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How often would you use pertuzumab combined w/ trastuzumab/chemo in the neoadjuvant setting?

With approval of pertuzumab in the neoadjuvant setting, how often do you think you would use it in combination with trastuzumab/chemotherapy when using neoadjuvant treatment for HER2-positive disease?

APHINITY trial: A randomized multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled comparison of chemotherapy plus trastuzumab plus placebo versus chemotherapy plus trastuzumab plus pertuzumab as adjuvant therapy in patients with operable HER2-positive primary breast cancer. NCT01358877

Buzdar, A et al. ACOSOG Z1041 (Alliance): Definitive analysis of randomized neoadjuvant trial comparing FEC followed by paclitaxel plus trastuzumab (FEC → P + T) with paclitaxel plus trastuzumab followed by FEC plus trastuzumab (P + T → FEC + T) in HER2+ operable breast cancer. Proc ASCO 2013;Abstract 502.

Gianni L et al. Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant pertuzumab and trastuzumab in women with locally advanced, inflammatory, or early HER2-positive breast cancer (NeoSphere): A randomised multicentre, open-label, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol 2012;13:25-32. Abstract

I-SPY 2 Trial (Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging And moLecular analysis 2). NCT01042379

Schneeweiss A et al. Neoadjuvant pertuzumab and trastuzumab concurrent or sequential with anthracycline-containing or concurrent with anthracycline-free standard regimen: A randomized phase II study (TRYPHAENA). San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2011;Abstract S5-6.