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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2017 Oct 4;119:113–122. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2017.10.001

Table 2.

pCR from key phase II/III neoadjuvant trials of novel HER2 inhibitors.

Trial/agent Phase Regimen N pCR
(All HER2 +)
pCR
(HER2+ HR +)
pCR
(HER2+ HR−)
Lapatinib
GeparQuinto III Chemo + lapatinib 615 22.7% NR NR
Untch et al.(2012) Chemo + trastuzumab 30.3%
NeoALTTO III Chemo + lapatinib 455 24.7% 16.1% 33.7%
Baselga et al.(2012b) Chemo + trastuzumab 29.5% 22.7% 36.5%
Chemo + lapatinib + trastuzumab 51.3% 41.6% 61.3%
CHER-LOB II Chemo + lapatinib 121 26.3% NR NR
Guarneri et al.(2012) Chemo + trastuzumab 25.0%
Chemo + lapatinib + trastuzumab 46.7%
NSABP B-41 III Chemo + lapatinib 519 53.2% 48.0% 60.6%
Robidoux et al.(2013) Chemo + trastuzumab 52.5% 46.7% 65.5%
Chemo + lapatinib + trastuzumab 62.0% 55.6% 73.0%
Neratinib
NSABP FB-7 II Chemo + neratinib 126 33.3% 27.6% 46.2%
Jacobs et al.(2015) Chemo + trastuzumab 38.1% 29.6% 57.1%
Chemo + neratinib + trastuzumab 50.0% 30.4% 73.7%
I-SPY 2 (HER2+ cohort) II Chemo + neratinib 87 39% 30% 56%
Park et al.(2016) Chemo + trastuzumab 23% 17% 33%
Pertuzumab
NeoSphere II Chemo + trastuzumab 417 29.0% 20.0% 36.8%
Gianni et al., (2012) Chemo + pertuzumab + trastuzumab 45.8% 26.0% 63.2%
Pertuzumab + trastuzumab 16.8% 5.9% 27.3%
Chemo + pertuzumab 24.0% 17.4% 30.0%
TRYPHAENA II Pertuzumab + trastuzumab + chemo (FEC → docetaxel) 225 61.6% 46.2% 79.4%
Schneeweiss et al.(2013) FEC → pertuzumab + trastuzumab + docetaxel 57.3% 48.6% 65.0%
Chemo + pertuzumab + trastuzumab 66.2% 50.0% 83.8%
T-DM1
KRISTINE III Chemo + pertuzumab + trastuzumab 444 55.7% 44.8% 72.4%
Hurvitz et al.(2016)
T-DM1 + pertuzumab 44.4% 37.9% 53.8%
ADAPT II T-DM1 375 NR 41.0% NR
Harbeck et al. (2016) T-DM1 + ET 41.5%
Trastuzumab + ET 15.1%

Chemo, chemotherapy; ET, endocrine therapy; FEC, 5-fluorouracil, epirubicin, cyclophosphamide; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR, hormone receptor; NR, not reported; pCR, pathologic complete response; T-DM1, trastuzumab emtansine.