Purpose Significant improvement in survival outcomes has been established with the addition of trastuzumab to adjuvant chemotherapy for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) –positive early breast cancer treatment. However, trastuzumab may increase the risk of cardiac toxicity, and long-term evaluation of its incidence and risk factors are warranted. Methods NCCTG (Alliance) N9831 trial compared adjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by either weekly paclitaxel (arm A); paclitaxel then trastuzumab (arm B); or paclitaxel plus trastuzumab followed by trastuzumab alone (arm C) in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. Cumulative incidence of cardiac events (CE) and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were evaluated in 1,944 women who proceeded to post-AC therapy. Risk factors for trastuzumab-induced cardiac toxicity were identified by Cox regression models. Results The 6-year cumulative incidence of CE was 0.6% in arm A, 2.8% in arm B, and 3.4% in arm C. At a median follow-up of 9.2 years, only two additional CHF diagnoses (of 1,046 patients) occurred beyond our previously reported follow-up time of 3.75 years. LVEF recovered in the majority of the patients who developed CHF. There were two cardiac deaths in arm A and one each in arms B and C. Age of 60 years or older, registration LVEF less than 65%, and use of antihypertensive medications were associated with an increased risk of CE in arms B and C. Conclusion The cumulative incidence of CE at 6 years was slightly higher with the addition of trastuzumab; however, the late development of CE is infrequent. Trastuzumab (in the context of anthracycline- and taxane-based therapy) continues to have a favorable benefit-risk ratio.
Background: Breast cancer patients with residual disease after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) have increased recurrence risk. Molecular characterization, knowledge of NAC response, and simultaneous generation of patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) may accelerate drug development. However, the feasibility of this approach is unknown.Methods: We conducted a prospective study of 140 breast cancer patients treated with NAC and performed tumor and germline sequencing and generated patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) using core needle biopsies. Chemotherapy response was assessed at surgery.Results: Recurrent “targetable” alterations were not enriched in patients without pathologic complete response (pCR); however, upregulation of steroid receptor signaling and lower pCR rates (16.7%, 1/6) were observed in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) patients with luminal androgen receptor (LAR) vs basal subtypes (60.0%, 21/35). Within TNBC, TP53 mutation frequency (75.6%, 31/41) did not differ comparing basal (74.3%, 26/35) and LAR (83.3%, 5/6); however, TP53 stop-gain mutations were more common in basal (22.9%, 8/35) vs LAR (0.0%, 0/6), which was confirmed in The Cancer Genome Atlas and British Columbia data sets. In luminal B tumors, Ki-67 responses were observed in tumors that harbored mutations conferring endocrine resistance (p53, AKT, and IKBKE). PDX take rate (27.4%, 31/113) varied according to tumor subtype, and in a patient with progression on NAC, sequencing data informed drug selection (olaparib) with in vivo antitumor activity observed in the primary and resistant (postchemotherapy) PDXs.Conclusions: In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of tumor sequencing and PDX generation in the NAC setting. “Targetable” alterations were not enriched in chemotherapy-resistant tumors; however, prioritization of drug testing based on sequence data may accelerate drug development.
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