A Study to Assess Preference for Subcutaneous Trastuzumab Treatment in Participants With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (HER)2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Responding to First-Line Intravenous Trastuzumab for at Least 3 Years

Summary

This open-label, randomized, multicenter study will evaluate participant preference for subcutaneous (SC) versus intravenous (IV) trastuzumab (Herceptin) in participants with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer responding to first-line treatment with IV trastuzumab for at least 3 years. Participants will be randomized to receive either 3 cycles (cycle length = 21 days) of trastuzumab SC followed by 3 cycles of trastuzumab IV or 3 cycles of trastuzumab IV followed by 3 cycles of trastuzumab SC. All participants will receive trastuzumab SC for Cycles 7 to 18. Anticipated time on study treatment is 1 year or until disease progression or inacceptable toxicity occurs, whichever comes first.

Timeline

Start

2013-06-11

Primary completion

2019-07-17

Completion

2019-07-17

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper H-s.c. was preferred by 79/92 evaluable intent-to-treat patients (85.9%, 95% confidence interval [CI; 78.8-93.0]; p < 0.001) PMID 28648618 ↗

Publications

• Pivot X, Spano JP, Espie M, Cottu P, Jouannaud C, Pottier V, Moreau L, Extra JM, Lortholary A, Rivera P, Spaeth D, Attar-Rabia H, Benkanoun C, Dima-Martinez L, Esposito N, Gligorov J. Patients' preference of trastuzumab administration (subcutaneous versus intravenous) in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer: Results of the randomised MetaspHer study. Eur J Cancer. 2017 Sep;82:230-236. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.05.009. Epub 2017 Jun 23.

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