A Safety and Tolerability Study of Assisted and Self-Administered Subcutaneous (SC) Herceptin (Trastuzumab) as Adjuvant Therapy in Early Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 (HER2)-Positive Breast Cancer

Summary

This multicenter, two-cohort, non-randomized, open-label study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of assisted and self-administered SC Herceptin as adjuvant therapy in participants with early HER2-positive breast cancer following tumor excision. Participants will receive Herceptin 600 milligrams (mg) SC every 3 weeks for 18 cycles, either by an assisted administration using a conventional syringe and needle/vial formulation (Cohort A) or with assisted and self-administration using a single-use injection device (SID) in selected participants (Cohort B).

Timeline

Start

2012-05-17

Primary completion

2015-03-10

Completion

2020-02-19

Publications

• Jung KH, Ataseven B, Verrill M, Pivot X, De Laurentiis M, Al-Sakaff N, Lauer S, Shing M, Gligorov J, Azim HA. Adjuvant Subcutaneous Trastuzumab for HER2-Positive Early Breast Cancer: Subgroup Analyses of Safety and Active Medical Conditions by Body Weight in the SafeHer Phase III Study. Oncologist. 2018 Oct;23(10):1137-1143. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0065. Epub 2018 Jul 17.
• Gligorov J, Ataseven B, Verrill M, De Laurentiis M, Jung KH, Azim HA, Al-Sakaff N, Lauer S, Shing M, Pivot X; SafeHer Study Group. Safety and tolerability of subcutaneous trastuzumab for the adjuvant treatment of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive early breast cancer: SafeHer phase III study's primary analysis of 2573 patients. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Sep;82:237-246. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.05.010. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

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