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Trial reportClinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research2011

A feasibility study of bevacizumab plus dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel in early-stage breast cancer.

Heather L McArthur, Hope Rugo, Benjamin Nulsen, Laura Hawks, Jill Grothusen, Michelle Melisko, Mark Moasser, Matthew Paulson, Tiffany Traina, Sujata Patil and 23 more

Open access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter Study
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Trial report in Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Targeting breast tumor extracellular matrix and stroma utilizing nanoparticles.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2025
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  6. nab-Paclitaxel dose and schedule in breast cancer.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

33 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Heather L McArthurBreast Cancer Medicine Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10065, USA. mcarthuh@mskcc.org
Hope Rugo
Benjamin Nulsen
Laura Hawks
Jill Grothusen
Michelle Melisko
Mark Moasser
Matthew Paulson
Tiffany Traina
Sujata Patil
Qin Zhou
Richard Steingart
Chau Dang
Monica Morrow
Peter Cordeiro
Monica Fornier
John Park
Andrew Seidman
Diana Lake
Theresa Gilewski
Maria Theodoulou
Shanu Modi
Gabriella D'Andrea
Nancy Sklarin
Mark Robson
Mary Ellen Moynahan
Steven Sugarman
Jane E Sealey
John H Laragh
Carmen Merali
Larry Norton
Clifford A Hudis
Maura N Dickler
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USCornell University · USTemple University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Elisa de Stanchina · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeBevacizumab confers benefits in metastatic breast cancer but may be more effective as adjuvant therapy. We evaluated the cardiac safety of bevacizumab plus dose-dense doxorubicin-cyclophosphamide (ddAC) → nanoparticle albumin-bound (nab)-paclitaxel in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 normal early-stage breast cancer. EXPERIMENTAL

designEighty patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were enrolled. Bevacizumab was administered for 1 year, concurrently with ddAC → nab-paclitaxel then as a single agent. LVEF was evaluated at months 0, 2, 6, 9, and 18. This regimen was considered safe if fewer than three cardiac events or fewer than two deaths from left ventricular dysfunction occurred. Correlative studies of cardiac troponin (cTn) and plasma renin activity (PRA) were conducted.

resultsThe median age was 48 years (range, 27-75 years), and baseline LVEF was 68% (53%-82%). After 39 months' median follow-up (5-45 months): median LVEF was 68% (53%-80%) at 2 months (n = 78), 64% (51%-77%) at 6 months (n = 66), 63% (48%-77%) at 9 months (n = 61), and 66% (42%-76%) at 18 months (n = 54). One patient developed symptomatic LV dysfunction at month 15. Common toxicities necessitating treatment discontinuation were hypertension (HTN, 4%), wound-healing complications (4%), and asymptomatic LVEF declines (4%). Neither cTn nor PRA predicted congestive heart failure (CHF) or HTN, respectively.

conclusionsBevacizumab with ddAC → nab-paclitaxel had a low rate of cardiac events; cTn and PRA levels are not predictive of CHF or HTN, respectively. The efficacy of bevacizumab as adjuvant treatment will be established in several ongoing phase III trials.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAlbumin-Bound PaclitaxelAlbuminsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBevacizumabBreast NeoplasmsCarcinomaCyclophosphamideDisease ProgressionDose-Response Relationship, DrugDoxorubicinDrug Administration ScheduleFeasibility StudiesAlbumin-Bound PaclitaxelAlbuminsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedBevacizumabCyclophosphamideDoxorubicinPaclitaxel

Identifiers

PMID21350003
PMCPMC4994894
OpenAlexW2104599448

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