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. 2023 Apr 27;9(6):835–840. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.0181

Table. Association of Pretreatment Baseline Variables With pCR in 80 Patients With ERBB2-Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant THP in the DAPHNe Clinical Trial.

Characteristic No. pCR rate, % Univariable Multivariable
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
Overall cohort 80 60.0
HER2DX pCR score (continuous variable) 80 NA 1.05 (1.03-1.08) <.001 1.03 (1.01-1.07) .03
HER2DX pCR score groups
Low 31 29.0 1 [Reference] NA NA NA
Medium 22 63.6 4.30 (1.34-14.36) .01 NA NA
High 27 92.6 30.60 (1.30-156.90) <.001 NA NA
HER2DX ERBB2 score (continuous variable) 80 NA 1.05 (1.02-1.08) <.001 1.03 (1.00-1.07) .04
HER2DX ERBB2 mRNA score
Low 9 44.4 1 [Reference] NA NA NA
Medium 12 16.7 0.25 (0.03-1.86) .18
High 59 71.2 3.09 (0.74-12-91) .12
Clinical tumor stage
cT1 15 80.0 1 [Reference] NA NA NA
cT2-3 65 55.4 0.31 (0.08-1.20) .09
Clinical nodal stage
cN-negative 52 59.6 1 [Reference] NA NA NA
cN-positive 28 60.7 1.05 (0.41-2.68) .92
PAM50
Non–ERBB2-enriched 34 35.3 1 [Reference] NA 1 [Reference] NA
ERBB2-enriched 46 78.3 6.6 (2.45-17.81) <.001 2.05 (0.57-7.36) .27
ERBB2 IHC status
2+ 10 30.0 1 [Reference] NA NA NA
3+ 68 66.2 4.57 (1.08-19.32) .039 NA NA
Hormone receptor status
Positivea 56 48.2 1 [Reference] NA 1 [Reference] NA
Negative 24 87.5 7.52 (2.01-28.10) .003 1.79 (0.28-12.39) .54

Abbreviations: IHC, immunohistochemistry; mRNA, messenger RNA; NA, not applicable; OR, odds ratio; PAM50, prediction analysis of microarray 50; pCR, pathologic complete response; THP, paclitaxel/trastuzumab/pertuzumab.

a

Hormone receptor–positive status was defined as estrogen receptor or progesterone receptor staining of 1% or greater in accordance with current guidelines from American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists.