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ABSTRACT: Background
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is commonly observed in patients treated with nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-PTX). We conducted a multicenter randomized controlled study to evaluate the optimal dose of nab-PTX.Methods
We compared three different doses of q3w nab-PTX (Standard: 260 mg/m2 [SD260] vs Medium: 220 mg/m2 [MD220] vs Low: 180 mg/m2 [LD180]) in patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Grade 3/4 neuropathy rates in the three doses were estimated using the logistic regression model. The optimal dose was selected in two steps. Initially, if the hazard ratio (HR) for PFS was <0.75 or >1.33, the inferior dose was excluded, and we proceeded with the non-inferior dose. Then, if the estimated incidence rate of grade 3/4 neurotoxicity exceeded 10%, that dose was also excluded.Results
One hundred forty-one patients were randomly assigned to SD260 (n = 47), MD220 (n = 46), and LD180 (n = 48) groups, and their median PFS was 6.66, 7.34, and 6.82 months, respectively. The HRs were 0.73 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.42-1.28) in MD220 vs SD260, 0.77 (95% CI 0.47-1.28) in LD180 vs SD260, and 0.96 (95% CI 0.56-1.66) in LD180 vs MD220. SD260 was inferior to MD220 and was excluded. The estimated incidence rate of grade 3/4 neurotoxicity was 29.5% in SD260, 14.0% in MD220, and 5.9% in LD180. The final selected dose was LD180.Conclusions
Intravenous administration of low-dose nab-PTX at 180 mg/m2 q3w may be the optimal therapy with meaningful efficacy and favorable toxicity in patients with MBC.
SUBMITTER: Tsurutani J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7753189 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsurutani Junji J Hara Fumikata F Kitada Masahiro M Takahashi Masato M Kikawa Yuichiro Y Kato Hiroaki H Sakata Eiko E Naito Yoichi Y Hasegawa Yoshie Y Saito Tsuyoshi T Iwasa Tsutomu T Taira Naruto N Takashima Tsutomu T Kashiwabara Kosuke K Aihara Tomohiko T Mukai Hirofumi H
Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) 20201209
<h4>Background</h4>Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is commonly observed in patients treated with nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel (nab-PTX). We conducted a multicenter randomized controlled study to evaluate the optimal dose of nab-PTX.<h4>Methods</h4>We compared three different doses of q3w nab-PTX (Standard: 260 mg/m<sup>2</sup> [SD260] vs Medium: 220 mg/m<sup>2</sup> [MD220] vs Low: 180 mg/m<sup>2</sup> [LD180]) in patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Pr ...[more]