PMID- 38114991 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231221 LR - 20240103 IS - 1477-7819 (Electronic) IS - 1477-7819 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 1 DP - 2023 Dec 19 TI - Neoadjuvant pyrotinib plus trastuzumab and chemotherapy for HER2-positive breast cancer: a prospective cohort study. PG - 389 LID - 10.1186/s12957-023-03266-5 [doi] LID - 389 AB - BACKGROUND: This prospective study aims to investigate the efficacy and safety of pyrotinib (P) combined with 4 cycles of epirubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by 4 cycles of taxane and trastuzumab (P + EC-TH) regimen as neoadjuvant therapy for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) positive breast cancer and to investigate the predictive value of p53, p63, and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) status for neoadjuvant efficacy. METHODS: A total of 138 HER2-positive breast cancer patients who received neoadjuvant therapy and underwent surgery were included. Case group: 55 patients received P + EC-TH regimen. CONTROL GROUP: 83 patients received EC-TH regimen. The chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, and logistic regression analysis were applied. The primary endpoint was total pathologic complete response (tpCR), and the secondary endpoints were breast pathologic complete response (bpCR), overall response rate (ORR), and adverse events (AEs). RESULTS: In the case group, the tpCR rate was 63.64% (35/55), the bpCR rate was 69.09% (38/55), and the ORR was 100.00% (55/55). In the control group, the tpCR rate was 39.76% (33/83), the bpCR rate was 44.58% (37/83), and the ORR was 95.18% (79/83). The case group had significantly higher tpCR and bpCR rates than those of the control group (P < 0.05), but there was no significant difference in ORR (P > 0.05). The tpCR was associated with the status of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and androgen receptor (AR), and the patients with any negative ER, PR, AR, or combined, were more likely to achieve tpCR than those with positive results (P < 0.05). The p53-positive patients were more likely to achieve tpCR and bpCR than p53-negative patients (P < 0.05). The incidence of hypokalemia and diarrhea in the case group was higher than that in the control group (P < 0.05). The AEs developed were all manageable, and no treatment-related death occurred. CONCLUSION: The efficacy and safety of the P + EC-TH regimen were verified by this study. The HER2-positive breast cancer patients treated with the EC-TH neoadjuvant regimen were more likely to achieve tpCR or bpCR if pyrotinib was administered simultaneously. CI - (c) 2023. The Author(s). FAU - Liu, Lu AU - Liu L AD - Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China. FAU - Zhu, Mingzhi AU - Zhu M AD - Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China. FAU - Wang, Yanyan AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China. FAU - Li, Muhan AU - Li M AD - Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China. FAU - Gu, Yuanting AU - Gu Y AD - Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 1 Jianshe East Road, Zhengzhou, 450052, Henan, China. guyuanting2009@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231219 PL - England TA - World J Surg Oncol JT - World journal of surgical oncology JID - 101170544 RN - P188ANX8CK (Trastuzumab) RN - 0 (pyrotinib) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Female MH - *Breast Neoplasms/pathology MH - Trastuzumab/therapeutic use MH - Prospective Studies MH - Neoadjuvant Therapy MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use PMC - PMC10729398 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Breast cancer OT - HER2 OT - Neoadjuvant therapy OT - Pyrotinib OT - p53 COIS- The authors declare no competing interests. EDAT- 2023/12/20 06:42 MHDA- 2023/12/21 06:43 PMCR- 2023/12/19 CRDT- 2023/12/20 00:13 PHST- 2023/08/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/12/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/21 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/12/20 06:42 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/12/20 00:13 [entrez] PHST- 2023/12/19 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12957-023-03266-5 [pii] AID - 3266 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12957-023-03266-5 [doi] PST - epublish SO - World J Surg Oncol. 2023 Dec 19;21(1):389. doi: 10.1186/s12957-023-03266-5.