PMID- 35144424 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220214 LR - 20220214 IS - 2224-5839 (Electronic) IS - 2224-5820 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 1 DP - 2022 Jan TI - The efficacy of pyrotinib-based therapy in lapatinib-resistant metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer. PG - 332-338 LID - 10.21037/apm-21-3965 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancer tends to metastasize and is associated with poor prognosis. Anti-HER2 treatment combined with chemotherapy or endocrine therapy is often used for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC). For later lines of therapy in HER2-positive MBC, there is no standard treatment. We investigated the efficacy of pyrotinib, a new irreversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) targeting epidermal growth factor receptor, HER2, and HER4, in lapatinib-resistant HER2-positive MBC patients. METHODS: This is a retrospective observational study including lapatinib-resistant HER2-positive MBC patients who received pyrotinib-based treatment. We used the Kaplan-Meier method for the survival analyses. RESULTS: A total of 31 patients were included. Concurrent treatments included cytotoxic chemotherapy (29 patients, 93.6%), endocrine therapy (1 patient, 3.2%), and another targeted therapy (1 patient, 3.2%). The objective response rate (ORR) was 25.8% and the median progression-free survival in the study population was 4.5 months (95% CI: 3.1-5.9 months). The treatment-related adverse events (AEs) included diarrhea, neutropenia, vomiting, fatigue, and thrombocytopenia. Dose reduction to 320 mg was conducted in 19.4% of all cases due to severe AEs. CONCLUSIONS: Pyrotinib-based treatment was effective and generally well tolerated in lapatinib-resistant HER2-positive MBC for later line treatment. FAU - Yang, Chen AU - Yang C AD - Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Shangguan, Chengfang AU - Shangguan C AD - Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Lou, Guyin AU - Lou G AD - Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. FAU - Qu, Qing AU - Qu Q AD - Department of Oncology, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study PL - China TA - Ann Palliat Med JT - Annals of palliative medicine JID - 101585484 RN - 0 (Acrylamides) RN - 0 (Aminoquinolines) RN - 0 (pyrotinib) RN - 0VUA21238F (Lapatinib) SB - IM MH - Acrylamides MH - Aminoquinolines/therapeutic use MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols MH - *Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Lapatinib/therapeutic use OTO - NOTNLM OT - Pyrotinib OT - human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer (HER2-positive MBC) OT - lapatinib OT - tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) EDAT- 2022/02/12 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/15 06:00 CRDT- 2022/02/11 05:29 PHST- 2021/12/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/01/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/02/11 05:29 [entrez] PHST- 2022/02/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/15 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.21037/apm-21-3965 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Palliat Med. 2022 Jan;11(1):332-338. doi: 10.21037/apm-21-3965.