Maintenance Treatment With Capecitabine Versus Observation in Breast Cancer Patients

Summary

This is a prospective, open-label, randomized phase III study assessing adjuvant capecitabine after standard chemotherapy for patients with early triple negative breast cancer.

Timeline

Start

2006-01

Primary completion

2017-02-17

Completion

2017-02-17

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper DFS was not significantly prolonged with capecitabine versus observation [hazard ratio (HR), 0.82; 95% CI, 0.63 to 1.06; P = .136]. PMID 31804894 ↗

Publications

• Results Lluch A, Barrios CH, Torrecillas L, Ruiz-Borrego M, Bines J, Segalla J, Guerrero-Zotano A, Garcia-Saenz JA, Torres R, de la Haba J, Garcia-Martinez E, Gomez HL, Llombart A, Bofill JS, Baena-Canada JM, Barnadas A, Calvo L, Perez-Michel L, Ramos M, Fernandez I, Rodriguez-Lescure A, Cardenas J, Vinholes J, Martinez de Duenas E, Godes MJ, Segui MA, Anton A, Lopez-Alvarez P, Moncayo J, Amorim G, Villar E, Reyes S, Sampaio C, Cardemil B, Escudero MJ, Bezares S, Carrasco E, Martin M; GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group; CIBOMA (Iberoamerican Coalition for Research in Breast Oncology); LACOG (Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group). Phase III Trial of Adjuvant Capecitabine After Standard Neo-/Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients With Early Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (GEICAM/2003-11_CIBOMA/2004-01). J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jan 20;38(3):203-213. doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.00904. Epub 2019 Dec 5.
• Results Schettini F, Chic N, Braso-Maristany F, Pare L, Pascual T, Conte B, Martinez-Saez O, Adamo B, Vidal M, Barnadas E, Fernandez-Martinez A, Gonzalez-Farre B, Sanfeliu E, Cejalvo JM, Perrone G, Sabarese G, Zalfa F, Peg V, Fasani R, Villagrasa P, Gavila J, Barrios CH, Lluch A, Martin M, Locci M, De Placido S, Prat A. Clinical, pathological, and PAM50 gene expression features of HER2-low breast cancer. NPJ Breast Cancer. 2021 Jan 4;7(1):1. doi: 10.1038/s41523-020-00208-2.
• Results Asleh K, Lluch A, Goytain A, Barrios C, Wang XQ, Torrecillas L, Gao D, Ruiz-Borrego M, Leung S, Bines J, Guerrero-Zotano A, Garcia-Saenz JA, Cejalvo JM, Herranz J, Torres R, Haba-Rodriguez J, Ayala F, Gomez H, Rojo F, Nielsen TO, Martin M. Triple-Negative PAM50 Non-Basal Breast Cancer Subtype Predicts Benefit from Extended Adjuvant Capecitabine. Clin Cancer Res. 2023 Jan 17;29(2):389-400. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-22-2191.
• Results Ye F, Bian L, Wen J, Yu P, Li N, Xie X, Wang X. Additional capecitabine use in early-stage triple negative breast cancer patients receiving standard chemotherapy: a new era? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. BMC Cancer. 2022 Mar 12;22(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-09326-5.

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