Harry D Bear1, Gong Tang2, Priya Rastogi3, Charles E Geyer4, Qing Liu2, André Robidoux5, Luis Baez-Diaz6, Adam M Brufsky7, Rita S Mehta8, Louis Fehrenbacher9, James A Young10, Francis M Senecal11, Rakesh Gaur12, Richard G Margolese13, Paul T Adams14, Howard M Gross15, Joseph P Costantino2, Soonmyung Paik16, Sandra M Swain17, Eleftherios P Mamounas18, Norman Wolmark19. 1. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, USA. Electronic address: hdbear@vcu.edu. 2. NRG Oncology and the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 3. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 4. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, USA. 5. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montréal, QC, Canada. 6. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Minority-Based CCOP, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 7. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 8. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of California at Irvine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Orange, CA, USA. 9. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Kaiser Permanente Oncology Clinical Trials, Northern California, Vallejo, CA, USA. 10. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Colorado Cancer Research Program, Colorado Springs, CO, USA. 11. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Northwest Medical Specialties, Tacoma, WA, USA. 12. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; CCOP, Kansas City, MO, USA. 13. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. 14. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Genesys Regional Medical Center, Grand Blanc, MI, USA. 15. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; CCOP, Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA. 16. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Severance Biomedical Science Institute and Department of Medical Oncology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. 17. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Washington Cancer Institute, MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA. 18. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; UF Health Cancer Center at Orlando Health, Orlando, FL, USA. 19. National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP/NRG Oncology), Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Allegheny Cancer Center at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: NSABP B-40 was a 3 × 2 factorial trial testing whether adding capecitabine or gemcitabine to docetaxel followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide neoadjuvant chemotherapy would improve outcomes in women with operable, HER2-negative breast cancer and whether adding neoadjuvant plus adjuvant bevacizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens would also improve outcomes. As reported previously, addition of neoadjuvant bevacizumab increased the proportion of patients achieving a pathological complete response, which was the primary endpoint. We present secondary patient outcomes, including disease-free survival, a specified endpoint by protocol, and data for distant recurrence-free interval, and overall survival, which were not prespecified endpoints but were collected prospectively. METHODS: In this randomised controlled trial (NSABP B-40), we enrolled women aged 18 years or older, with operable, HER2-non-amplified invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, 2 cm or greater in diameter by palpation, clinical stageT1c-3, cN0, cN1, or cN2a, without metastatic disease and diagnosed by core needle biopsy. Patients received one of three docetaxel-based neoadjuvant regimens for four cycles: docetaxel alone (100 mg/m(2)) with addition of capecitabine (825 mg/m(2) oral twice daily days 1-14, 75 mg/m(2) docetaxel) or with addition of gemcitabine (1000 mg/m(2) days 1 and 8 intravenously, 75 mg/m(2) docetaxel), all followed by neoadjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (60 mg/m(2) and 600 mg/m(2) intravenously) every 3 weeks for four cycles. Those randomly assigned to bevacizumab groups were to receive bevacizumab (15 mg/kg, every 3 weeks for six cycles) with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and postoperatively for ten doses. Randomisation was done (1:1:1:1:1:1) via a biased-coin minimisation procedure to balance the characteristics with respect to clinical nodal status, clinical tumour size, hormone receptor status, and age. Intent-to-treat analyses were done for disease-free survival and overall survival. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00408408. FINDINGS:Between Jan 5, 2007, and June 30, 2010, 1206patients were enrolled in the study. Follow-up data were collected from Oct 31, 2007 to March 27, 2014, and were available for overall survival in 1186 patients, disease-free survival in 1184, and distant recurrence-free interval in 1181. Neither capecitabine nor gemcitabine increased disease-free survival or overall survival. Median follow-up was 4·7 years (IQR 4·0-5·2). The addition of bevacizumab significantly increased overall survival (hazard ratio 0·65 [95% CI 0·49-0·88]; p=0·004) but did not significantly increase disease-free survival (0·80 [0·63-1·01]; p=0·06). Four deaths occurred on treatment due to vascular disorder (docetaxel plus capecitabine followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide group), sudden death (docetaxel plus capecitabine followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide group), infective endocarditis (docetaxel plus bevacizumab followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide and bevacizumab group), and visceral arterial ischaemia (docetaxel followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide group). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events in the bevacizumab group were neutropenia (grade 3, 99 [17%]; grade 4, 37 [6%]), hand-foot syndrome (grade 3, 63 [11%]), and hypertension (grade 3, 60 [10%]; grade 4, two [<1%]) and in the non-bevacizumab group were neutropenia (grade 3, 98 [16%]; grade 4, 36 [6%]), fatigue (grade 3, 53 [9%]), and hand-foot syndrome (grade 3, 43 [7%]). INTERPRETATION: The addition of gemcitabine or capecitabine to neoadjuvant docetaxel plus doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide does not seem to provide any benefit to patients with operable breast cancer, and should not change clinical practice in the short term. The improved overall survival with bevacizumab contradicts the findings of other studies of bevacizumab in breast cancer and may indicate the need for additional investigation of this agent. FUNDING: National Institutes of Health, Genentech, Roche Laboratories, Lilly Research Laboratories, and Precision Therapeutics.
