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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Cancer Res. 2008 May 1;14(9):2710–2716. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-07-4636

Table 3.

Characteristics of patients experiencing cardiac toxicity on trastuzumab plus pertuzumab

Patient Pt3 Pt6 Pt7 Pt8 Pt9 Pt11
Age 52 46 53 58 54 36
Baseline EF (%) (method) 61 (ECHO) 60 (ECHO) 60 (ECHO) 56 (ECHO) 60 (ECHO) 69 (ECHO)
Lowest EF (%) (method) 51 (ECHO) 51 (ECHO) 48 (MRI) 48 (ECHO) 26 (MRI) 54 (ECHO)
Absolute change in EF (%) 10 9 12 8 34 15
LVSD (Grade) 1 1 2 2 3 1
Cycles of T/P when LVSD occurred 18 2 2 1 2 1
Cumulative duration of prior T (wk) 136 52 82 22 112 92
LSVD while on prior T No Yes Yes No No No
Cumulative dose of doxorubicin (mg/m2) 240 240 240 240 240 360
History of HTN Yes Yes No No No No
XRT to chest wall (side) Yes (left) No No Yes (right) Yes (left) Yes (right)
Extensive chest wall disease No No No No Yes No
Resolution of LVSD (time of follow-up) Yes (3wk) Yes (3 mo) Yes (3 mo) No (4 mo) No* Yes (1 wk)

Abbreviations: Pt, patient; EF, ejection fraction; LVSD, left ventricular systolic dysfunction; T, trastuzumab; P, pertuzumab; HTN, hypertension; XRT, radiation treatment; wk, week; mo, month.

*

The patient died 2 months after the onset of LVSD.