Efficacy of tyrosine kinase inhibitors for the treatment of patients with HER2-positive breast cancer with brain metastases : a systematic review and meta-analysis

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BACKGROUND: Brain metastases (BMs) are frequent events in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and are associated with poor prognosis. Small-molecule anti-HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are promising agents for the treatment of BM. In this study, we assess the clinical outcomes of patients with HER2-positive MBC and BM treated with TKI-containing regimens compared with those treated with non-TKI-containing regimens.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and conference proceedings (ASCO, SABCS, ESMO, and ESMO Breast) were searched up to June 2021. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with BM. Secondary endpoints included PFS in patients without BM and overall survival (OS). The study was conducted following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Overall effects were pooled using random-effects models.

RESULTS: This systematic review and meta-analysis included data from 2437 patients (490 with and 1947 without BM at baseline) enrolled in five trials assessing tucatinib-, lapatinib-, pyrotinib-, or afatinib-based combinations. A nonstatistically significant PFS benefit favoring TKI-containing regimens was observed in both patients with BM [hazard ratio (HR) 0.67, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.41-1.12; P = 0.13] and without BM (HR 0.55, 95% CI 0.24-1.26; P = 0.16). Sensitivity analysis, excluding each study singly, demonstrated a significant PFS benefit favoring TKI-containing regimens in patients with BM after the exclusion of afatinib from the analysis (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.35-0.90; P = 0.016). No statistically significant differences in OS were observed between the comparison groups.

CONCLUSIONS: A trend in PFS favoring TKI-containing regimens was observed in patients with BM. Sensitivity analysis including only trials that evaluated regimens containing tucatinib, lapatinib, or pyrotinib demonstrated a significant PFS benefit favoring TKI-containing regimens in patients with BM.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:7

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ESMO open - 7(2022), 3 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 100501

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nader-Marta, G [VerfasserIn]
Martins-Branco, D [VerfasserIn]
Agostinetto, E [VerfasserIn]
Bruzzone, M [VerfasserIn]
Ceppi, M [VerfasserIn]
Danielli, L [VerfasserIn]
Lambertini, M [VerfasserIn]
Kotecki, N [VerfasserIn]
Awada, A [VerfasserIn]
de Azambuja, E [VerfasserIn]

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41UD74L59M
Afatinib
Brain metastases
Breast cancer
HER2
Journal Article
Lapatinib
Meta-Analysis
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Protein kinase inhibitors
Review
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 11.07.2022

Date Revised 03.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100501

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NLM34175949X