RT Journal Article T1 Cardiac biomarkers for early detection and prediction of trastuzumab and/or lapatinib-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with HER2-positive early-stage breast cancer: a NeoALTTO sub-study (BIG 1-06). A1 Ponde, Noam A1 Bradbury, Ian A1 Lambertini, Matteo A1 Ewer, Michael A1 Campbell, Christine A1 Ameels, Helene A1 Zardavas, Dimitrios A1 Di Cosimo, Serena A1 Baselga, José A1 Huober, Jens A1 Izquierdo, Miguel A1 Fumagalli, Debora A1 Bozovic-Spasojevic, Ivana A1 Maetens, Marion A1 Harbeck, Nadia A1 Pusztai, Lajos A1 Berghorn, Michael A1 Im, Young-Hyuck A1 Borrego, Manuel Ruiz A1 Chen, Dar-Ren A1 Rodeheffer, Richard A1 Piccart, Martine A1 Suter, Thomas A1 de Azambuja, Evandro K1 Brain natriuretic peptide K1 Cardiotoxicity K1 HER2 positive breast cancer K1 Lapatinib K1 Troponin T AB Biomarkers of cardiac damages, such as troponin T (TnT) and the amino-terminal fragment of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), may be useful as early predictors of cardiac dysfunction. The role of these biomarkers in patients receiving lapatinib and/or trastuzumab before anthracyclines is unknown. This study explores TnT and NT-proBNP as predictors of early cardiac toxicity in neoadjuvant breast cancer patients. This sub-study of the NEOALTTO trial tested if changes in the levels of TnT and NT-proBNP occurred after 2 weeks of anti-HER2 therapy (lapatinib, trastuzumab or their combination) alone and/or after 18 weeks of anti-HER2 therapy plus weekly paclitaxel. 173 and 172 were tested at all three timepoints for NT-proBNP and TnT, respectively. The incidence of biomarker elevation was overall low at all timepoints for all the three treatment arms. A total of 13 CEs in 11 patients occurred. Biomarker elevations in patients with CEs were very rare; only one patient with subsequent CE had a NT-proBNP elevation at baseline and at week 2. These results suggest that TnT and proBNP may not be useful as early predictors of cardiac toxicity in anthracycline-naïve patients receiving trastuzumab and/or lapatinib. YR 2017 FD 2017-12-27 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11951 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11951 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 5, 2025