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Trial reportBMC cancer2016

Phase II study on the efficacy and safety of Lapatinib administered beyond disease progression and combined with vinorelbine in HER-2/neu- positive advanced breast cancer: results of the CECOG LaVie trial.

Christiane Thallinger, Istvan Lang, Cvetka Grasic Kuhar, Rupert Bartsch, Christian F Singer, Lubos Petruzelka, Bohuslav Melichar, Regina Knittelfelder, Thomas Brodowicz, Christoph Zielinski

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in BMC cancer, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Christiane ThallingerDepartment of Medicine I and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University Vienna - General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Istvan LangNational Institute of Oncology, Ráth György u. 7-9, H-1122, Budapest, Hungary.
Cvetka Grasic KuharMedical Oncology Department, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Zaloska 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Rupert BartschDepartment of Medicine I and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University Vienna - General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Christian F SingerDivision of Gynecological Oncology, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Lubos PetruzelkaDepartment of Oncology, Charles University Prague, U nemocnice 2, 12808, Prague, Czech Republic.
Bohuslav MelicharDepartment of Oncology, Palacky University Medical School and Teaching Hospital, I.P. Pavlova 6, 77520, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Regina KnittelfelderCentral European Cooperative Oncology Group (CECOG), Schlagergasse 6/6, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas BrodowiczDepartment of Medicine I and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University Vienna - General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph ZielinskiDepartment of Medicine I and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinical Division of Oncology, Medical University Vienna - General Hospital, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. christoph.zielinski@meduniwien.ac.at.
Central European Cooperative Oncology Group · ATComprehensive Cancer Center Vienna · ATCharles University · CZInstitute of Oncology Ljubljana · SINational Institute of Oncology · HUPalacký University Olomouc · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVinorelbine constitutes effective chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and acts synergistically with trastuzumab in HER-2/neu positive disease. The present study was set out to evaluate the efficacy and safety of vinorelbine when combined with lapatinib, an anti-HER2 tyrosine-kinase inhibitor, as late-line regimen administered beyond previous disease progression on prior lapatinib in patients with HER-2/neu- positive MBC.

methodsThe CECOG LaVie study was designed as open-labeled, single-arm, multicenter phase II trial. Patients had to be pretreated with lapatinib plus chemotherapy, and received lapatinib at a daily dose of 1250 mg in combination with vinorelbine 20 mg/m(2) i.v. on days 1 and 8 of a three-week cycle until disease progression, intolerable toxicity or withdrawal of consent. Progression-free survival (PFS) was defined as primary study endpoint; secondary endpoints included overall survival (OS), response rate according to RECIST 1.1, and safety. The study was terminated early due to poor accrual.

resultsA total number of nine patients were included; lapatinib administered beyond disease progression combined with vinorelbine resulted in a median PFS of 7.7 months (95% CI 0.56-14.91) and a median OS of 23.4 months (95% CI 16.61-30.13), respectively. Partial remission was seen in one of nine patients, three patients had stable disease of > six months, whereas the remaining five patients had primary disease progression. In two patients, modification of vinorelbine dose due to toxicity became necessary; no dose modification was needed for lapatinib. The majority of reported adverse events (AE) were grade 1 and 2 in severity with diarrhea being the most commonly observed AE

conclusionIn this heavily pretreated patient population, combination of vinorelbine plus lapatinib showed encouraging activity and was characterized by an acceptable safety profile. Despite the low patient number, lapatinib plus vinorelbine may constitute a potential treatment option in heavily pretreated patients with HER-2/neu-positive MBC previously exposed to lapatinib.

trial registrationEudraCT number 2009-016826-15, (15. 10.2009).

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsDrug Therapy, CombinationErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleHumansLapatinibMiddle AgedQuinazolinesVinblastineVinorelbineAntineoplastic AgentsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesLapatinibQuinazolinesVinblastineVinorelbine

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PMID26887956
PMCPMC4758093
OpenAlexW2284971968

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