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BACKGROUND: NSABP B-40 was a 3 × 2 factorial trial testing whether adding capecitabine or gemcitabine to docetaxel followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide neoadjuvant chemotherapy would improve outcomes in women with operable, HER2-negative breast cancer and whether adding neoadjuvant plus adjuvant bevacizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimens would also improve outcomes. As reported previously, addition of neoadjuvant bevacizumab increased the proportion of patients achieving a pathological complete response, which was the primary endpoint. We present secondary patient outcomes, including disease-free survival, a specified endpoint by protocol, and data for distant recurrence-free interval, and overall survival, which were not prespecified endpoints but were collected prospectively. METHODS: In this randomised controlled trial (NSABP B-40), we enrolled women aged 18 years or older, with operable, HER2-non-amplified invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast, 2 cm or greater in diameter by palpation, clinical stage T1c-3, cN0, cN1, or cN2a, without metastatic disease and diagnosed by core needle biopsy. Patients received one of three docetaxel-based neoadjuvant regimens for four cycles: docetaxel alone (100 mg/m(2)) with addition of capecitabine (825 mg/m(2) oral twice daily days 1-14, 75 mg/m(2) docetaxel) or with addition of gemcitabine (1000 mg/m(2) days 1 and 8 intravenously, 75 mg/m(2) docetaxel), all followed by neoadjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (60 mg/m(2) and 600 mg/m(2) intravenously) every 3 weeks for four cycles. Those randomly assigned to bevacizumab groups were to receive bevacizumab (15 mg/kg, every 3 weeks for six cycles) with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and postoperatively for ten doses. Randomisation was done (1:1:1:1:1:1) via a biased-coin minimisation procedure to balance the characteristics with respect to clinical nodal status, clinical tumour size, hormone receptor status, and age. Intent-to-treat analyses were done for disease-free survival and overall survival. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00408408. FINDINGS: Between Jan 5, 2007, and June 30, 2010, 1206 patients were enrolled in the study. Follow-up data were collected from Oct 31, 2007 to March 27, 2014, and were available for overall survival in 1186 patients, disease-free survival in 1184, and distant recurrence-free interval in 1181. Neither capecitabine nor gemcitabine increased disease-free survival or overall survival. Median follow-up was 4·7 years (IQR 4·0-5·2). The addition of bevacizumab significantly increased overall survival (hazard ratio 0·65 [95% CI 0·49-0·88]; p=0·004) but did not significantly increase disease-free survival (0·80 [0·63-1·01]; p=0·06). Four deaths occurred on treatment due to vascular disorder (docetaxel plus capecitabine followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide group), sudden death (docetaxel plus capecitabine followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide group), infective endocarditis (docetaxel plus bevacizumab followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide and bevacizumab group), and visceral arterial ischaemia (docetaxel followed by doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide group). The most common grade 3-4 adverse events in the bevacizumab group were neutropenia (grade 3, 99 [17%]; grade 4, 37 [6%]), hand-foot syndrome (grade 3, 63 [11%]), and hypertension (grade 3, 60 [10%]; grade 4, two [<1%]) and in the non-bevacizumab group were neutropenia (grade 3, 98 [16%]; grade 4, 36 [6%]), fatigue (grade 3, 53 [9%]), and hand-foot syndrome (grade 3, 43 [7%]). INTERPRETATION: The addition of gemcitabine or capecitabine to neoadjuvant docetaxel plus doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide does not seem to provide any benefit to patients with operable breast cancer, and should not change clinical practice in the short term. The improved overall survival with bevacizumab contradicts the findings of other studies of bevacizumab in breast cancer and may indicate the need for additional investigation of this agent. FUNDING: National Institutes of Health, Genentech, Roche Laboratories, Lilly Research Laboratories, and Precision Therapeutics.
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