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Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY-CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS
The purpose of this trial was to determine the effects of paclitaxel in pat
ients with newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer scheduled to receive hi
gh-dose chemotherapy with peripheral blood stem cell support. Eighty-four p
atients received anthracycline-based induction and two doses of paclitaxel
at 170 mg/m(2) (n = 52) or 250 mg/m(2) (n = 32). Eighty-two (98%) received
cyclophosphamide and etoposide (n = 50) or paclitaxel and cyclophosphamide
(n = 32) with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for mobilization of per
ipheral blood stem cells, and 79 (94%) received cyclophosphamide, thiotepa,
and carboplatin with peripheral blood stem cell support. One patient (1%)
died of infection and 56 (67%) died of progressive disease. For patients wi
th measurable disease, the complete response rate was 21% after induction a
nd 29% after paclitaxel (p = 0.54). Results were compared with those of 125
patients who received the same sequence of therapy without paclitaxel. The
complete response rate after high-dose chemotherapy was 54% for patients r
eceiving paclitaxel and 62% for those not receiving paclitaxel (p = 0.60).
The probabilities of overall survival and event-free survival at 3 years fo
r patients receiving paclitaxel were 46% and 24%, respectively, compared wi
th 54% and 22%, respectively, for patients not receiving paclitaxel (p = 0.
62). Further trials evaluating this dose and schedule of paclitaxel in pati
ents with metastatic breast cancer receiving high-dose chemotherapy are not
warranted.