Secondary analyses of the randomized phase III Stop&Go study : efficacy of second-line intermittent versus continuous chemotherapy in HER2-negative advanced breast cancer

Background: Previously, we showed that reintroduction of the same (first-line) chemotherapy at progression could only partially make up for the loss in efficacy as compared to continuously delivered first-line chemotherapy. Here, we report the probability of starting second-line study chemotherapy in the Stop&Go trial, and the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of patients who received both the first- and second-line treatment in an intermittent versus continuous schedule.Methods: First-line chemotherapy comprised paclitaxel plus bevacizumab, second-line capecitabine or non-pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, given per treatment line as two times four cycles (intermittent) or as eight consecutive cycles (continuous).Results: Of the 420 patients who started first-line treatment within the Stop&Go trial (210:210), a total of 270 patients continued on second-line study treatment (64% of all), which consisted of capecitabine in 201 patients and of non-pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in 69 patients, evenly distributed between the treatment arms. Median PFS was 3.7 versus 5.0 months (HR 1.07; 95% CI: 0.82-1.38) and median OS 10.9 versus 12.4 months (HR 1.27; 95% CI: 0.98-1.66) for intermittent versus continuous second-line chemotherapy. Second-line PFS was positively influenced by prior hormonal therapy for metastatic disease and longer first-line PFS duration, while triple-negative tumor status had a negative influence. Patients with a shorter time to progression (TTP) in first-line (≤10 months) had a higher probability of starting second-line treatment if they received intermittent compared to continuous chemotherapy (OR 1.97; 95% CI: 1.02-3.80).Conclusion: We recommend continuous scheduling of both the first- and second-line chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) - 59(2020), 6 vom: 02. Juni, Seite 713-722

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Claessens, Anouk K M [VerfasserIn]
Erdkamp, Frans L G [VerfasserIn]
Lopez-Yurda, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Bouma, Jeanette M [VerfasserIn]
Rademaker-Lakhai, Jeany M [VerfasserIn]
Honkoop, Aafke H [VerfasserIn]
de Graaf, Hiltje [VerfasserIn]
Tjan-Heijnen, Vivianne C G [VerfasserIn]
Bos, Monique E M M [VerfasserIn]
Dutch Breast Cancer Research Group (BOOG) [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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3WJQ0SDW1A
6804DJ8Z9U
80168379AG
Bevacizumab
Capecitabine
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Doxorubicin
EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
Liposomal doxorubicin
P88XT4IS4D
Paclitaxel
Polyethylene Glycols
Randomized Controlled Trial
Receptor, ErbB-2

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Date Completed 17.12.2020

Date Revised 17.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/0284186X.2020.1731923

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM307298396