Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy Compared to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage IIIB/C and IV Breast Cancer Patients

Summary

This study compared long term outcome of stage IIIB/C and IV breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant hormonal therapy (NAHT) and those treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT)

Timeline

Start

2011-11

Primary completion

2018-11

Completion

2018-11

Publications

• Results Beatson GT. On the Treatment of Inoperable Cases of Carcinoma of the Mamma: Suggestions for a New Method of Treatment, with Illustrative Cases. Trans Med Chir Soc Edinb. 1896;15:153-179. No abstract available.
• Results van de Vijver MJ, He YD, van't Veer LJ, Dai H, Hart AA, Voskuil DW, Schreiber GJ, Peterse JL, Roberts C, Marton MJ, Parrish M, Atsma D, Witteveen A, Glas A, Delahaye L, van der Velde T, Bartelink H, Rodenhuis S, Rutgers ET, Friend SH, Bernards R. A gene-expression signature as a predictor of survival in breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 19;347(25):1999-2009. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa021967.
• Results Early Breast Cancer Trialists' Collaborative Group (EBCTCG). Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials. Lancet. 2005 May 14-20;365(9472):1687-717. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66544-0.
• Results Cardoso F, van't Veer LJ, Bogaerts J, Slaets L, Viale G, Delaloge S, Pierga JY, Brain E, Causeret S, DeLorenzi M, Glas AM, Golfinopoulos V, Goulioti T, Knox S, Matos E, Meulemans B, Neijenhuis PA, Nitz U, Passalacqua R, Ravdin P, Rubio IT, Saghatchian M, Smilde TJ, Sotiriou C, Stork L, Straehle C, Thomas G, Thompson AM, van der Hoeven JM, Vuylsteke P, Bernards R, Tryfonidis K, Rutgers E, Piccart M; MINDACT Investigators. 70-Gene Signature as an Aid to Treatment Decisions in Early-Stage Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2016 Aug 25;375(8):717-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1602253.
• Results Asad J, Jacobson AF, Estabrook A, Smith SR, Boolbol SK, Feldman SM, Osborne MP, Boachie-Adjei K, Twardzik W, Tartter PI. Does oncotype DX recurrence score affect the management of patients with early-stage breast cancer? Am J Surg. 2008 Oct;196(4):527-9. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.06.021.
• Results Teshome M, Hunt KK. Neoadjuvant therapy in the treatment of breast cancer. Surg Oncol Clin N Am. 2014 Jul;23(3):505-23. doi: 10.1016/j.soc.2014.03.006. Epub 2014 Apr 24.
• Results Mauriac L, MacGrogan G, Avril A, Durand M, Floquet A, Debled M, Dilhuydy JM, Bonichon F. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for operable breast carcinoma larger than 3 cm: a unicentre randomized trial with a 124-month median follow-up. Institut Bergonie Bordeaux Groupe Sein (IBBGS). Ann Oncol. 1999 Jan;10(1):47-52. doi: 10.1023/a:1008337009350.
• Results Chia YH, Ellis MJ, Ma CX. Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy in primary breast cancer: indications and use as a research tool. Br J Cancer. 2010 Sep 7;103(6):759-64. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605845. Epub 2010 Aug 10.
• Results Bossuyt V, Provenzano E, Symmans WF, Boughey JC, Coles C, Curigliano G, Dixon JM, Esserman LJ, Fastner G, Kuehn T, Peintinger F, von Minckwitz G, White J, Yang W, Badve S, Denkert C, MacGrogan G, Penault-Llorca F, Viale G, Cameron D; Breast International Group-North American Breast Cancer Group (BIG-NABCG) collaboration. Recommendations for standardized pathological characterization of residual disease for neoadjuvant clinical trials of breast cancer by the BIG-NABCG collaboration. Ann Oncol. 2015 Jul;26(7):1280-91. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdv161. Epub 2015 May 27.
• Results Chuang E, Paul C, Flam A, McCarville K, Forst M, Shin S, Vahdat L, Swistel A, Simmons R, Osborne M. Breast cancer subtypes in Asian-Americans differ according to Asian ethnic group. J Immigr Minor Health. 2012 Oct;14(5):754-8. doi: 10.1007/s10903-012-9577-7.
• Results Hammond ME, Hayes DF, Dowsett M, Allred DC, Hagerty KL, Badve S, Fitzgibbons PL, Francis G, Goldstein NS, Hayes M, Hicks DG, Lester S, Love R, Mangu PB, McShane L, Miller K, Osborne CK, Paik S, Perlmutter J, Rhodes A, Sasano H, Schwartz JN, Sweep FC, Taube S, Torlakovic EE, Valenstein P, Viale G, Visscher D, Wheeler T, Williams RB, Wittliff JL, Wolff AC; American Society of Clinical Oncology; College of American Pathologists. American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists guideline recommendations for immunohistochemical testing of estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer (unabridged version). Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2010 Jul;134(7):e48-72. doi: 10.5858/134.7.e48.
