Tucatinib's journey from clinical development to clinical practice : New horizons for HER2-positive metastatic disease and promising prospects for brain metastatic spread

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Approximately 20% of breast cancers (BCs) overexpress human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), a transmembrane glycoprotein with tyrosine kinase activity, encoded by ERBB2 gene. Historically, HER2 overexpression has been linked with increased disease recurrence and a worse prognosis. However, the increasing availability of different anti-HER2 compounds and combinations is progressively improving HER2-positive BC outcome, thus requiring expertise to prioritize both overall survival (OS) prolongation and quality of life, without neglecting the accessibility to further treatment lines with a low attrition rate. In this context, tucatinib, an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor, has recently been granted approval by regulatory agencies based on evidence from the HER2CLIMB, a clinical trial which randomized patients with metastatic BC to receive trastuzumab and capecitabine with either tucatinib or placebo. A distinctive feature of this study was the inclusion of patients with new or active brain metastases (BMs) at study entry, a population traditionally excluded from clinical trials. Thus, HER2CLIMB provides the first solid evidence of an OS benefit in patients with BC and BMs, addressing a long standing unmet medical need, especially given the high incidence of central nervous system metastatic spread in patients with HER2-positive disease. This review provides an overview of the molecular and clinical landscape of tucatinib for the treatment of advanced BC. It focuses on the technological journey that drove the development of this therapeutic innovation, from preclinical data to clinical practice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Cancer treatment reviews - 120(2023) vom: 02. Nov., Seite 102618

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Criscitiello, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Corti, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
De Laurentiis, Michelino [VerfasserIn]
Bianchini, Giampaolo [VerfasserIn]
Pistilli, Barbara [VerfasserIn]
Cinieri, Saverio [VerfasserIn]
Castellan, Lucio [VerfasserIn]
Arpino, Grazia [VerfasserIn]
Conte, Pierfranco [VerfasserIn]
Di Meco, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Gennari, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Guarneri, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Visani, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Livi, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Marchetti, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Puglisi, Fabio [VerfasserIn]
Viale, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Del Mastro, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
De Placido, Sabino [VerfasserIn]
Curigliano, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]

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Brain metastasis
Breast cancer
Drug development
EC 2.7.10.1
HER2
Innovation
Journal Article
P188ANX8CK
Receptor, ErbB-2
Review
TKI
Trastuzumab
Tucatinib

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Date Completed 13.10.2023

Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ctrv.2023.102618

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NLM361378556