Capecitabine (XELODA) With Or Without Lapatinib (GW572016) For Women With Refractory Advanced or Metastatic Breast Cancer

Summary

This study was designed to compare the efficacy and safety of an oral dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor in combination with capecitabine versus capecitabine alone in women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer that has not responded to previous therapy.

Timeline

Start

2004-03

Primary completion

2006-04

Completion

2010-02

Publications

• Background Geyer CE, Forster J, Lindquist D, Chan S, Romieu CG, Pienkowski T, Jagiello-Gruszfeld A, Crown J, Chan A, Kaufman B, Skarlos D, Campone M, Davidson N, Berger M, Oliva C, Rubin SD, Stein S, Cameron D. Lapatinib plus capecitabine for HER2-positive advanced breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2006 Dec 28;355(26):2733-43. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa064320.
• Results Cameron D, Casey M, Press M, Lindquist D, Pienkowski T, Romieu CG, Chan S, Jagiello-Gruszfeld A, Kaufman B, Crown J, Chan A, Campone M, Viens P, Davidson N, Gorbounova V, Raats JI, Skarlos D, Newstat B, Roychowdhury D, Paoletti P, Oliva C, Rubin S, Stein S, Geyer CE. A phase III randomized comparison of lapatinib plus capecitabine versus capecitabine alone in women with advanced breast cancer that has progressed on trastuzumab: updated efficacy and biomarker analyses. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Dec;112(3):533-43. doi: 10.1007/s10549-007-9885-0. Epub 2008 Jan 11.
• Results Cameron D, Casey M, Oliva C, Newstat B, Imwalle B, Geyer CE. Lapatinib plus capecitabine in women with HER-2-positive advanced breast cancer: final survival analysis of a phase III randomized trial. Oncologist. 2010;15(9):924-34. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0181. Epub 2010 Aug 24.
• Labonte MJ, Wilson PM, Yang D, Zhang W, Ladner RD, Ning Y, Gerger A, Bohanes PO, Benhaim L, El-Khoueiry R, El-Khoueiry A, Lenz HJ. The Cyclin D1 (CCND1) A870G polymorphism predicts clinical outcome to lapatinib and capecitabine in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Ann Oncol. 2012 Jun;23(6):1455-64. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdr445. Epub 2011 Oct 11.

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