PMID- 38261228 OWN - NLM STAT- Publisher LR - 20240123 IS - 1573-7217 (Electronic) IS - 0167-6806 (Linking) DP - 2024 Jan 23 TI - Poziotinib treatment in patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer who have received prior anti-HER2 regimens. LID - 10.1007/s10549-023-07236-z [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Poziotinib is an irreversible pan-inhibitor of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) that has shown acceptable tolerability and antitumor activity in phase I and II trials in patients with advanced solid tumors. In the present open-label, multicenter phase II study, we demonstrate safety, tolerability, and preliminary efficacy data from two different dosing schedules in patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients who had received at least two prior HER2-directed therapy lines for advanced disease, received 24 mg poziotinib on an intermittent dosing schedule (cohort 1) or 16 mg poziotinib once daily on a continuous dosing schedule (cohort 2). The primary endpoint was overall response rate (ORR). Secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), disease control rate (DCR), and time to progression (TTP). Secondary endpoints additionally included safety and pharmacokinetics. RESULTS: A total of 67 patients were enrolled. The ORR was 30% in both groups (p = 0.98). DCR was 60% vs 78% (p = 0.15) and median PFS and TTP were 4.1 vs 4.9 months (both p = 0.30) for cohorts 1 and 2, respectively. The most common treatment related adverse events (AEs) of any grade included diarrhea (88% vs 85%, p = 0.76), rash (88% vs 88%, p = 0.96), and stomatitis (64% vs 56%, p = 0.52), with grade 3-4 diarrhea occurring in 33% vs 32% of patients (p = 0.93) and grade 3-4 rash in 27% vs 35% of patients (p = 0.48) in cohort 1 vs cohort 2, respectively. CONCLUSION: Poziotinib demonstrated evidence of clinical activity in patients with pre-treated HER2-positive advanced breast cancer, although high levels of toxicity may preclude further studies at this time. CI - (c) 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. FAU - Nasrazadani, Azadeh AU - Nasrazadani A AD - Division of Breast Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Marti, Juan Luis Gomez AU - Marti JLG AD - Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, NY, USA. FAU - Lathrop, Kate AU - Lathrop K AD - The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. FAU - Restrepo, Alvaro AU - Restrepo A AD - Texas Oncology-McAllen, McAllen, TX, USA. FAU - Leu, Szu-Yun AU - Leu SY AD - Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Irvine, CA, USA. FAU - Bhat, Gajanan AU - Bhat G AD - Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Irvine, CA, USA. FAU - Brufsky, Adam AU - Brufsky A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8080-7960 AD - Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, 300 Halket St, Pittsbugh, PA, 15213, USA. brufskyam@upmc.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20240123 PL - Netherlands TA - Breast Cancer Res Treat JT - Breast cancer research and treatment JID - 8111104 SB - IM OTO - NOTNLM OT - Breast cancer OT - HER2 OT - Metastatic OT - Poziotinib OT - Targeted therapy EDAT- 2024/01/23 12:43 MHDA- 2024/01/23 12:43 CRDT- 2024/01/23 11:13 PHST- 2023/05/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/11/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2024/01/23 12:43 [medline] PHST- 2024/01/23 12:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2024/01/23 11:13 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s10549-023-07236-z [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10549-023-07236-z [doi] PST - aheadofprint SO - Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Jan 23. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-07236-z.