Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, and Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
Pier Franco Conte , Giancarlo Bisagni , Federico Piacentini , Samanta Sarti , Santino Minichillo , Elisa Anselmi , Michele Aieta , Vittorio Gebbia , A Schirone , Antonino Musolino , Ornelia Garrone , A Beano , Anita Rimanti , Francesco Giotta , Anna Turletti , Maria Vittoria Dieci , Roberto Vicini , Sara Balduzzi , R D'Amico , Valentina Guarneri
Background: The ShortHER trial is a phase III non-inferiority, randomized trial comparing 9 weeks (short arm) versus 1 year (long arm) of adjuvant trastuzumab combined with chemotherapy in HER2+ eBC patients. The first primary end point of the study was the event-driven analysis of disease-free survival which was achieved in 2017, presented at ASCO 2017 and published in Annals of Oncology in 2018. The HR was 1.13 (90% CI 0.89-1.42) and the non-inferiority could not be claimed as the upper border of CI crossed the upper limit of 1.29 chosen as non-inferiority margin. According to a pre-planned Bayesian analysis, the probability that the short arm was not inferior to the standard one was 80%. Methods: 1254 HER2+ early breast cancer patients were stratified according to nodal status and randomized. Median age was 55 years (range 25-78); 672 (54%) patients were node negative, 383 (30%) with 1-3 positive nodes, 198 (16%) 4 or more positive nodes. At the time of the event-driven analysis, median follow up was 6 years, 200 DFS events and 78 deaths were reported. Here we report the overall survival,+ which was the second co-primary end point, updated DFS and outcomes according to nodal status. Results: Median follow-up is now 9 years, 248 DFS events and 116 deaths have been reported. The 10 year DFS is 77% in the long arm and 78% in the short arm (HR 1.06; 90% CI 0.86-1.31). The 10-year OS is 89% in the long arm and 88% in the short arm (HR 1.15; 90% CI 0.85-1.56). The DFS and OS data overall and by nodal status are summarized in the table below. Conclusions: At a median follow-up of 9 years, the ShortHER trial shows that 1 year trastuzumab is still the standard treatment for HER2+ eBC patients as non-inferiority cannot be claimed in terms of DFS or OS. Numerically however, the differences for the patients at low risk (N0) or intermediate risk (N 1-3) is negligible and patients with 4 or more positive lymph nodes have a clear benefit with 1 year trastuzumab. I. This long-term date can reassure clinicians if, for any reason a patient at low/intermediate risk has to stop trastuzumab and, more important, might facilitate access to a far less expensive treatment to the thousands of patients worldwide who cannot afford the cost of one year of trastuzumab. Clinical trial information: NCT00629278.
10-y Disease-Free Survival | 10-y Overall Survival | |||||
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Subgroups (n) | Long | Short | HR (90% CI) | Long | Short | HR (90% CI) |
ITT (1,254) | 77 % | 78 % | 1.06 (0.86-1.31) | 89 % | 88 % | 1.15 (0.85-1.56) |
N0 (672) | 81 % | 85 % | 0.74 (0.54-1.04) | 89 % | 95 % | 0.57 (0.33-0.99) |
N 1-3 (383) | 77 % | 79 % | 1.11 (0.76-1.64) | 92 % | 89 % | 1.37 (0.77-2.44) |
N > 4 (198) | 63 % | 53 % | 1.84 (1.24-2.75) | 84 % | 64 % | 1.87 (1.11-3.14) |
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