1. Increasing the dose intensity of chemotherapy by more frequent administration or sequential scheduling: a patient-level meta-analysis of 37298 women with early breast cancer in 26 randomised trials
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Boddington, C, Bradley, R, Braybrooke, J, Burrett, J, Clarke, M, Davies, C, Davies, L, Dodwell, D, Duane, F, Evans, V, Gettins, L, Godwin, J, Gray, R, Hills, R, James, S, Liu, H, Liu, Z, MacKinnon, E, Mannu, G, McGale, P, McHugh, T, Morris, P, Pan, H, Peto, R, Read, S, Taylor, C, Wang, Y, Wang, Z, Bergh, J, Barlow, W, Bliss, J, Bruzzi, P, Cameron, D, Fountzilas, G, Loibl, S, Mackey, J, Martin, M, Del Mastro, L, Moebus, V, Nekljudova, V, De Placido, S, Swain, S, Untch, M, Pritchard, KI, Norton, L, Fasching, P, Harbeck, N, Piedbois, P, Gnant, M, Steger, G, Di Leo, A, Dolci, S, Francis, P, Larsimont, D, Nogaret, JM, Philippson, C, Piccart-Gebhart, MJ, Linn, S, Peer, P, Tjan-Heijnen, V, Vliek, S, Slamon, D, Bartlett, JMS, Bramwell, VH, Chen, BE, Chia, SKL, Gelmon, K, Goss, PE, Levine, MN, Parulekar, W, Pater, JL, Rakovitch, E, Shepherd, LE, Tu, D, Whelan, T, Berry, D, Broadwater, G, Cirrincione, C, Muss, H, Weiss, RB, Shan, Y, Shao, YF, Wang, X, Xu, B, Zhao, DB, Bartelink, H, Bijker, N, Bogaerts, J, Cardoso, F, Cufer, T, Julien, JP, Poortmans, PM, Rutgers, E, van de Velde, CJH, Carrasco, E, Segui, MA, Blohmer, JU, Costa, SD, Gerber, B, Jackisch, C, von Minckwitz, G, Giuliano, M, De laurentiis, M, Bamia, C, Koliou, G-A, Mavroudis, D, A'Hern, R, Ellis, P, Kilburn, L, Morden, J, Yarnold, JR, Sadoon, M, Tulusan, AH, Anderson, S, Bass, G, Costantino, J, Dignam, J, Fisher, B, Geyer, C, Mamounas, EP, Paik, S, Redmond, C, Wickerham, L, Wolmark, N, Venturini, M, Bighin, C, Pastorino, S, Pronzato, P, Sertoli, MR, Foukakis, T, Albain, K, Arriagada, R, Bartlett, J, Bergsten-Nordstrom, E, Boccardo, F, Brain, E, Carey, L, Coates, A, Coleman, R, Correa, C, Cuzick, J, Davidson, N, Dowsett, M, Ewertz, M, Forbes, J, Gelber, R, Goldhirsch, A, Goodwin, P, Hayes, D, Hill, C, Ingle, J, Jagsi, R, Janni, W, Mukai, H, Ohashi, Y, Piccart, M, Pierce, L, Poortmans, P, Raina, V, Ravdin, P, Rea, D, Regan, M, Robertson, J, Sparano, J, Tutt, A, Viale, G, Wilcken, N, Wood, W, Zambetti, M, Boddington, C, Bradley, R, Braybrooke, J, Burrett, J, Clarke, M, Davies, C, Davies, L, Dodwell, D, Duane, F, Evans, V, Gettins, L, Godwin, J, Gray, R, Hills, R, James, S, Liu, H, Liu, Z, MacKinnon, E, Mannu, G, McGale, P, McHugh, T, Morris, P, Pan, H, Peto, R, Read, S, Taylor, C, Wang, Y, Wang, Z, Bergh, J, Barlow, W, Bliss, J, Bruzzi, P, Cameron, D, Fountzilas, G, Loibl, S, Mackey, J, Martin, M, Del Mastro, L, Moebus, V, Nekljudova, V, De Placido, S, Swain, S, Untch, M, Pritchard, KI, Norton, L, Fasching, P, Harbeck, N, Piedbois, P, Gnant, M, Steger, G, Di Leo, A, Dolci, S, Francis, P, Larsimont, D, Nogaret, JM, Philippson, C, Piccart-Gebhart, MJ, Linn, S, Peer, P, Tjan-Heijnen, V, Vliek, S, Slamon, D, Bartlett, JMS, Bramwell, VH, Chen, BE, Chia, SKL, Gelmon, K, Goss, PE, Levine, MN, Parulekar, W, Pater, JL, Rakovitch, E, Shepherd, LE, Tu, D, Whelan, T, Berry, D, Broadwater, G, Cirrincione, C, Muss, H, Weiss, RB, Shan, Y, Shao, YF, Wang, X, Xu, B, Zhao, DB, Bartelink, H, Bijker, N, Bogaerts, J, Cardoso, F, Cufer, T, Julien, JP, Poortmans, PM, Rutgers, E, van