumab had no impact on patient-reported outcomes.ClinicalTrials.gov: ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01684878.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. TPS4592-TPS4592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Powles ◽  
Joshua J Meeks ◽  
Matt D. Galsky ◽  
Michiel Simon Van Der Heijden ◽  
Hiroyuki Nishiyama ◽  
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TPS4592 Background: Management of MIBC includes both surgery and systemic therapy. Neoadjuvant, cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy has demonstrated improved pathologic complete response (pCR), event-free survival (EFS), and OS compared with radical cystectomy alone. Many patients still develop recurrence, including progression to metastasis. Novel strategies such as combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy in a neoadjuvant setting and consolidating response post cystectomy in the adjuvant setting may improve clinical outcomes. Durvalumab is a selective, high affinity, engineered human IgG1 mAb that blocks PD-L1 binding to PD-1 and CD80. PD-L1 inhibition with durvalumab, in combination with a standard neoadjuvant regimen (G+C), may improve immune-mediated antitumor response and increase the rates of pathologic responses and long-term survival. Methods: NIAGARA (NCT03732677) is a Phase 3, randomized, open-label, multicenter, global study that will enroll ~1050 patients randomized (1:1) to durvalumab and G+C combination (Arm 1) or G+C (Arm 2) as neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to radical cystectomy. Following radical cystectomy and during adjuvant therapy, patients in Arm 1 will receive durvalumab monotherapy for 8 cycles (8 months); patients in Arm 2 will receive no adjuvant treatment. Patients with resectable MIBC (clinical stage T2N0M0-T4aN0M0) with transitional cell histology planning to undergo a radical cystectomy will be included. Primary endpoints are pCR rates at time of cystectomy following neoadjuvant treatment and EFS. Secondary and exploratory endpoints include proportion of patients who achieve pathologic response <P2 (stages Pa, P1, and carcinoma in situ) at time of cystectomy following neoadjuvant treatment, EFS at 24 months, metastasis-free survival, proportion of patients who undergo cystectomy, and OS at 5 years. Safety, patient-reported outcomes, pharmacokinetics, immunogenicity, and biomarkers will also be assessed. Enrollment opened in Dec 2018. Clinical trial information: NCT03732677.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 968-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Pivot ◽  
Igor Bondarenko ◽  
Zbigniew Nowecki ◽  
Mikhail Dvorkin ◽  
Ekaterina Trishkina ◽  
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Purpose This phase III study compared SB3, a trastuzumab (TRZ) biosimilar, with reference TRZ in patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive early breast cancer in the neoadjuvant setting ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02149524). Patients and Methods Patients were randomly assigned to receive neoadjuvant SB3 or TRZ for eight cycles concurrently with chemotherapy (four cycles of docetaxel followed by four cycles of fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide) followed by surgery, and then 10 cycles of adjuvant SB3 or TRZ. The primary objective was comparison of breast pathologic complete response (bpCR) rate in the per-protocol set; equivalence was declared if the 95% CI of the ratio was within 0.785 to 1.546 or the 95% CI of the difference was within ± 13%. Secondary end points included comparisons of total pathologic complete response rate, overall response rate, event-free survival, overall survival, safety, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity. Results Eight hundred patients were included in the per-protocol set (SB3, n = 402; TRZ, n = 398). The bpCR rates were 51.7% and 42.0% with SB3 and TRZ, respectively. The adjusted ratio of bpCR was 1.259 (95% CI, 1.085 to 1.460), which was within the predefined equivalence margins. The adjusted difference was 10.70% (95% CI, 4.13% to 17.26%), with the lower limit contained within and the upper limit outside the equivalence margin. The total pathologic complete response rates were 45.8% and 35.8% and the overall response rates were 96.3% and 91.2% with SB3 and TRZ, respectively. Overall, 96.6% and 95.2% of patients experienced one or more adverse event, 10.5% and 10.7% had a serious adverse event, and 0.7% and 0.0% had antidrug antibodies (up to cycle 9) with SB3 and TRZ, respectively. Conclusion Equivalence for efficacy was demonstrated between SB3 and TRZ on the basis of the ratio of bpCR rates. Safety and immunogenicity were comparable.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 500-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara A. Hurvitz ◽  
