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Trial reportBreast (Edinburgh, Scotland)2025

Switching to T-DM1 remains justified in patients with HER2-negative residual invasive breast cancer after neoadjuvant therapy.

Charles E Geyer, Sibylle Loibl

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Charles E GeyerNSABP Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: charles.geyer@NSABP.org.
Sibylle LoiblGBG Forschungs GmbH, Neu-Isenburg, Germany; Centre for Haematology and Oncology Bethanien, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reductions in HER2-protein IHC intensity and HER2-gene amplification in residual invasive breast cancer following neoadjuvant therapy for HER2-positive breast cancer have been described and are associated with worse outcomes. T-DM1 requires initial binding to HER2 for activity, so concerns have been raised regarding T-DM1 activity when changes are sufficient to classify residual disease as HER2-negative. The KATHERINE trial assessed HER2 status of residual disease from 845 patients with HER2-positive status on pretherapy biopsies, of which 70 were negative on retesting. With 8 years of median follow-up, 7-year IDFS was 60.3 % with trastuzumab compared to 95.2 % with T-DM1, consistent with clinically meaningful benefit from T-DM1 in these 70 patients.

Indexed as

Ado-Trastuzumab EmtansineAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalBreast NeoplasmsErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumabAdultAgedFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm, ResidualTreatment OutcomeAdo-Trastuzumab EmtansineAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesTrastuzumabHER2-negative transitionHER2 testingNeoadjuvant therapyResidual invasive breast cancerT-DM1

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PMID40148195
PMCPMC12144936

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