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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)

  • GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group, CIBOMA (Iberoamerican Coalition for Research in Breast Oncology), and LACOG (Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group)
  • Universidad de Valencia
  • Centro de Investigaci ón Biomédica en Red de Oncología ISCIII
  • GEICAM
  • Museu de Ciência e Tecnología - PUCRS
  • Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group
  • Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado - ISSSTE
  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
  • INCA
  • Hospital Amaral Carvalho
  • Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia
  • San Carlos University Hospital
  • Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, Chile
  • University Reina Sofia Hospital
  • GEICAM Spanish Breast Cancer Group
  • Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas Eduardo Cáceres Graziani
  • Peruvian Oncological Clinical Studies Group
  • Hospital Arnau de Vilanova
  • Hospital Universitario de Valme
  • Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar
  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)
  • Hospital de San Jośe
  • Centro Oncoĺogico de Galicia
  • Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo
  • Hospital General Universitario de Elche
  • Centro Médico Colima
  • Unidade de Novos Tratamentos CliniOnco
  • Consorcio Hospitalario Provincial de Castelĺon
  • Hospital Consorcio General Universitario Valencia
  • Corporació Sanitaria Parc Taulí de Sabadell
  • Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet
  • Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
  • Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo
  • Oncologistas Associados-Oncologia D'Or
  • Hospital Regional Universitario de Malaga
  • Hospital Beneficiencia Española
  • Clínica AMO
  • Hospital Base Valdivia
  • Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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Abstract

Purpose: Operable triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) have a higher risk of relapse than non-TNBCs with standard therapy. The GEICAM/2003-11-CIBOMA/2004-01 trial explored extended adjuvant capecitabine after completion of standard chemotherapy in patients with early TNBC. Patients and Methods: Eligible patients were those with operable, node-positive-or node negative with tumor 1 cm or greater-TNBC, with prior anthracycline- and/or taxane-containing chemotherapy. After central confirmation of TNBC status by immunohistochemistry, patients were randomly assigned to either capecitabine or observation. Stratification factors included institution, prior taxane-based therapy, involved axillary lymph nodes, and centrally determined phenotype (basal v nonbasal, according to cytokeratins 5/6 and/or epidermal growth factor receptor positivity by immunohistochemistry). The primary objective was to compare disease-free survival (DFS) between both arms. Results: Eight hundred seventy-six patients were randomly assigned to capecitabine (n = 448) or observation (n = 428). Median age was 49 years, 55.9% were lymph node negative, 73.9% had a basal phenotype, and 67.5% received previous anthracyclines plus taxanes. Median length of follow-up was 7.3 years. DFS was not significantly prolonged with capecitabine versus observation [hazard ratio (HR), 0.82, 95% CI, 0.63 to 1.06, P = .136]. In a preplanned subgroup analysis, nonbasal patients seemed to derive benefit from the addition of capecitabine with a DFS HR of 0.53 versus 0.94 in those with basal phenotype (interaction test P = .0694) and an HR for overall survival of 0.42 versus 1.23 in basal phenotype (interaction test P = .0052). Tolerance of capecitabine was as expected, with 75.2% of patients completing the planned 8 cycles. Conclusion: This study failed to show a statistically significant increase in DFS by adding extended capecitabine to standard chemotherapy in patients with early TNBC. In a preplanned subset analysis, patients with nonbasal phenotype seemed to obtain benefit with capecitabine, although this will require additional validation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)203-213
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Clinical Oncology
Volume38
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

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