Trial reportJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2015
Randomized Phase III Trial of Paclitaxel Once Per Week Compared With Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Nab-Paclitaxel Once Per Week or Ixabepilone With Bevacizumab As First-Line Chemotherapy for Locally Recurrent or Metastatic Breast Cancer: CALGB 40502/NCCTG N063H (Alliance).
Trial report in Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04248998 (Targeting Triple Negative BREAst Cancer Metabolism With a Combination of Chemotherapy and a Diet Mimicking FASTing Plus/Minus Metformin in the Preoperative Setting), which is not on this map. Cited by 125 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Targeting Triple Negative BREAst Cancer Metabolism With a Combination of Chemotherapy and a Diet Mimicking FASTing Plus/Minus Metformin in the Preoperative Setting: the BREAKFAST Trial
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125 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 226 citations in OpenAlex.
- Romanian Consensus Statement for Hormone Receptor-Positive and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (HR+/HER2- mBC) and Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer (mTNBC).Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Guideline
- Evaluating the efficacy and safety of first-line immunotherapy for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials with a focus on PD-L1 expression.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The efficacy of angiogenesis inhibitors combined with chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced triple-negative breast cancer.Future oncology (London, England) · 2024Pooled it
- Adverse Event Profile for Nanoparticle Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel Compared With Solvent-Based Taxanes in Solid-Organ Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.The Annals of pharmacotherapy · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of nab-paclitaxel mono-chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer.BMC cancer · 2021Pooled it
- Genomewide Meta-Analysis Validates a Role for S1PR1 in Microtubule Targeting Agent-Induced Sensory Peripheral Neuropathy.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2020Pooled it
- Is nab-paclitaxel better than conventional taxanes as neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer? A meta-analysis.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Bevacizumab in First-Line Metastatic Breast Cancer: Lessons for Research and Regulatory Enterprises.Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2020Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of nanoparticle-albumin-bound paclitaxel compared with solvent-based taxanes for metastatic breast cancer: A meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Improvement of Paclitaxel-Associated Adverse Reactions (ADRs) via the Use of Nano-Based Drug Delivery Systems: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.International journal of nanomedicine · 2020Pooled it
- Current treatment landscape for patients with locally recurrent inoperable or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer: a systematic literature review.Breast cancer research : BCR · 2019Pooled it
- Chemotherapy and targeted therapy for women with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (or unknown) advanced breast cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2014Guideline
- Albumin-bound paclitaxel and cisplatin with radiotherapy in locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a single-arm, phase II trial.BMC cancer · 2025Trial
- Bevacizumab, tislelizumab and nab-paclitaxel for previously untreated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer: a phase II trial.Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 2025Trial
- Phase I study of cisplatin and nanoparticle albumin-bound-paclitaxel combined with concurrent radiotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.Cancer medicine · 2023Trial
- Bevacizumab-induced hypertension and proteinuria: a genome-wide study of more than 1000 patients.British journal of cancer · 2022Trial
- Quality of life in a randomized phase II study to determine the optimal dose of 3-week cycle nab-paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022Trial
- Physical Activity, Weight, and Outcomes in Patients Receiving Chemotherapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer (C40502/Alliance).JNCI cancer spectrum · 2021Trial
- First-line bevacizumab and eribulin combination therapy for HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer: Efficacy and safety in the GINECO phase II ESMERALDA study.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2020Trial
65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
purposeWe compared nab-paclitaxel or ixabepilone once per week to paclitaxel with bevacizumab as first-line therapy for patients with advanced breast cancer (BC) to evaluate progression-free survival (PFS) for nab-paclitaxel or ixabepilone versus paclitaxel. PATIENTS AND
methodsEligible patients were age ≥ 18 years with chemotherapy-naive advanced BC. Patients were randomly assigned to bevacizumab with paclitaxel 90 mg/m(2) (arm A), nab-paclitaxel 150 mg/m(2) (arm B), or ixabepilone 16 mg/m(2) (arm C), once per week for 3 of 4 weeks. Planned enrollment was 900 patients, which would give 88% power to detect a hazard ratio of 0.73.
resultsIn all, 799 patients were enrolled, and 783 received treatment (97% received bevacizumab). Arm C was closed for futility at the first interim analysis (n = 241), and arm A (n = 267) and arm B (n = 275) were closed for futility at the second interim analysis. Median PFS for paclitaxel was 11 months, ixabepilone was inferior to paclitaxel (PFS, 7.4 months; hazard ratio, 1.59; 95% CI, 1.31 to 1.93; P < .001), and nab-paclitaxel was not superior to paclitaxel (PFS, 9.3 months; hazard ratio, 1.20; 95% CI, 1.00 to 1.45; P = .054). Results were concordant with overall survival; time to treatment failure was significantly shorter in both experimental arms v paclitaxel. Hematologic and nonhematologic toxicity, including peripheral neuropathy, was increased with nab-paclitaxel, with more frequent and earlier dose reductions.
conclusionIn patients with chemotherapy-naive advanced BC, ixabepilone once per week was inferior to paclitaxel, and nab-paclitaxel was not superior with a trend toward inferiority. Toxicity was increased in the experimental arms, particularly for nab-paclitaxel. Paclitaxel once per week remains the preferred palliative chemotherapy in this setting.
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