• Results Marcus DM, Switchenko JM, Prabhu R, O'Regan R, Zelnak A, Fasola C, Mister D, Torres MA. Neoadjuvant Hormonal Therapy is Associated with Comparable Outcomes to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Post-Menopausal Women with Estrogen Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. Front Oncol. 2013 Dec 27;3:317. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2013.00317. eCollection 2013.
• Results Semiglazov VF, Semiglazov VV, Dashyan GA, Ziltsova EK, Ivanov VG, Bozhok AA, Melnikova OA, Paltuev RM, Kletzel A, Berstein LM. Phase 2 randomized trial of primary endocrine therapy versus chemotherapy in postmenopausal patients with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. Cancer. 2007 Jul 15;110(2):244-54. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22789.
• Results Preece PE, Wood RA, Mackie CR, Cuschieri A. Tamoxifen as initial sole treatment of localised breast cancer in elderly women: a pilot study. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1982 Mar 20;284(6319):869-70. doi: 10.1136/bmj.284.6319.869-a. No abstract available.
• Results Rastogi P, Anderson SJ, Bear HD, Geyer CE, Kahlenberg MS, Robidoux A, Margolese RG, Hoehn JL, Vogel VG, Dakhil SR, Tamkus D, King KM, Pajon ER, Wright MJ, Robert J, Paik S, Mamounas EP, Wolmark N. Preoperative chemotherapy: updates of National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project Protocols B-18 and B-27. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Feb 10;26(5):778-85. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.0235.
• Results Schneeweiss A, Chia S, Hickish T, Harvey V, Eniu A, Hegg R, Tausch C, Seo JH, Tsai YF, Ratnayake J, McNally V, Ross G, Cortes J. Pertuzumab plus trastuzumab in combination with standard neoadjuvant anthracycline-containing and anthracycline-free chemotherapy regimens in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer: a randomized phase II cardiac safety study (TRYPHAENA). Ann Oncol. 2013 Sep;24(9):2278-84. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt182. Epub 2013 May 22.
• Results Hamy AS, Belin L, Bonsang-Kitzis H, Paquet C, Pierga JY, Lerebours F, Cottu P, Rouzier R, Savignoni A, Lae M, Reyal F. Pathological complete response and prognosis after neoadjuvant chemotherapy for HER2-positive breast cancers before and after trastuzumab era: results from a real-life cohort. Br J Cancer. 2016 Jan 12;114(1):44-52. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2015.426. Epub 2015 Dec 10.
• Results Tashiro H, Nomura Y, Hisamatsu K. [A randomized trial of endocrine therapy, chemotherapy, and chemo-endocrine therapy in advanced breast cancer]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1990 Dec;17(12):2369-73. Japanese.
• Results von Minckwitz G, Blohmer JU, Costa SD, Denkert C, Eidtmann H, Eiermann W, Gerber B, Hanusch C, Hilfrich J, Huober J, Jackisch C, Kaufmann M, Kummel S, Paepke S, Schneeweiss A, Untch M, Zahm DM, Mehta K, Loibl S. Response-guided neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Oct 10;31(29):3623-30. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.0940. Epub 2013 Sep 3.
• Results Abe O, Asaishi K, Izuo M, Enomoto K, Koyama H, Tominaga T, Nomura Y, Ohshima A, Aoki N, Tsukada T. Effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate therapy on advanced or recurrent breast cancer and its influences on blood coagulation and the fibrinolytic system. Surg Today. 1995;25(8):701-10. doi: 10.1007/BF00311486.
• Results Saad ED, Katz A, Buyse M. Overall survival and post-progression survival in advanced breast cancer: a review of recent randomized clinical trials. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Apr 10;28(11):1958-62. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.5414. Epub 2010 Mar 1.
• Results Wilcken N, Hornbuckle J, Ghersi D. Chemotherapy alone versus endocrine therapy alone for metastatic breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;2003(2):CD002747. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002747.
• Results Robertson JF, Todd JH, Ellis IO, Elston CW, Blamey RW. Comparison of mastectomy with tamoxifen for treating elderly patients with operable breast cancer. BMJ. 1988 Aug 20-27;297(6647):511-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.297.6647.511.
• Results Badwe R, Hawaldar R, Nair N, Kaushik R, Parmar V, Siddique S, Budrukkar A, Mittra I, Gupta S. Locoregional treatment versus no treatment of the primary tumour in metastatic breast cancer: an open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. 2015 Oct;16(13):1380-8. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00135-7. Epub 2015 Sep 9.

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