Case Report

Maintenance Therapy with Trastuzumab in Her2 Positive Metastatic Parotid Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Table 1

Summary of use of trastuzumab in Her2 overexpressed metastatic SDCs.

Study IDMethod Chemotherapy used concurrentlyResponseOutcome

Haddad et al., 2003 [13]Phase II trial14No1/14 PRMedian time to progression 4.2 months
Limaye et al., 2013 [17]Retrospective
case series
5*Carboplatin/paclitaxel1/5 CR
2/5 PR
Median duration of response 18 months
(range: 8–52 months)
Kadowaki et al., 2013 [18]Case report1PaclitaxelCR13-month f/u. No disease progression
Firwana et al., 2012 [19]Case report1PaclitaxelCR (of liver metastases)Alive. Stable after 16 months of f/u
Nashed and Casasola, 2009 [20]Case report1Initially doxorubicin then docetaxelPR**Alive. 20 months since metastatic disease
Prat et al., 2008 [21]Case report1Carboplatin/palclitaxelCRAlive. No disease progression in 14 months f/u
Sharon et al., 2010 [22]Case report1Capecitabine/zoledronic acidCRAlive. No disease progression in 2-year f/u
Kaidar-Person et al., 2012 [23]Case report1Carboplatin/paclitaxelCRAlive. Duration unrecorded
Locati et al., 2005 [24]Cases series4Yes (not specified)1/4 SDMedian time to progression 2.5 months

: number of patients. PR: partial response. CR: complete response. SD: stable disease. f/u: follow-up.
*Out of total 13 patients, 8 were treated adjuvantly and 5 were metastatic. **CR in lung and liver and minimal residual disease in neck.