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Schönherr, Alexandra; Aivazova-Fuchs, Viktoria; Annecke, Katja; Jückstock, Julia K.; Hepp, Philip; Andergassen, Ulrich; Augustin, Doris; Simon, Wolfgang; Wischnik, Arthur; Mohrmann, Svjetlana; Salmen, Jessica; Zwingers, Thomas; Kiechle, Marion; Harbeck, Nadia; Friese, Klaus; Janni, Wolfgang und Rack, Brigitte (2012): Toxicity Analysis in the ADEBAR Trial: Sequential Anthracycline-Taxane Therapy Compared with FEC120 for the Adjuvant Treatment of High-Risk Breast Cancer. In: Breast Care, Nr. 4: S. 289-295 [PDF, 207kB]

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Abstract

Background: Data from meta-analyses have shown taxane-containing therapies to be superior to anthracycline-based treatments for high-risk breast cancer. Patients and Methods: The ADEBAR trial was a multicenter phase Ill trial in which patients with lymph node-positive breast cancer were prospectively randomized for either sequential anthracycline-taxane or FEC120 therapy. Patients received 4x epirubicin (90 mg/m(2)) and cyclophosphamide (600 mg/m(2)) every 3 weeks (q3w), followed by 4x docetaxel (100 mg/m(2)) q3w (EC-Doc arm), or 6x epirubicin (60 mg/m(2)) and 5-fluorouracil (500 mg/m(2)) on days 1 and 8 and cyclophosphamide (75 mg/m(2)) on days 1-14, q4w (FEC arm). We compared both arms with respect to toxicity and feasibility. Results: Hematological toxicity was found significantly more often in the FEC arm. Febrile neutropenia was seen in 11.3% of patients in the FEC arm and in 8.4% of patients in the EC-Doc arm (p = 0.027). Non-hematological side effects of grade 3/4 were rarely seen in either arm. Therapy was terminated due to toxicity in 3.7% of the patients in the EC-Doc arm and in 8.0% of the patients in the FEC arm (p = 0.0009). Conclusion: The sequential anthracycline-taxane regimen is a well-tolerated and feasible alternative to FEC120 therapy.

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