Safety and efficacy of single-agent adjuvant trastuzumab in older women with early-stage breast cancer.

Authors

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Cynthia Owusu

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Cynthia Owusu , Seunghee P Margevicius , Heidi D. Klepin , Charles L. Vogel , Asrar Alahmadi , Sowjanya Vuyyala , Adam Brufsky

Organizations

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, Case Western Reserve Universtiy, Cleveland, OH, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston Salem, NC, Sylvester At Deerfield Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Division of Hematology Oncology, Pittsburgh, PA

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Genentech

Background: Older adults with multiple comorbidities and poor functional status may not be appropriate candidates for chemotherapy. We conducted a phase II trial to examine the safety and efficacy of single-agent Trastuzumab for older women with early stage Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Type 2 (Her2)-positive breast cancer. Methods: This was a single-arm open label multi-institutional clinical trial of adjuvant single-agent Trastuzumab in women aged ≥ 60 years with stage I-III Her2-positive breast cancer who had either declined chemotherapy or were not chemotherapy candidates. Patients received Trastuzumab monotherapy, (8 mg/kg) for cycle 1 followed by (6 mg/kg) every 3 weeks for 12 months. The primary end point was one-year cumulative incidence of symptomatic congestive heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Secondary endpoints were disease free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) at 5 years. Results: Fifty-six patients were enrolled across four centers with a median follow-up period of 5.0 years, (range 0-6.5). The median age was 72.5 years (range 60-90), 64% had stage I disease, 77% had estrogen-receptor positive disease and 82% had node-negative breast cancer. Only two patients had symptomatic congestive HFrEF with a one-year cumulative incidence of 3.6%; (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.09 to 13.8). Five patients had asymptomatic declines in ejection fraction with a one-year cumulative incidence of 9.1%; (95% CI, 3.9 to 20.1). The 5-year DFS was 86.4%; (95% CI, 73.6 to 93.3). Among seven relapses seen, two were due to distant metastatic breast cancer. The 5-year rate of overall survival was 90.2%; (95% CI, 78.1 to 95.8). Among five deaths, one was due to distant metastatic breast cancer. Conclusions: Among older women with stage I-III HER2-positive breast cancer who decline chemotherapy or are not chemotherapy candidates, treatment with her2 targeted therapy only without chemotherapy may offer a reasonable treatment option without an inordinate rate of cardiac toxicity. Clinical trial information: NCT00796978.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 ASCO Virtual Scientific Program

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Breast Cancer—Local/Regional/Adjuvant

Track

Breast Cancer

Sub Track

Adjuvant Therapy

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT00796978

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38: 2020 (suppl; abstr 528)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2020.38.15_suppl.528

Abstract #

528

Poster Bd #

20

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