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Table 2 Ongoing studies of first-line treatments for HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer

From: First-line therapy in HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer: is the mosaic fully completed or are we missing additional pieces?

Study

Arms of Treatment

Population

N. of patients

Obiectives of Study

Peruse (MO28047)

P + T + Tx

mBC HER 2+

1436

Multicenter clinical practice, single-arm phase IV study to evaluate the safety of the combination in real life world

Pertain (MO27775)

P + T + AI vs T + AI

mBC HER2+ HR+ Post menopausal status

250

Randomized multicenter open label phase II study designed to assess the efficacy and safety of P+ T + AI [anastrozole or letrozole) or T+ AI. Pts in either arm may also receive induction chemotherapy for up to 18 weeks at the investigator’s discretion.

Velvet (MO27782)

P + T + VNR

mBC HER2+

210

Randomized, multicenter open-label, single-arm with 2 cohorts of patients (cohort 1 = sequential infusion of P and T; cohort 2 concomitant P and T) designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of P in combination with VNR

Metapher (BO29159)

P + T (s.c) + Tx

mBC HER2+

400

Multicenter single-arm phase IIIb study, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the combination P + T subcutaneously + Tx

  1. P Pertuzumab, T Trastuzumab, Tx Docetaxel or Paclitaxel or nabPaclitaxel, VNR Vinorelbine, AI aromatase inhibitor, mBC metastatic Breast Cancer, s.c. subcutaneous