Cross-talk between epidermal growth factors and the ER occurs at multiple levels and seems to play a crucial role in breast cancer progression and endocrine resistance.Combined HER1/HER2-targeted therapy with aromatase inhibitors for ER-positive and HER-2 positive postmenopausal breast cancer might enhance response and block emergence of endocrine resistant tumor.
1. To evaluate the efficacy of the neoadjuvant combination therapy with letrozole and lapatinib in postmenopausal patients with ER-positive and HER2-positive breast cancer. 2. To assess markers predictive of treatment response and outcome in this setting.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
Letrozole 2.5mg po qd+ Lapatinib 1500mg po qd for 18-21 wks
Asan Nedical Center
Seoul, South Korea
pCR
To evaluate the pathologic complete response (pCR) rate to lapatinib combined with letrozole in neoadjuvant setting
Time frame: 2010 Nov- 2012 May
SUV for [18F]FES PET
* To evaluate clinical overall response (cORR) rate, disease free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS) * To assess tolerability and QOL * To assess MRI response rate * To identify biological predictors of response to lapatinib combined letrozole treatment * To determine the correlation of \[18F\]FES PET with biological and imaging predictors of response to the combined modalities * To evaluate the diagnostic value of SUV for \[18F\]FES PET in the prediction of pathologic, clinical response to neoadjuvant HER2 target- and endocrine therapy
Time frame: 2010 Nov- 2012 May
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