Clinical Profile of Carcinoma Breast Patients Treated with Trastuzumab: A Single Centre Study

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common female cancer in India and accounting for almost 1 in 4 cancer cases in women worldwide. According to GLOBOCAN 2018: breast cancer incidence is increased to 162,468 in 2018 compared to 144,937 in 2012. Biosimilar drugs allow expanding access to the therapies in the form of cost savings and leading to better overall health outcomes. Our study evaluates the efficacy and safety of Trastuzumab biosimilars and assesses overall survival in the study population. Materials & Methods: This prospective study was conducted in Healthcare Global Enterprises Ltd., Bengaluru, India, and all female patients diagnosed with Her2 positive, metastatic (mBC) and Locally advanced breast cancer (LABC), between March 2013 and November 2014, with at least 4 years of post-treatment follow up. Results: A total of 65 patients diagnosed with Her2 positive breast cancer and satisfied the selection criteria were included for the study. Partial Response (PR) was observed in 42 (64.6%) patients, Stable Disease (SD) in 11 (16.9%) patients and Progressive Disease (PD) in 12 (18.5%) patients. The overall response rates were 46.1% PR, 30% SD, 23.8% PD in metastatic population and 76% PR, 7.2% SD, 15% PD observed in locally advanced disease. The mean overall survival of the study population was 20.75 ± 15.20 months in metastatic and 29.2 ± 17.06 months in locally advanced patients. Conclusion: This prospective study shows the effectiveness of Trastuzumab for HER2-positive in locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer. The response rates, survival and toxicity correlate with other global studies. The response and survival are as same as either generic or original Trastuzumab.

Clinical Profile and Results in Cancers Treated with Nivolumab: A Single Centre Study

Introduction: Immunotherapy is also called as biologic therapy or bio-therapy. Immunotherapy is quickly becoming an important component in the multipronged approaches being developed to treat certain forms of cancer. The goal of immunotherapy is to strengthen the body’s own natu-ral ability to combat cancer by enhancing the effectiveness of the immune system. This study tries to compile response rates and side effect profile of Nivolumab. Methods: Patients with performance status of 3 or less than 3, who failed on 2 or more lines of therapy except melanoma and have received minimum 3 cycles of Nivolumab were taken in to this study. Study subjects followed for minimum of 3 cycles for assessment. Each patient received 240 mg of Nivolumab once in 15 days for 3 - 6 cycles. Results: The median age of 20 patients was 53 years (26 - 79 yrs). 18 patients were male and 2 patients were female. Progressive disease (PD) was observed in 12 patients with immunotherapy treatment and partial response (PR) was observed in 3 patients, and stable disease (SD) in 5 patients. Conclusion: This is one of the Indian study mainly reporting experiences with Nivolumab. Large sample size is required to conclude about the efficacy of the study. Nivolumab is more tolerated in Indian patients compared to other reported studies.