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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2020 Sep 19;185(1):107–116. doi: 10.1007/s10549-020-05915-9

Table 3:

Risk Factors for dose reductions interruptions and discontinuations in the Trastuzumab and Trastuzumab + Lapatinib arms in older patients (≥ 65)

Tested Risk Factor Trastuzumab Arm (N= 216) Trastuzumab + Lapatinib Arm (N=214)
Temporary Treatment Interruptions Permanent Treatment Discontinuations Temporary Treatment Interruptions Permanent Treatment Discontinuations Lapatinib Dose Reductions
Any Grade 2/3/4 vs No AEI
Events (%)* 41 (47.67) vs 34 (26.15) 17 (19.77) vs 27 (20.77) 141 (84.43) vs 21 (44.68) 91 (54.49) vs 24 (51.06) 46 (27.54) vs 1 (2.13)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 2.57 (1.45 to 4.58) p= 0.001 0.94 (0.48 to 1.85) p=0.858 6.71 (3.30 to 13.67) p <0.001 1.15 (0.60 to 2.19) p=0.677 17.49 (2.34 to 130.5) p=0.005
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 2.25 (1.18 to 4.30) p= 0.014 0.86 (0.41 to 1.79) p=0.685 5.18 (2.40 to 11.19) p <0.001 0.95 (0.47 to 1.93) p=0.897 17.84 (2.33 to 136.5) p=0.006
Any Grade 2 vs No AEI
Events (% of N) 24 (42.11) vs 51 (32.08) 13 (22.81) vs 31 (19.50) 56 (73.68) vs 106 (76.81) 31 (40.79) vs 84 (60.87) 14 (18.42) vs 33 (23.91)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 1.54 (0.83 to 2.87) p= 0.174 1.22 (0.59 to 2.54) p=0.595 0.85 (0.44 to 1.61) p=0.610 0.44 (0.25 to 0.78) p=0.005 0.72 (0.36 to 1.45) p=0.354
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 1.56 (0.79 to 3.06) p=0.199 1.15 (0.54 to 2.44) p=0.721 0.92 (0.47 to 1.81) p=0.814 0.47 (0.26 to 0.83) p=0.010 0.71 (0.35 to 1.45) p=0.351
Any Grade 3 vs no AEI
Events (% of N) 12 (57.14) vs 63 (32.31) 4 (19.05) vs 40 (20.51) 76 (92.68) vs 86 (65.15) 52 (63.41) vs 63 (47.73) 28 (34.15) vs 19 (14.39)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 2.79 (1.12 to 6.97) p=0.028 0.91 (0.29 to 2.86) p= 0.874 6.78 (2.74 to 16.75) p<0.001 1.90 (1.08 to 3.34) p=0.026 3.08 (1.58 to 6.01) p<0.001
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 1.97 (0.74 to 5.23) p=0.173 0.82 (0.25 to 2.67) p=0.741 5.25 (2.06 to 13.36) p<0.001 1.71 (0.94 to 3.12) p=0.080 3.08 (1.51 to 6.29) p=0.002
Any Grade 4 vs No AEI
Events (% of N) 5 (62.50) vs 70 (33.65) 0 (0.0) 9 (100.0) vs 153 (74.63) 8 (88.89) vs 107 (52.20) 4 (44.44) vs 43 (20.98)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 3.29 (0.76 to 14.15) p= 0.110 NA NA 7.33 (0.90 to 59.65) p=0.063 3.01 (0.78 to 11.71) p=0.111
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 1.98 (0.40 to 9.92) p=0.405 NA NA 6.33 (0.77 to 52.08) p=0.086 2.99 (0.75 to 11.97) p=0.121
Comorbidity vs no Comorbidity
Events (% of N) 53 (35.57) vs 22 (32.84) 32 (21.48) vs 12 (17.91) 120 (77.92) vs 42 (70.00) 85 (55.19) vs 30 (50.00) 32 (20.78) vs 15 (25.00)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 1.13 (0.61 to 2.08) p=0.696 1.25 (0.60 to 2.62) p=0.548 1.51 (0.77 to 2.96) p=0.226 1.23 (0.68 to 2.24) p=0.494 0.79 (0.39 to 1.59) p=0.503
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 0.83 (0.42 to 1.65) p= 0.591 1.41 (0.65 to 3.09) p=0.383 1.42 (0.69 to 2.91) p= 0.340 1.11 (0.60 to 2.06) p=0.742 0.78 (0.38 to 1.63) p=0.512
Polypharmacy vs no Polypharmacy
Events (% of N) 31 (51.67) vs 44 (28.21) 11 (18.33) vs 33 (21.15) 42 (82.35) vs 120 (73.62) 32 (62.75) vs 83 (50.92) 11 (21.57) vs 36 (22.09)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 2.72 (1.47 to 5.03) p=0.001 0.84 (0.39 to 1.79) 0.645 1.67 (0.75 to 3.72) p=0.208 1.62 (0.85 to 3.10) p=0.141 0.97 (0.45 to 2.08) p=0.938
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 2.27 (1.13 to 4.55) p=0.021 0.72 (0.31 to 1.66) 0.445 1.32 (0.56 to 3.15) p=0.526 1.48 (0.75 to 2.95) p=0.261 1.00 (0.44 to 2.27) p=0.999
Concomitant vs Sequential
Events (% of N) 52 (46.43) vs 23 (22.12) 24 (21.43) vs 20 (19.23) 87 (87.00) vs 75 (65.79) 59 (59.00) vs 56 (49.12) 26 (26.00) vs 21 (18.42)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 3.05 (1.69 to 5.53) <0.001 1.15 (0.59 to 2.23) p=0.689 3.48 (1.73 to 7.00) p<0.001 1.49 (0.87 to 2.56) p=0.149 1.56 (0.81 to 2.98) p=0.183
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 2.52 (1.34 to 4.74) 0.004 1.28 (0.63 to 2.61) p=0.490 3.40 (1.66 to 6.96) p<0.001 1.42 (0.81 to 2.47) p=0.219 1.59 (0.82 to 3.10) p=0.171
Anthracycline vs Non-Anthracycline
Events (% of N) 66 (33.17) vs 9 (52.94) 41 (20.60) vs 3 (17.65) 150 (75.00) vs 12 (85.71) 106 (53.00) vs 9 (64.29) 44 (22.00) vs 3 (21.43)
Univariate OR (95%CI) 0.44 (0.16 to 1.20) p=0.108 1.21 (0.33 to 4.41) p=0.772 0.50 (0.11 to 2.31) p= 0.375 0.63 (0.20 to 1.94) p=0.416 1.03 (0.28 to 3.87) p=0.961
Multivariate OR (95%CI) 0.88 (0.30 to 2.60) p=0.824 1.33 (0.34 to 5.20) p=0.685 0.99 (0.19 to 5.09) p= 0.986 0.87 (0.26 to 2.85) p=0.815 1.20 (0.30 to 4.78) p=0.799

AEI: Adverse event of interest. Patients considered as no AEI include those with AEs not of interest and no AEs

Analysis presented in the format OR (95%IC) and P-value

*

% of patient with risk factor