Study type

Study topic

Disease /health condition
Human medicinal product

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Assessment of risk minimisation measure implementation or effectiveness
Disease epidemiology
Drug utilisation
Effectiveness study (incl. comparative)
Safety study (incl. comparative)

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Study drug and medical condition

Name of medicine

Herceptin
Kadcyla
Perjeta

Study drug International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name

PERTUZUMAB
TRASTUZUMAB
TRASTUZUMAB EMTANSINE

Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) code

(L01XC03) trastuzumab
(L01XC13) pertuzumab
(L01XC14) trastuzumab emtansine

Medical condition to be studied

Breast cancer

Additional medical condition(s)

HER2-Positive Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer
Population studied

Age groups

Adults (18 to < 46 years)
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
Adults (85 years and over)

Estimated number of subjects

300
Study design details

Main study objective

In patients with unresectable locally advanced (LA) or metastatic breast cancer (mBC), to observe the different anti-cancer treatment regimens and their sequencing throughout the course of the disease and to describe clinical outcome for each anti-cancer treatment regimen measured as progression-free survival (PFS).

Setting

All eligible subjects were invited to participate in the study and enrolled sequentially. No other pre-selection criteria were applied.
Subjects met the following inclusion criteria for study entry:
- Males or females
- Initially diagnosed with HER2-positive unresectable LA/mBC no more than 6 months prior to enrolment, although they could have received anti-cancer treatment during that time
- Age ≥18 years
- Able and willing to provide written informed consent and to comply with the study protocol
No exclusion criteria were applied.

Outcomes

In patients with unresectable LA/mBC, to observe the different anti-cancer treatment regimens and their sequencing throughout the course of the disease and to describe clinical outcome for each anti-cancer treatment regimen measured as progression-free survival (PFS). To observe safety profiles of different anti-cancer treatment regimens through reporting of serious adverse events (SAEs), specific adverse events relevant to HER2-targeted therapies and AEs leading to discontinuation or dose modification of an anti-cancer therapy, to describe incidence of and reasons for anti-cancer treatment modifications and treatment of populations of special interest.

Data analysis plan

All enrolled patients who received at least one dose of an anti-cancer medication for HER2-positive unresectable LA/mBC will be included in the full analysis set, which will be the primary analysis population for safety and efficacy parameters. Other analysis populations may be defined based on more restrictive criteria. The analysis of the present study will be exploratory and primarily make use of descriptive statistical methods. In addition, exploratory statistical testing and modelling will be used to highlight interesting aspects of the data. Any test performed will be two-sided and carried out with a 5% α error rate without correction for multiplicity. A descriptive analysis of safety will be performed. The main safety parameter is the incidence of SAEs. The proportion of patients experiencing at least one event within each line of treatment will be estimated with 95% Clopper–Pearson CIs.
Documents
Study report
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