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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Single-agent oral vinorelbine is a standard of care for hormone receptor (HR)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer (ABC) that has progressed on endocrine therapy. Metronomic administration may offer a better balance of efficacy and safety than standard regimens, but data from previous trials are scarce.Methods
In this open-label, multicenter, phase II trial, patients were randomized to oral vinorelbine administered on a metronomic (50 mg three times weekly) or weekly (60 mg/m2 in cycle 1, increasing to 80 mg/m2 if well tolerated) schedule. Treatment was continued until disease progression or intolerance. The primary endpoint was disease control rate (DCR, the proportion of patients with a best overall confirmed response of CR, PR, or stable disease lasting 6 months or more).Results
One-hundred sixty-three patients were randomized and treated. The DCR was 63.4% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 52.0-73.8) with metronomic vinorelbine and 72.8% (95% CI: 61.8-82.1) with weekly vinorelbine. Weekly vinorelbine was also associated with longer progression-free survival (5.6 vs 4.0 months) and overall survival (26.7 vs 22.3 months) than metronomic vinorelbine, but was associated with more adverse events.Conclusions
In this randomized phase II trial, single-agent metronomic oral vinorelbine was effective and well tolerated as first-line chemotherapy for patients with HR-positive/HER2-negative ABC. Formal comparisons are not done in this phase II study and one can simply observe that confidence intervals of all endpoints overlap. When deciding for a chemotherapy after failure of endocrine therapy and CDK 4/6 inhibitors, oral vinorelbine might be an option to be given with either schedule.Clinical trial registration number
EudraCT 2014-003860-19.
SUBMITTER: Freyer G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10891320 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Freyer Gilles G Martinez-Jañez Noelia N Kukielka-Budny Bożena B Ulanska Malgorzata M Bourgeois Hugues H Muñoz Montserrat M Morales Serafin S Calero Juan Bayo JB Cortesi Laura L Pintér Tamás T Palácová Markéta M Cherciu Nelli N Petru Edgar E Ettl Johannes J de Almeida Cécilia C Villanova Gustavo G Raymond Romain R Minh Christine Ta Thanh CTT Rodrigues Ana A Cazzaniga Marina E ME
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 20240209
<h4>Introduction</h4>Single-agent oral vinorelbine is a standard of care for hormone receptor (HR)-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer (ABC) that has progressed on endocrine therapy. Metronomic administration may offer a better balance of efficacy and safety than standard regimens, but data from previous trials are scarce.<h4>Methods</h4>In this open-label, multicenter, phase II trial, patients were randomized to oral vinorelbine administered ...[more]