TY - JOUR
T1 - Randomized trial of high-dose chemotherapy and blood cell autografts for high-risk primary breast carcinoma
AU - Hortobagyi, Gabriel N.
AU - Buzdar, Aman U.
AU - Theriault, Richard L.
AU - Valero, Vicente
AU - Frye, Debra
AU - Booser, Daniel J.
AU - Holmes, Frankie A.
AU - Giralt, Sergio
AU - Khouri, Issa
AU - Andersson, Borje
AU - Gajewski, James L.
AU - Rondon, Gabriela
AU - Smith, Terry L.
AU - Singletary, Sonja E.
AU - Ames, Frederick C.
AU - Sneige, Nour
AU - Strom, Eric A.
AU - McNeese, Marsha D.
AU - Deisseroth, Albert B.
AU - Champlin, Richard E.
PY - 2000/2/2
Y1 - 2000/2/2
N2 - Background: Uncontrolled studies have reported encouraging outcomes for patients with high-risk primary breast cancer treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell support. We conducted a prospective randomized trial to compare standard-dose chemotherapy with the same therapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Patients with 10 or more positive axillary lymph nodes after primary breast surgery or patients with four or more positive lymph nodes after four cycles of primary (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy were eligible. All patients were to receive eight cycles of 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and cyclophosphamide (FAC). Patients were stratified by stage and randomly assigned to receive two cycles of high-dose cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and cisplatin with autologous hematopoietic stem cell support or no additional chemotherapy. Tamoxifen was planned for postmenopausal patients with estrogen receptor-positive tumors and chest wall radiotherapy was planned for all. All P values are from two-sided tests. Results: Seventy-eight patients (48 after primary surgery and 30 after primary chemotherapy) were registered. Thirty- nine patients were randomly assigned to FAC and 39 to FAC followed by high- dose chemotherapy. After a median follow-up of 6.5 years, there have been 41 relapses. In intention-to-treat analyses, estimated 3-year relapse-free survival rates were 62% and 48% for FAC and FAC/high-dose chemotherapy, respectively (P = .35), and 3-year survival rates were 77% and 58%, respectively (P = .23). Overall, there was greater and more frequent morbidity associated with high-dose chemotherapy than with FAC; there was one septic death associated with high-dose chemotherapy. Conclusions: No relapse- free or overall survival advantage was associated with the use of high-dose chemotherapy, and morbidity was increased with its use. Thus, high-dose chemotherapy is not indicated outside a clinical trial.
AB - Background: Uncontrolled studies have reported encouraging outcomes for patients with high-risk primary breast cancer treated with high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic stem cell support. We conducted a prospective randomized trial to compare standard-dose chemotherapy with the same therapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy. Patients and Methods: Patients with 10 or more positive axillary lymph nodes after primary breast surgery or patients with four or more positive lymph nodes after four cycles of primary (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy were eligible. All patients were to receive eight cycles of 5-fluorouracil, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), and cyclophosphamide (FAC). Patients were stratified by stage and randomly assigned to receive two cycles of high-dose cyclophosphamide, etoposide, and cisplatin with autologous hematopoietic stem cell support or no additional chemotherapy. Tamoxifen was planned for postmenopausal patients with estrogen receptor-positive tumors and chest wall radiotherapy was planned for all. All P values are from two-sided tests. Results: Seventy-eight patients (48 after primary surgery and 30 after primary chemotherapy) were registered. Thirty- nine patients were randomly assigned to FAC and 39 to FAC followed by high- dose chemotherapy. After a median follow-up of 6.5 years, there have been 41 relapses. In intention-to-treat analyses, estimated 3-year relapse-free survival rates were 62% and 48% for FAC and FAC/high-dose chemotherapy, respectively (P = .35), and 3-year survival rates were 77% and 58%, respectively (P = .23). Overall, there was greater and more frequent morbidity associated with high-dose chemotherapy than with FAC; there was one septic death associated with high-dose chemotherapy. Conclusions: No relapse- free or overall survival advantage was associated with the use of high-dose chemotherapy, and morbidity was increased with its use. Thus, high-dose chemotherapy is not indicated outside a clinical trial.
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U2 - 10.1093/jnci/92.3.225
DO - 10.1093/jnci/92.3.225
M3 - Article
C2 - 10655439
AN - SCOPUS:0034594653
SN - 0027-8874
VL - 92
SP - 225
EP - 233
JO - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
JF - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
IS - 3
ER -