2022
Aiming at a Tailored Cure for ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer
Tarantino P, Curigliano G, Parsons HA, Lin NU, Krop I, Mittendorf EA, Waks A, Winer EP, Tolaney SM. Aiming at a Tailored Cure for ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncology 2022, 8: 629-635. PMID: 35024766, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6597.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErbB2-positive metastatic breast cancerMetastatic breast cancerPopulation of patientsBreast cancerDe novo metastaticErb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2High ERBB2 expressionCurrent treatment algorithmsHigh-dose chemotherapyLong-term respondersFraction of patientsAntitumor immune activationReceptor tyrosine kinase 2Quality of lifeOverall survivalSystemic treatmentTrastuzumab deruxtecanPathologic featuresTreatment algorithmFrontline treatmentImmune activationBiologic treatmentPathologic termsDisease burdenLong-term benefits
2020
Single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial of pembrolizumab in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis
Brastianos PK, Lee EQ, Cohen JV, Tolaney SM, Lin NU, Wang N, Chukwueke U, White MD, Nayyar N, Kim A, Alvarez-Breckenridge C, Krop I, Mahar MK, Bertalan MS, Shaw B, Mora JL, Goss N, Subramanian M, Nayak L, Dietrich J, Forst DA, Nahed BV, Batchelor TT, Shih HA, Gerstner ER, Moy B, Lawrence D, Giobbie-Hurder A, Carter SL, Oh K, Cahill DP, Sullivan RJ. Single-arm, open-label phase 2 trial of pembrolizumab in patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Nature Medicine 2020, 26: 1280-1284. PMID: 32483359, DOI: 10.1038/s41591-020-0918-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary endpointOpen-label phase 2 trialDose of pembrolizumabExtracranial disease progressionHigher adverse eventsPercentage of patientsPhase 2 studyPhase 2 trialSolid tumor malignanciesFraction of patientsDefinitive progressionUnacceptable toxicityAdverse eventsOverall survivalPatients 17Leptomeningeal carcinomatosisLeptomeningeal disseminationLung cancerDisease progressionOvarian cancerMetastatic cancerPembrolizumabBreast cancerGrade 3Patients