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Lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations treated with chemotherapy and HER2-targeted drugs: results from the European EUHER2 cohort
Journal Paper/Review - Nov 23, 2015
Mazières J, Milia J, Moro-Sibilot D, Cortot A, Cappuzzo F, Westeel V, Fournel P, Wislez M, Rosell R, Pless M, Früh Martin, Dansin E, Peters S, Beau-Faller M, Monnet I, Besse B, Filleron T, Barlesi F, Gautschi O
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BACKGROUND
HER2 mutations have been identified as oncogenic drivers in lung cancers and are found in 1-2% of lung adenocarcinomas. There is, to date, no standard of care for these patients. We thus aim to study the therapeutic outcomes of patients harboring HER2 mutations and establish the efficacy of various drug regimens.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
This retrospective cohort study in European centers assessed patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a known HER2 exon-20 insertion, treated with chemotherapy and/or HER2-targeted drugs.
RESULTS
We identified 101 eligible patients from 38 centers: median age 61 years (range: 30-87), 62.4% women, 60.4% never-smokers. All tumors were adenocarcinomas. Concomitant EGFR mutations, ALK translocations, and ROS translocations were observed in 5, 1, and 1 patients, respectively. The median number of treatment lines was 3 (range: 1-11). The median overall survival was 24 months. Overall response rate (ORR) and the median progression-free survival (PFS) with conventional chemotherapy (excluding targeted therapies) were 43.5% and 6 months in first-line (n = 93), and 10% and 4.3 months in second-line (n = 52) therapies. Sixty-five patients received HER2-targeted therapies: trastuzumab = 57, neratinib = 14, afatinib = 9, lapatinib = 5, T-DM1 = 1. ORR was 50.9% and PFS was 4.8 months with trastuzumab or T-DM1.
CONCLUSION
This series shows the chemosensitivity of HER2-driven NSCLC, and the potential interest of HER2-targeted agents. Our results should help to define the best therapeutic strategy for these patients and to orient future clinical trials.