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Trial reportPloS one2013

Ixabepilone administered weekly or every three weeks in HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer patients; a randomized non-comparative phase II trial.

George Fountzilas, Vassiliki Kotoula, Dimitrios Pectasides, George Kouvatseas, Eleni Timotheadou, Mattheos Bobos, Xanthipi Mavropoulou, Christos Papadimitriou, Eleni Vrettou, Georgia Raptou and 6 more

Open access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

George FountzilasDepartment of Medical Oncology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece. fountzil@auth.gr
Vassiliki Kotoula
Dimitrios Pectasides
George Kouvatseas
Eleni Timotheadou
Mattheos Bobos
Xanthipi Mavropoulou
Christos Papadimitriou
Eleni Vrettou
Georgia Raptou
Angelos Koutras
Evangelia Razis
Dimitrios Bafaloukos
Epaminontas Samantas
George Pentheroudakis
Dimosthenis V Skarlos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRMetropolitan Hospital · GRAHEPA University Hospital · GRHippocration General Hospital · GRHospital Agioi Anargyroi · GRHygeia Hospital · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity Hospital of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledTo explore the activity and safety of two schedules of ixabepilone, as first line chemotherapy, in patients with metastatic breast cancer previously treated with adjuvant chemotherapy, a randomized non-comparative phase II study was conducted. From November 2008 until December 2010, 64 patients were treated with either ixabepilone 40 mg/m(2) every 3 weeks (Group A, 32 patients) or ixabepilone 20 mg/m(2) on days 1, 8 and 15 every 4 weeks (Group B, 32 patients). Overall response rate (the primary end point) was 47% in Group A and 50% in Group B. The most frequent severe adverse events were neutropenia (32% vs. 23%), metabolic disturbances (29% vs. 27%) and sensory neuropathy (12% vs. 27%). Two patients in Group A and 3 in Group B developed febrile neutropenia. After a median follow-up of 22.7 months, median progression-free survival (PFS) was 9 months in Group A and 12 months in Group B. Median survival was 26 months in Group A, whereas it was not reached in Group B. Multiple genetic and molecular markers were examined in tumor and peripheral blood DNA, but none of them was associated with ORR or drug toxicity. Favorable prognostic markers included: the T-variants of ABCB1 SNPs c.2677G/A/T, c.1236C/T and c.3435C/T, as well as high MAPT mRNA and Tau protein expression, which were all associated with the ER/PgR-positive phenotype; absence of TopoIIa; and, an interaction between low TUBB3 mRNA expression and Group B. Upon multivariate analysis, tumor ER-positivity was a favorable (p = 0.0092) and TopoIIa an unfavorable (p = 0.002) prognostic factor for PFS; PgR-positivity was favorable (p = 0.028) for survival. In conclusion, ixabepilone had a manageable safety profile in both the 3-weekly and weekly schedules. A number of markers identified in the present trial appear to deserve further evaluation for their prognostic and/or predictive value in larger multi-arm studies.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT 00790894.

Indexed as

AdultAgedAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorBreast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalDrug Administration ScheduleEpothilonesErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm MetastasisPatient ComplianceRNA, MessengerAntineoplastic AgentsBiomarkers, TumorEpothilonesERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesixabepiloneRNA, MessengerTUBB3 protein, humanTubulin

Identifiers

PMID23935969
PMCPMC3720651
OpenAlexW1966903548

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