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Estimation of the Prevalence of HER2 Low and Describe the SoC, Treatment Patterns, and Outcome in Real-world Practice Among Unresectable and/or Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients With HER2 Low Status

A Multicenter Study to Estimate the Prevalence of HER2 Low and Describe the SoC, Treatment Patterns, and Outcome in Real-world Practice Among Unresectable and/or Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients With HER2-low Status - the RetroBC-HER2L Study

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT04807595
Enrollment
798
Registered
2021-03-19
Start date
2021-05-28
Completion date
2022-04-26
Last updated
2023-03-06

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Keywords

Metastatic breast cancer, Retrospective study, Epidemiology study, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative, Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 low

Brief summary

This is a worldwide, multicenter, non-interventional, retrospective study of patient medical records from metastatic breast cancer (mBC) patients previously identified as human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 negative (HER2-neg), regardless of hormone status.

Detailed description

This is a worldwide, multicenter, non-interventional, retrospective study. The study will consist of 2 components. The first component involves local lab rescoring of qualified historical HER2 fixed tissue immunohistochemistry (IHC) stained slides (preferably using Ventana 4B5 assay) at sites (post-training) for mBC patients previously identified as HER2-neg, and independent central retesting of HER2 status using Ventana 4B5 assay for any enrolled patients with available archived tissue samples at designated central laboratories. Local lab rescoring and independent central retesting/local lab retesting will be conducted blinded of historical HER2 IHC scores. The second component involves linking the rescored IHC status to the patient medical record either through registry databases or patient chart review. Such information will be used to describe the patient demographics, histopathological features, clinical presentation, and treatment patterns following mBC diagnosis, and clinical outcomes in real-world settings for all patients with HER2 scores of 0, \>0 and \< 1+, and 1+2+/ISH- (HER2 low). The clinicopathological and other relevant BC biomarker information will also be examined based on historical biomarker testing results and/or new testing conducted as part of this study.

Interventions

OTHERNone (Observational study)

The data source for this project will be HER2 IHC historical scores, local lab rescoring of historical HER2 fixed tissue slides, independent central retesting or local lab retesting (under special occasions) of HER2 IHC status for enrolled patients who have available tissue, other biomarker testing results based on historical testing and/or testing of archived tissue samples when available, and curated patient-level data. Real-world data sources include electronic health records/electronic medical records (EHR/EMR) and biobank registries. Data from EHR/EMR sources will be curated. Biobank tissue for enrolled patients who have multiple samples available will be selected consecutively when possible and will start with the latest available samples then move backward in time.

Sponsors

Daiichi Sankyo
CollaboratorINDUSTRY
AstraZeneca
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 130 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

1. Men or women: 1. ≥ 18 years of age when consent provided for future sample and clinical data use - applicable for all countries participating in the study except Japan 2. ≥ 20 years of age when consent provided for future sample and clinical data use - applicable for Japan only 2. Must have a histological or cytological confirmed diagnosis of unresectable or/and mBC between 01 January 2015 and 31 December 2017 3. Must have provided written consent allowing for data and samples to be used in the future and this study would be covered by the consent for future use. If the patient is deceased, a waiver may be accepted 4. Diagnosed as HER2-neg (HER2 IHC 0, 1+, 2+/ISH-), regardless of hormone status 5. Progressed on any systemic anti-cancer therapy (eg, endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, CDK4/6i, targeted therapies other than anti-HER2, or immunotherapy) in the metastatic setting 6. Must have historical HER2 fixed tissue IHC stained slides (preferably stained using Ventana 4B5 assay) in acceptable quality for accurate rescoring.

Exclusion criteria

1. Have a history of other malignancies, other than basal cell carcinoma of the skin and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin 2. Patients with historical HER2 status of IHC 2+/ISH+ or 3+, or HER2 amplified.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Disease outcome: Overall survival (OS)Retrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020To compare OS between HER2 low BC patients and the HER2 IHC zero patient population. OS is defined as the length of time from the initiation of treatment that patients are still alive.
Prevalence/Incidence of HER2 low among HER2-neg mBC patients, based on rescoring of historical HER2 fixed tissue IHC stained slides by Ventana 4B5 assayRetrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020To describe the overall prevalence and disease burden of HER2 low (IHC 1+, 2+/ISH-) among unresectable and/or mBC patients identified as HER2-neg, based on rescoring of historical HER2 fixed tissue IHC stained slides by Ventana 4B5 assay. The prevalence of HER2 low (IHC 1+, 2+/ISH-) at unresectable/metastatic BC diagnosis, determined based on rescoring of historical HER2 IHC slides locally, among patients confirmed to be HER2-neg (HER2 IHC zero and HER2 IHC 1+ and 2+/ISH-) by rescoring of historical HER2 IHC slides, will be calculated by the following, based on the re-established HER2 status determined for each patient: Prevalence of HER2 low = (Number of patients with HER2 low)/(Total number of HER2 negative patients )
Disease outcome: Time to first subsequent treatment (TFST)Retrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020To compare TFST between HER2 low BC patients and the HER2 IHC zero patient population. TFST is defined as the length of time from the initiation of treatment to the initiation of the patient's next systemic treatment.
Disease outcome: Time to treatment failure (TTF)Retrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020To compare TTF between HER2 low BC patients and the HER2 IHC zero patient population. TTF is defined as the length of time from initiation of treatment to premature discontinuation.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Clinicopathological characteristics in patients with HER2 low BCRetrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020HER2 low disease will be assessed using descriptive statistics of histopathological and clinicopathological characteristics. A comparison will be made with the HER2 IHC zero patient population.
Concordance of HER2 rescore with historical HER2 scoreRetrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020The concordance between historical HER2 IHC scores and local lab rescoring in the HER2-neg region (IHC score zero, 1+, and 2+) will be characterized. The concordance between historical scoringHER2 IHC scores and independent central retesting of HER2 IHC status in the HER2-neg region will be assessed using Cohen's Kappa statistics to assess agreement beyond chance alone. By convention, Kappa equal or greater than 0.8 is often considered almost perfect agreement, Kappa between 0.8 and 0.6 is considered substantial agreement.
Prevalence of HER2 low among unresectable and/or mBC patients identified as HER2-neg based on other IHC assaysRetrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020To describe HER2 low prevalence among unresectable and/or mBC patients identified as HER2-neg based on other IHC assays, compared with Ventana 4B5 assay.
Prevalence of HER2 low in HR-positive and HR-negative populationRetrospective: From 01 January 2015 to 31 December 2020The overall prevalence of HER2 low among unresectable and/or mBC patients identified as HER2-neg, regardless of assays used, will be summarized descriptively for HR-positive and HR-negative population, respectively.

Countries

Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 12, 2026