Miguel Martin ◽  
Kyung Hae Jung ◽  
Chiun-Sheng Huang ◽  
Nadia Harbeck ◽  
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500 Background: KRISTINE compared neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus dual HER2- blockade (HP) with T-DM1 plus P (T-DM1+P), a targeted regimen that omits standard chemotherapy. T-DM1+P resulted in a lower pathologic complete response (pCR) rate, but a more favorable safety profile. Here we present the final outcomes from KRISTINE. Methods: KRISTINE (NCT02131064) was a randomized study of T-DM1+P versus docetaxel, carboplatin, and H plus P (TCHP). Patients with HER2-positive stage II–III BC received 6 cycles of neoadjuvant T-DM1+P or TCHP q3w. Patients receiving T-DM1+P continued adjuvant T-DM1+P; patients receiving TCHP received adjuvant HP, for 12 cycles in each arm. Patients in the T-DM1+P arm without pCR were encouraged to receive standard adjuvant chemotherapy before adjuvant T-DM1+P. Secondary endpoints, analyzed with descriptive statistics, included event-free survival (EFS; all events pre- and post-surgery), invasive disease-free survival (IDFS; invasive events post-surgery), overall survival and safety. Results: At median follow-up of 37 months, EFS favored TCHP (HR = 2.61 [95% CI: 1.36–4.98]), due to more locoregional progression events in the T-DM1+P arm before surgery (6.7% vs 0; Table). pCR was associated with reduced risk of an IDFS event (HR = 0.24 [95% CI: 0.09– 0.60]) regardless of treatment arm. There were 5 deaths (2.3%) in the TCHP arm and 6 (2.7%) in the T-DM1+P arm. There were more grade ≥3 AEs with TCHP but a higher rate of AEs leading to treatment discontinuation with T-DM1+P. Conclusions: EFS numerically favors TCHP due to locoregional progression events with T-DM1+P prior to surgery. T-DM1+P was associated with fewer grade ≥3 AEs but increased treatment discontinuation. Clinical trial information: NCT02131064. [Table: see text]


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 175883591985397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Crocamo ◽  
Renata Binato ◽  
Bruno de Paula ◽  
Giselle Vignal ◽  
Lídia Magalhães ◽  
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Background: Preclinical evidence suggests that zoledronic acid (ZOL) works synergistically with chemotherapy by enhancing anti-tumor activity. ZOL blocks the mevalonate pathway and may indirectly interact with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) pathway activation. The clinical efficacy and biological rationale of chemotherapy plus anti-HER2 therapy and ZOL as a part of neoadjuvant therapy has not been previously tested. Patients and methods: We conducted a phase II clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ZOL as part of a neoadjuvant treatment in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer (BC). The protocol consisted of four cycles of doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide with ZOL, followed by four cycles of docetaxel with trastuzumab and ZOL prior to surgery. The primary endpoint was the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate. Secondary endpoints were safety and the identification of clinicopathological characteristics associated with pCR. Results: A total of 71 patients with stage IIA to IIIB BC were included, with 60 eligible for the safety assessment and 58 for the efficacy analysis. Overall, the pCR rate was 42%, with higher rates in hormone receptor (HR)-positive tumors (40%), which contrasts with the results of pivotal trials. The most commonly observed grade 3 and 4 events were febrile neutropenia (grade 3, 20%; grade 4, 3%) and diarrhea (grade 3, 12%). Conclusions: The addition of ZOL as a repositioning drug in neoadjuvant treatment was an effective and well-tolerated therapy. This drug combination might overcome endocrine and anti-HER2 resistance. The higher pCR rates in the HR-positive subgroup deserve further translational investigation.


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