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. 2014 May 23;16(3):R50. doi: 10.1186/bcr3661

Table 3.

Efficacy outcomes by tumor HER2 expression below the median and equal to or greater than the median

 
Median PFS, months
 
HER2 expression a HT T-DM1 HR relative to HT (95% CI)
  All patients
(n = 70)
(n = 67)
0.59 (0.36, 0.97)
9.2
14.2
  < Median
(n = 32)
(n = 26)
0.85 (0.44, 1.67)
9.8
10.6
  ≥ Median
(n = 29)
(n = 29)
0.39 (0.18, 0.85)
8.8
Not reached
 
ORR,%
 
HER2 expression a
HT
T-DM1
Odds ratio relative to HT (95% CI)
  All patients
(n = 69)
(n = 67)
1.26 (0.63, 2.55)
58.0
64.2
  < Median
(n = 31)
(n = 26)
0.84 (0.30, 2.41)
58.1
53.8
  ≥ Median (n = 29)
(n = 29)
1.58 (0.50, 4.98)
65.5 72.4

aHER2 mRNA data were available for 61 of 70 patients in the HT arm and for 55 of 67 patients in the T-DM1 arm. HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HT, trastuzumab plus docetaxel; ORR, objective response rate; PFS, progression-free survival; T-DM1, trastuzumab emtansine.