Pyrotinib versus placebo in combination with trastuzumab and docetaxel as first line treatment in patients with HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer (PHILA) : randomised, double blind, multicentre, phase 3 trial

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy and safety of pyrotinib (an irreversible pan-HER (human epidermal growth factor receptor) inhibitor), trastuzumab, and docetaxel compared with placebo, trastuzumab, and docetaxel for untreated HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer.

DESIGN: Randomised, double blind, placebo controlled, multicentre, phase 3 trial.

SETTING: 40 centres in China between 6 May 2019 and 17 January 2022.

PARTICIPANTS: 590 female patients (median age 52 (interquartile range 46-58) years) with untreated HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer.

INTERVENTIONS: Eligible patients were randomised 1:1 to receive either oral pyrotinib (400 mg once daily) or placebo, both combined with intravenous trastuzumab (8 mg/kg in cycle 1 and 6 mg/kg in subsequent cycles) and docetaxel (75 mg/m2) on day 1 of each 21 day cycle. Randomisation was stratified by treatment history of trastuzumab in the (neo)adjuvant setting and hormone receptor status. Patients, investigators, and the sponsor's study team were masked to treatment assignment.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary endpoint was progression-free survival as assessed by the investigator.

RESULTS: Of the 590 randomised patients, 297 received pyrotinib, trastuzumab, and docetaxel treatment (pyrotinib group), and 293 received placebo, trastuzumab, and docetaxel treatment (placebo group). At data cut-off on 25 May 2022, the median follow-up was 15.5 months. The median progression-free survival according to the investigator was significantly longer in the pyrotinib group than in the placebo group (24.3 (95% confidence interval 19.1 to 33.0) months versus 10.4 (9.3 to 12.3) months; hazard ratio 0.41 (95% confidence interval 0.32 to 0.53); one sided P<0.001). Treatment related adverse events of grade 3 or higher were reported in 267 (90%) of the 297 patients in the pyrotinib group and 224 (76%) of the 293 patients in the placebo group. No treatment related deaths occurred in the pyrotinib group, and one (<1%; diabetic hyperosmolar coma) treatment related death occurred in the placebo group. Survival and toxicities are still under assessment with longer follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: Pyrotinib, trastuzumab, and docetaxel showed superiority by significantly improving progression-free survival compared with placebo, trastuzumab, and docetaxel in patients with untreated HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer. The toxicity was manageable. The findings support this dual anti-HER2 regimen as an alternative first line treatment option in this patient population.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03863223.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: BMJ. 2023 Nov 16;383:p2665. - PMID 37973164

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:383

Enthalten in:

BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 383(2023) vom: 31. Okt., Seite e076065

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Min [VerfasserIn]
Li, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, Quchang [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Zhongsheng [VerfasserIn]
Teng, Yuee [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yongsheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Shusen [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Cuizhi [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Zhong, Jincai [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Qingyuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Xiaohua [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Mo, Qinguo [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hu [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xiaojia [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jianyun [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xinhong [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Xinshuai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Huiping [VerfasserIn]
Ye, Changsheng [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Fangli [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Shuchao [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Xiaoyu [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Binghe [VerfasserIn]
PHILA Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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15H5577CQD
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Docetaxel
EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
P188ANX8CK
Pyrotinib
Randomized Controlled Trial
Receptor, ErbB-2
Trastuzumab

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Date Completed 03.11.2023

Date Revised 17.11.2023

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03863223

ErratumIn: BMJ. 2023 Nov 16;383:p2665. - PMID 37973164

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmj-2023-076065

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NLM36399128X