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. 2021 Sep 23;189(3):665–676. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06313-5

Table 1.

Baseline demographics and disease characteristics of the Asian patients

Characteristics N+C (n = 104) L+C (n = 98) Total (N = 202)
Age (years at enrollment)
 Mean (SD) 56.2 (9.9) 53.4 (10.4) 54.8 (10.2)
Age group
  < 65 years 86 (82.7) 84 (85.7) 170 (84.2)
  ≥ 65 years 18 (17.3) 14 (14.3) 32 (15.8)
Sex
 Female 104 (100) 96 (98.0) 200 (99.0)
 Male 0 (0.0) 2 (2.0) 2 (1.0)
ECOG PS at enrollment
 0 69 (66.3) 53 (54.1) 122 (60.4)
 1 35 (33.7) 45 (45.9) 80 (39.6)
Hormone receptor statusa
 Negative 56 (53.8) 48 (49.0) 104 (51.5)
 Positive 48 (46.2) 50 (51.0) 98 (48.5)
Disease location
 Non visceral 27 (26.0) 22 (22.4) 49 (24.3)
 Visceral 77 (74.0) 76 (77.6) 153 (75.7)
Histological grade at diagnosis
 Well differentiated 4 (3.8) 3 (3.1) 7 (3.5)
 Moderately differentiated 34 (32.7) 23 (23.5) 57 (28.2)
 Poorly differentiated 41 (39.4) 35 (35.7) 76 (37.6)
 Undifferentiated 2 (1.9) 1 (1.0) 3 (1.5)
 Unknown 23 (22.1) 36 (36.7) 59 (29.2)
Prior anticancer therapy
 Neoadjuvant 14 (13.5) 18 (18.4) 32 (15.8)
 Adjuvant 49 (47.1) 36 (36.7) 85 (42.1)
 Metastatic/locally advanced 104 (100.0) 98 (100.0) 202 (100.0)
Number of previous HER2-directed regimens
 2 73 (70.2) 70 (71.4) 143 (70.8)
  ≥ 3 31 (29.8) 28 (28.6) 59 (29.2)
Prior HER2-directed therapies
 Trastuzumab only 65 (62.5) 56 (57.1) 121 (59.9)
 Trastuzumab and pertuzumab 7 (6.7) 10 (10.2) 17 (8.4)
 Trastuzumab and T-DM1 14 (13.5) 17 (17.3) 31 (15.3)
 Trastuzumab, pertuzumab, and T-DM1 18 (17.3) 15 (15.3) 33 (16.3)
Location of disease at enrollment in the brain
 Yes 18 (17.3) 19 (19.4) 37 (18.3)
 No 86 (82.7) 79 (80.6) 165 (81.7)

Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise stated

ECOG PS eastern cooperative oncology group performance status, ER estrogen receptor, L+C lapatinib plus capecitabine, N+C neratinib plus capecitabine, PR progesterone receptor, SD standard deviation, T-DM1 trastuzumab emtansine

aHormone receptor positive: ER positive, PR positive, or both. Hormone receptor negative: ER and PR negative