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<strong>KCE</strong> <strong>reports</strong> 63 Breast Cancer 85<br />

Study ID Ref Search<br />

date<br />

Green MC<br />

2005<br />

[189] 258 women operable<br />

breast cancer <strong>with</strong><br />

primary systemic<br />

chemotherapy<br />

stage I-IIIA breast<br />

cancer<br />

Bra<strong>in</strong> GC 2005 [190] 627 women <strong>with</strong> N0<br />

to N3<br />

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy<br />

Mauri D 2005 [86] 2003 Breast cancer<br />

patients<br />

Population Intervention Outcomes Results Comments Study<br />

type<br />

N+, M0 breast cancer (doxorubic<strong>in</strong>/<br />

cyclophosphamide)<br />

Or AC followed by<br />

paclitaxel (AC + T)<br />

Weekly paclitaxel (12<br />

weekly doses) versus<br />

every 3 week paclitaxel<br />

(4 cyclus over 12 weeks)<br />

All groups followed by<br />

FAC (fluorouracil/<br />

doxorubic<strong>in</strong>/<br />

cyclophosphamide),<br />

radiotherapy and<br />

tamoxifen (if ER- and/or<br />

PR+))<br />

Doxorubic<strong>in</strong> + docetaxel<br />

Versus doxorubic<strong>in</strong> +<br />

cyclophosphamide<br />

Neoadjuvant vs. adjuvant<br />

therapy<br />

recurrence (LRR)<br />

Pathologic<br />

complete<br />

response (pCR)<br />

Disease free<br />

survival<br />

Safety<br />

Overall survival<br />

surgery and RT, the 5-year cumulative<br />

<strong>in</strong>cidence of isolated LRR was 9.7% <strong>in</strong> the AC<br />

arm and 3.7% <strong>in</strong> the AC_T arm (P=0.04) and<br />

of LRR as any component of failure was<br />

12.9% versus 6.1%, respectively (P = 0.04).<br />

Although LRR rates <strong>in</strong> patients who did not<br />

receive postmastectomy RT were lower <strong>in</strong><br />

the AC_T arm, the difference was not<br />

statistically significant.<br />

Cl<strong>in</strong>ical response to treatment was similar<br />

between groups (P =0.25). Patients receiv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

weekly paclitaxel had a higher pCR rate<br />

(28.2%) than patients treated <strong>with</strong> onceevery-3-weeks<br />

paclitaxel (15.7%; P =0 .02),<br />

<strong>with</strong> improved breastconservation rates (P<br />

=0.05).<br />

2 deaths related to drug toxicity and 1 case<br />

of perforative peritonitis occurred among<br />

patients <strong>with</strong> febrile neutropenia, all <strong>in</strong> the<br />

doxorubic<strong>in</strong>-docetaxel group. The <strong>in</strong>cidence<br />

of febrile neutropenia was significantly higher<br />

<strong>with</strong> the doxorubic<strong>in</strong>-docetaxel regimen<br />

(40.8%) than <strong>with</strong> the doxorubic<strong>in</strong>cyclophosphamide<br />

regimen (7.1%) (P=.001).<br />

No statistically or cl<strong>in</strong>ically significant<br />

difference between neoadjuvant therapy and<br />

adjuvant therapy arms associated <strong>with</strong> death<br />

(RR = 1.00, 95%CI = 0.90 to 1.12), disease<br />

progression (RR = 0.99, 95%CI = 0.91 to<br />

1.07), or distant disease recurrence (RR =<br />

0.94, 95% CI = 0.83 to 1.06). However,<br />

neoadjuvant therapy was statistically<br />

significantly associated <strong>with</strong> an <strong>in</strong>creased risk<br />

of loco-regional disease recurrences (RR =<br />

1.22, 95%CI = 1.04 to 1.43) compared <strong>with</strong><br />

adjuvant therapy.<br />

subanalysis<br />

Trial term<strong>in</strong>ated<br />

prematurely related to drug<br />

toxicity<br />

Time too short to analyse<br />

the primary endpo<strong>in</strong>t<br />

9 RCTs <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />

Not only concerns<br />

neoadjuvant chemotherapy<br />

RCT High<br />

Level of<br />

evidence<br />

RCT Moderate<br />

SR High

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