de Velde, CJH, Carrasco, E, Segui, MA, Blohmer, JU, Costa, SD, Gerber, B, Jackisch, C, von Minckwitz, G, Giuliano, M, De laurentiis, M, Bamia, C, Koliou, G-A, Mavroudis, D, A'Hern, R, Ellis, P, Kilburn, L, Morden, J, Yarnold, JR, Sadoon, M, Tulusan, AH, Anderson, S, Bass, G, Costantino, J, Dignam, J, Fisher, B, Geyer, C, Mamounas, EP, Paik, S, Redmond, C, Wickerham, L, Wolmark, N, Venturini, M, Bighin, C, Pastorino, S, Pronzato, P, Sertoli, MR, Foukakis, T, Albain, K, Arriagada, R, Bartlett, J, Bergsten-Nordstrom, E, Boccardo, F, Brain, E, Carey, L, Coates, A, Coleman, R, Correa, C, Cuzick, J, Davidson, N, Dowsett, M, Ewertz, M, Forbes, J, Gelber, R, Goldhirsch, A, Goodwin, P, Hayes, D, Hill, C, Ingle, J, Jagsi, R, Janni, W, Mukai, H, Ohashi, Y, Piccart, M, Pierce, L, Poortmans, P, Raina, V, Ravdin, P, Rea, D, Regan, M, Robertson, J, Sparano, J, Tutt, A, Viale, G, Wilcken, N, Wood, W, and Zambetti, M
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Increasing the dose intensity of cytotoxic therapy by shortening the intervals between cycles, or by giving individual drugs sequentially at full dose rather than in lower-dose concurrent treatment schedules, might enhance efficacy. METHODS: To clarify the relative benefits and risks of dose-intense and standard-schedule chemotherapy in early breast cancer, we did an individual patient-level meta-analysis of trials comparing 2-weekly versus standard 3-weekly schedules, and of trials comparing sequential versus concurrent administration of anthracycline and taxane chemotherapy. The primary outcomes were recurrence and breast cancer mortality. Standard intention-to-treat log-rank analyses, stratified by age, nodal status, and trial, yielded dose-intense versus standard-schedule first-event rate ratios (RRs). FINDINGS: Individual patient data were provided for 26 of 33 relevant trials identified, comprising 37 298 (93%) of 40 070 women randomised. Most women were aged younger than 70 years and had node-positive disease. Total cytotoxic drug usage was broadly comparable in the two treatment arms; colony-stimulating factor was generally used in the more dose-intense arm. Combining data from all 26 trials, fewer breast cancer recurrences were seen with dose-intense than with standard-schedule chemotherapy (10-year recurrence risk 28·0% vs 31·4%; RR 0·86, 95% CI 0·82-0·89; p<0·0001). 10-year breast cancer mortality was similarly reduced (18·9% vs 21·3%; RR 0·87, 95% CI 0·83-0·92; p<0·0001), as was all-cause mortality (22·1% vs 24·8%; RR 0·87, 95% CI 0·83-0·91; p<0·0001). Death without recurrence was, if anything, lower with dose-intense than with standard-schedule chemotherapy (10-year risk 4·1% vs 4·6%; RR 0·88, 95% CI 0·78-0·99; p=0·034). Recurrence reductions were similar in the seven trials (n=10 004) that compared 2-weekly chemotherapy with the same chemotherapy given 3-weekly (10-year risk 24·0% vs 28·3%; RR 0·83, 95% CI 0·76-0·91; p<0·0001), in the six t
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- 2019