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Table 1 Descriptive statistics

From: Ado-trastuzumab for the treatment of metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer in patients previously treated with Pertuzumab

Characteristic

Pertuzumab-pretreated

(n = 23)

Pertuzumab-naive

(n = 10)

P value*

Months from initial

median: 23.5

median: 14.7

0.763

Dx to Met Dx

range: 0.0–192.5

range: 0.0–53.6

 

Initial Dx of Met

No: 13 (56.5%)

No: 8 (80.0%)

0.259

disease

Yes: 10 (43.5%)

Yes: 2 (20.0%)

 

Age at Met Dx

median: 58.0

median: 52.0

0.377

 

range: 34.0–86.0

range: 38.0–67.0

 

Ethnicity

white: 20 (87.0%)

white: 9 (90.0%)

1.000

 

black: 3 (13.0%)

black: 1 (10.0%)

 

Num. prior therapies

median: 1.0

median: 1.0

0.586

in Met setting

range: 0.0–8.0

range: 0.0–7.0

 

Num. prior therapies

0: 6 (26.1%)

0: 1 (10.0%)

0.397

in Met setting (binary)

> = 1: 17 (73.9%)

> = 1: 9 (90.0%)

 

Brain mets

No: 13 (56.5%)

No: 6 (60.0%)

1.000

(at T-DM1 start)

Yes: 10 (43.5%)

Yes: 4 (40.0%)

 

Bone mets

No: 8 (34.8%)

No: 6 (60.0%)

0.257

(at T-DM1 start)

Yes: 15 (65.2%)

Yes: 4 (40.0%)

 

Lung mets

No: 7 (30.4%)

No: 9 (90.0%)

0.002

(at T-DM1 start)

Yes: 16 (69.6%)

Yes: 1 (10.0%)

 

Liver mets

No: 12 (52.2%)

No: 6 (60.0%)

0.722

(at T-DM1 start)

Yes: 11 (47.8%)

Yes: 4 (40.0%)

 

HR+ (ER+ or PR+)

No: 12 (52.2%)

No: 2 (25.0%)

0.240

at metastasis

Yes: 11 (47.8%)

Yes: 6 (75.0%)

 

Months from Met Dx

median: 12.6

median: 8.2

0.845

to T-DM1 therapy

range: 0.3–69.8

range: 0.4–60.2

 

Months from Met Dx

< 10: 10 (43.5%)

< 10: 6 (60.0%)

0.465

to T-DM1 (binary)

> = 10: 13 (56.5%)

> = 10: 4 (40.0%)

 

Months of T-DM1

median: 2.9

median: 4.8

0.799

therapy

range: 0.7–50.4

range: 0.7–40.8

 

T-DM1 dose

No: 18 (78.3%)

No: 9 (90.0%)

0.640

reduction

Yes: 5 (21.7%)

Yes: 1 (10.0%)

 

Cardiac toxicity

No: 22 (95.7%)

No: 8 (80.0%)

0.212

(during T-DM1)

Yes: 1 (4.3%)

Yes: 2 (20.0%)

 

Neuropathy

No: 21 (91.3%)

No: 9 (90.0%)

1.000

(during T-DM1)

Yes: 2 (8.7%)

Yes: 1 (10.0%)

 

T-DM1 discontinuation

No: 22 (95.7%)

No: 9 (90.0%)

0.521

due to toxicity

Yes: 1 (4.3%)

Yes: 1 (10.0%)

 

Overall response

No: 18 (85.7%)

No: 7 (70.0%)

0.358

(CR or PR)

Yes: 3 (14.3%)

Yes: 3 (30.0%)

 

CBR (CR, PR, or SD

No: 10 (47.6%)

No: 5 (50.0%)

1.000

with T-DM1 > 6 mo)

Yes: 11 (52.4%)

Yes: 5 (50.0%)

 
  1. * P values from Fisher’s exact test (for categorical variables) or Kruskal-Wallis test (for continuous variables)