Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Westwood, Kansas.
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Clin Cancer Res. 2021 Feb 15;27(4):975-982. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3646. Epub 2020 Nov 18.
Addition of carboplatin (Cb) to anthracycline chemotherapy improves pathologic complete response (pCR), and carboplatin plus taxane regimens also yield encouraging pCR rates in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). Aim of the NeoSTOP multisite randomized phase II trial was to assess efficacy of anthracycline-free and anthracycline-containing neoadjuvant carboplatin regimens.
Patients aged ≥18 years with stage I-III TNBC were randomized (1:1) to receive either paclitaxel (P) weekly × 12 plus carboplatin AUC6 every 21 days × 4 followed by doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (AC) every 14 days × 4 (CbP → AC, arm A), or carboplatin AUC6 + docetaxel (D) every 21 days × 6 (CbD, arm B). Stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (sTIL) were assessed. Primary endpoint was pCR in breast and axilla. Other endpoints included residual cancer burden (RCB), toxicity, cost, and event-free (EFS) and overall survival (OS).
One hundred patients were randomized; arm A ( = 48) or arm B ( = 52). pCR was 54% [95% confidence interval (CI), 40%-69%] in arm A and 54% (95% CI, 40%-68%) in arm B. RCB 0+I rate was 67% in both arms. Median sTIL density was numerically higher in those with pCR compared with those with residual disease (20% vs. 5%; = 0.25). At median follow-up of 38 months, EFS and OS were similar in the two arms. Grade 3/4 adverse events were more common in arm A compared with arm B, with the most notable differences in neutropenia (60% vs. 8%; < 0.001) and febrile neutropenia (19% vs. 0%; < 0.001). There was one treatment-related death (arm A) due to acute leukemia. Mean treatment cost was lower for arm B compared with arm A ( = 0.02).
The two-drug CbD regimen yielded pCR, RCB 0+I, and survival rates similar to the four-drug regimen of CbP → AC, but with a more favorable toxicity profile and lower treatment-associated cost.
添加卡铂(Cb)到蒽环类化疗可提高病理完全缓解(pCR),并且卡铂加紫杉烷方案在三阴性乳腺癌(TNBC)中也产生令人鼓舞的 pCR 率。NeoSTOP 多中心随机 2 期试验的目的是评估无蒽环类和含蒽环类新辅助卡铂方案的疗效。
年龄≥18 岁的 I-III 期 TNBC 患者按 1:1 随机分为接受每周紫杉醇(P)× 12 联合每 21 天卡铂 AUC6×4 加每 14 天多柔比星/环磷酰胺(AC)×4(CbP→AC,A 组)或每 21 天卡铂 AUC6+多西他赛(D)×6(CbD,B 组)治疗。评估间质肿瘤浸润淋巴细胞(sTIL)。主要终点是乳房和腋窝的 pCR。其他终点包括残留肿瘤负荷(RCB)、毒性、成本和无事件(EFS)及总生存(OS)。
共随机分配了 100 例患者;A 组(=48)或 B 组(=52)。A 组的 pCR 为 54%(95%CI,40%-69%),B 组为 54%(95%CI,40%-68%)。两组的 RCB 0+I 率均为 67%。与残留疾病患者相比,pCR 患者的中位 sTIL 密度更高(20%比 5%;=0.25)。在中位随访 38 个月时,两组的 EFS 和 OS 相似。与 B 组相比,A 组的 3/4 级不良事件更为常见,其中最显著的差异是中性粒细胞减少(60%比 8%;<0.001)和发热性中性粒细胞减少(19%比 0%;<0.001)。A 组有 1 例治疗相关死亡(急性白血病)。与 A 组相比,B 组的平均治疗费用更低(=0.02)。
两药 CbD 方案的 pCR、RCB 0+I 和生存率与四药 CbP→AC 方案相似,但毒性谱更有利,与治疗相关的成本更低。