Pyrotinib after trastuzumab-based adjuvant therapy in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer (PERSIST): A multicenter phase II trial

  1. Feilin Cao  Is a corresponding author
  2. Zhaosheng Ma
  3. Zenggui Wu
  4. Weizhu Wu
  5. Ouchen Wang
  6. Binbin Cui
  7. Xiaotao Zhu
  8. Jing Hao
  9. Xiaochun Ji
  10. Zhanwen Li
  11. Deyou Tao
  12. Qingjing Feng
  13. Wei Lin
  14. Dongbo Shi
  15. Jingde Shu
  16. Jichun Zhou
  17. Shifen Huang
  1. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, China
  2. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital, China
  3. Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China
  4. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, China
  5. Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Yiwu Central Hospital, China
  6. Department of Breast Surgery, Ningbo Women and Children's Hospital, China
  7. Department of Breast Surgery, Yiwu Maternity and Children Hospital, China
  8. Department of Surgical Oncology, Quzhou People's Hospital, China
  9. Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, China
  10. Department of Surgical Oncology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, China
3 figures, 2 tables and 2 additional files

Figures

Study flowchart.
Kaplan–Meier estimates of invasive disease-free survival in the full analysis set.
Invasive disease-free survival in different subgroups.

Kaplan–Meier curves for invasive disease-free survival in (A) patients who received 6-month (n = 31) and 1-year pyrotinib treatment (n = 92), (B) patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (n = 64) and hormone receptor-negative breast cancer (n = 77), (C) patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer (n = 107) and patients with lymph node-negative breast cancer (n = 34), and (D) patients who received adjuvant therapy with trastuzumab (n = 92) and trastuzumab plus pertuzumab (n = 49).

Tables

Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients in the full analysis set.
VariablesAll (n = 141)
Age (years), median (range)50 (25–72)
T stage, n (%)
T143 (30.5%)
T283 (58.9%)
T311 (7.8%)
T42 (1.4%)
Unable to determine2 (1.4%)
Nodal status, n (%)
Negative34 (24.1%)
1–3 positive nodes49 (34.8%)
>3 positive nodes58 (41.1%)
Hormone receptor status, n (%)
Negative (ER and PR negative)77 (54.6%)
Positive (ER positive, PR positive, or both)64 (45.4%)
Ki-67, n (%)
≥20%119 (84.4%)
<20%22 (15.6%)
Previous neoadjuvant therapy, n (%)26 (17.7%)
Previous adjuvant therapy, n (%)
Trastuzumab92 (65.2%)
Trastuzumab plus pertuzumab49 (34.8%)
  1. Tumors were assessed as being ER or PR positive with a threshold of 1%.

  2. ER, estrogen receptor; PR, progesterone receptor.

Table 2
Treatment-emergent adverse events occurring in at least 10% of the patients.
Events, n (%)All (n = 141)
Any gradeGrade 3
Diarrhea112 (79.4%)43 (30.5%)
Fatigue52 (36.9%)0
Lymphocyte count decreased52 (36.9%)0
Nausea47 (33.3%)0
Hand-foot syndrome47 (33.3%)1 (0.7%)
Hyperuricemia33 (23.4%)0
White blood cell count decreased26 (18.4%)0
Dizziness26 (18.4%)0
Anemia24 (17.0%)0
Vomiting22 (15.6%)0
Headache19 (13.5%)0
Creatinine increased17 (12.1%)0
Neutrophil count decreased16 (11.3%)0

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  1. Feilin Cao
  2. Zhaosheng Ma
  3. Zenggui Wu
  4. Weizhu Wu
  5. Ouchen Wang
  6. Binbin Cui
  7. Xiaotao Zhu
  8. Jing Hao
  9. Xiaochun Ji
  10. Zhanwen Li
  11. Deyou Tao
  12. Qingjing Feng
  13. Wei Lin
  14. Dongbo Shi
  15. Jingde Shu
  16. Jichun Zhou
  17. Shifen Huang
(2025)
Pyrotinib after trastuzumab-based adjuvant therapy in patients with HER2-positive breast cancer (PERSIST): A multicenter phase II trial
eLife 13:RP101724.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.101724.3