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Treatment with pertuzumab-based dual HER2 blockade was found to be beneficial among patients with metastatic breast cancer previously treated with anti-HER2 therapy, according to the results of a meta-analysis presented at the St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference.
These results indicate that dual blockade with a pertuzumab-based regimen “should be recommended as a standard first-line treatment for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer patients who relapse post-adjuvant/neoadjuvant anti-HER2 treatment,” according to Shanshan Chen, MD, of the National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, China, and colleagues.
According to the poster presentation, dual HER2 blockade is recommended as standard first-line therapy in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, but its use in the treatment of patients with previous anti-HER2 therapy is controversial. Chen and colleagues therefore conducted a systematic review of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies assessing dual HER2 blockade with pertuzumab and trastuzumab plus chemotherapy. The following clinical trials were included: CLEOPATRA (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00567190), PERTAIN (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01491737), PHEREXA (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01026142), MARIANNE (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01120184), and PRECIOUS (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02514681).
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The hazard ratio for progression-free survival comparing dual vs single HER2 blockade-containing regimens in pretreated patients was 0.79 (95% CI, 0.69-0.92) overall. Looking at each trial, the HRs were 0.62, 0.83, 0.68, 0.89, 0.75, and 0.79, for CLEOPATRA, PHEREXA, PERTAIN, MARIANNE, and PRECIOUS, respectively.
For overall survival, the HR was 0.76 (95% CI, 0.63-0.93). HR for overall survival was only calculated in CLEOPATRA (0.86), PHEREXA (0.76), and PRECIOUS (0.71).
Based on these results, “a pertuzumab-based dual HER2 blockade regimen could be a reasonable option for patients that experience disease progression during or after trastuzumab-based therapy,” the researchers concluded.
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Reference
Chen S, Sun X, Liu B, Ma F. The efficacy and safety of dual HER2 blockade with a pertuzumab-based regimen for metastatic breast cancer patients previously exposed to an anti-HER2 agent: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster presentation at St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference; March 17-21, 2021. Abstract P059.
