Late cardiotoxicity related to HER2-targeted cancer therapy

Isabelle Senechal1,2, Maria Sol Andres2, Jieli Tong2, Ylenia Perone3, Sivatharshini Ramalingam2, Muhummad Sohaib Nazir4,2, Stuart D Rosen2,5, Nicholas Turner3, Alistair Ring3, Alexander R Lyon2
1Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada
2Cardio-Oncology Service, Royal Brompton Hospital, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
3Royal Marsden Hospital Foundation Trust, London, UK
4School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King's College London, London, UK
5National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK

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Long-term anti-HER2 therapy in metastatic HER2 + cancers is increasing, but data about the incidence and risk factors for developing late Cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) are missing. We conducted a single-centre, retrospective analysis of a cohort of late anti-HER2 related cardiac dysfunction referred to our Cardio-Oncology service. We include seventeen patients with metastatic disease who developed CTRCD after at least five years of continuous anti-HER2 therapy. Events occurred after a median time of 6.5 years (IQR 5.3-9.0) on anti-HER2 therapy. The lowest (median) LVEF and GLS were 49% (IQR 45–55) and − 15.4% (IQR − 14.9 - -16.3) respectively. All our patients continued or restarted, after a brief interruption, their anti-HER2 therapy. Most (16/17) were started on heart failure medical therapy and normalized their left ventricular ejection fraction at a follow-up. Our study has demonstrated that CTRCD can occur after many years of stability on anti-HER2 therapy and reinforces the importance of continuing cardiovascular surveillance in this population.

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