Tucatinib, Trastuzumab, and Capecitabine for HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer.
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| Abstract | BACKGROUND: Patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive metastatic breast cancer who have disease progression after therapy with multiple HER2-targeted agents have limited treatment options. Tucatinib is an investigational, oral, highly selective inhibitor of the HER2 tyrosine kinase. METHODS: We randomly assigned patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer previously treated with trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and trastuzumab emtansine, who had or did not have brain metastases, to receive either tucatinib or placebo, in combination with trastuzumab and capecitabine. The primary end point was progression-free survival among the first 480 patients who underwent randomization. Secondary end points, assessed in the total population (612 patients), included overall survival, progression-free survival among patients with brain metastases, confirmed objective response rate, and safety. RESULTS: Progression-free survival at 1 year was 33.1% in the tucatinib-combination group and 12.3% in the placebo-combination group (hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.54; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.42 to 0.71; P<0.001), and the median duration of progression-free survival was 7.8 months and 5.6 months, respectively. Overall survival at 2 years was 44.9% in the tucatinib-combination group and 26.6% in the placebo-combination group (hazard ratio for death, 0.66; 95% CI, 0.50 to 0.88; P = 0.005), and the median overall survival was 21.9 months and 17.4 months, respectively. Among the patients with brain metastases, progression-free survival at 1 year was 24.9% in the tucatinib-combination group and 0% in the placebo-combination group (hazard ratio, 0.48; 95% CI, 0.34 to 0.69; P<0.001), and the median progression-free survival was 7.6 months and 5.4 months, respectively. Common adverse events in the tucatinib group included diarrhea, palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia syndrome, nausea, fatigue, and vomiting. Diarrhea and elevated aminotransferase levels of grade 3 or higher were more common in the tucatinib-combination group than in the placebo-combination group. CONCLUSIONS: In heavily pretreated patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, including those with brain metastases, adding tucatinib to trastuzumab and capecitabine resulted in better progression-free survival and overall survival outcomes than adding placebo; the risks of diarrhea and elevated aminotransferase levels were higher with tucatinib. (Funded by Seattle Genetics; HER2CLIMB ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02614794.).
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| Authors | Rashmi K Murthy, Sherene Loi, Alicia Okines, Elisavet Paplomata, Erika Hamilton, Sara A Hurvitz, Nancy U Lin, Virginia Borges, Vandana Abramson, Carey Anders, Philippe L Bedard, Mafalda Oliveira, Erik Jakobsen, Thomas Bachelot, Shlomit S Shachar, Volkmar Müller, Sofia Braga, Francois P Duhoux, Richard Greil, David Cameron, Lisa A Carey, Giuseppe Curigliano, Karen Gelmon, Gabriel Hortobagyi, Ian Krop, Sibylle Loibl, Mark Pegram, Dennis Slamon, M Corinna Palanca-Wessels, Luke Walker, Wentao Feng, Eric P Winer |
| Journal | The New England journal of medicine (N Engl J Med) Vol. 382 Issue 7 Pg. 597-609 (02 13 2020) ISSN: 1533-4406 [Electronic] United States |
| PMID | 31825569 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't) |
| Copyright | Copyright © 2019 Massachusetts Medical Society. |
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