Multicenter Phase II Study of Lapatinib in Patients with Brain Metastases from HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
Lin N, Diéras V, Paul D, Lossignol D, Christodoulou C, Stemmler H, Roché H, Liu M, Greil R, Ciruelos E, Loibl S, Gori S, Wardley A, Yardley D, Brufsky A, Blum J, Rubin S, Dharan B, Steplewski K, Zembryki D, Oliva C, Roychowdhury D, Paoletti P, Winer E. Multicenter Phase II Study of Lapatinib in Patients with Brain Metastases from HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research 2009, 15: 1452-1459. PMID: 19228746, DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-1080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain metastasesBreast cancerObjective responseVolumetric reductionCNS lesionsNeurologic signsCentral nervous system progressionMulticenter phase II studySmall phase 2 trialHER2-positive breast cancerCombination of lapatinibExtra-CNS diseaseProgressive brain metastasesPhase II studyPrimary end pointPhase 2 trialProgression-free survivalThird of patientsProgressive neurologic signsMajor clinical challengeCNS metastasesCranial radiationEligible patientsEvaluable patientsPrior trastuzumab