title: Efficacy of Adjuvant Trastuzumab for Patients With Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Positive Early Breast Cancer and Tumors ≤ 2 cm: A Meta-Analysis of the Randomized Trastuzumab Trials.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We compared efficacy of trastuzumab versus no trastuzumab in patients with small (≤ 2 cm) human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) -positive breast cancer treated in randomized trials.
  
  
  METHODS
  A meta-analysis was conducted using data from five of the six adjuvant trastuzumab trials. Efficacy end points were disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). Separate analyses were prospectively planned for hormone receptor (HR) -positive and HR-negative cohorts. Random effect models and Yusuf-Peto fixed effects models assessed the impact of heterogeneity on baseline hazards and treatment effects across studies. Peto-Pike cumulative incidence estimates were stratified by study and nodal status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Median follow-up time was 8 years. For 2,263 patients with HR-positive disease, 8-year cumulative incidence rates comparing trastuzumab versus no trastuzumab were 17.3% versus 24.3% (P < .001) for DFS and 7.8% versus 11.6% (P = .005) for OS, respectively; for 1,092 HR-positive patients with zero or one positive lymph nodes, results were 12.7% versus 19.4% (P = .005) for DFS and 5.3% versus 7.4% (P = .12) for OS, respectively. For 1,957 patients with HR-negative disease, 8-year cumulative incidence rates were 24.0% versus 33.4% (P < .001) for DFS and 12.4% versus 21.2% (P < .001) for OS, respectively; for 1,040 HR-negative patients with zero or one positive lymph nodes, results were 20.4% versus 26.3% (P = .05) for DFS and 8.2% versus 12.2% (P = .084) for OS, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Women with HER2-positive tumors ≤ 2 cm in the randomized trastuzumab trials derived substantial DFS and OS benefit from adjuvant trastuzumab. Trastuzumab-treated patients with HR-positive disease and ≤ one positive lymph node may be candidates for trials assessing less aggressive treatment approaches.
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA. ciara.o'sullivan@nih.gov.
authors.forename: Ciara C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bradbury
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spielmann
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Edith A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Perez
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Joensuu
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Costantino
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Suzette
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Delaloge
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rastogi
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zardavas
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Karla V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Ballman
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Holmes
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Evandro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Azambuja
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Martine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piccart-Gebhart
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Jo Anne
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Zujewski
authors.affiliation: Ciara C. O'Sullivan and Jo Anne Zujewski, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; Ian Bradbury, Christine Campbell, and Eileen Holmes, Frontier Science, Inverness-shire, Scotland; Marc Spielmann and Suzette Delaloge, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France; Edith A. Perez, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; Heikki Joensuu, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Joseph P. Costantino and Priya Rastogi, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA; Dimitrios Zardavas, Breast International Group; Karla V. Ballman, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Evandro de Azambuja and Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Institut Jules Bordet and L'Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium; and Richard D. Gelber, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Frontier Science and Technology Research Foundation, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Richard D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Gelber
mesh_terms: D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000068878:Trastuzumab
chemical_list: D061067:Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D018719:Erb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases; D000068878:Trastuzumab; C508053:ERBB2 protein, human