Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology / ESMO. 2014 Nov 17. pii: mdu544. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdu544 |
Zoledronic acid combined with adjuvant endocrine therapy of tamoxifen versus anastrozol plus ovarian function suppression in premenopausal early breast cancer: final analysis of the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group Trial 12. |
Gnant M1, Mlineritsch B2, Stoeger H3, Luschin-Ebengreuth G4, Knauer M5, Moik M6, Jakesz R7, Seifert M8, Taucher S9, Bjelic-Radisic V10, Balic M11, Eidtmann H12, Eiermann W13, Steger G14, Kwasny W15, Dubsky P16, Selim U17, Fitzal F18, Hochreiner G19, Wette V20, Sevelda P21, Ploner F22, Bartsch R23, Fesl C24, Greil R25 |
Abstract BACKGROUND: Zoledronic acid (ZOL) plus adjuvant endocrine therapy significantly improved disease-free survival (DFS) at 48- and 62-month follow-up in the ABCSG-12 trial. We present efficacy results of a final additional analysis after 94.4 months. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients were premenopausal women who had undergone primary surgery for stage I/II estrogen-receptor-positive and/or progesterone-receptor-positive breast cancer with <10 positive lymph nodes, and were scheduled for standard goserelin therapy. All 1803 patients received goserelin (3.6 mg every 28 days) and were randomized to tamoxifen (20 mg/days) or anastrozole (1 mg/days), both with or without ZOL (4 mg every 6 months) for 3 years. The primary end point was DFS; recurrence-free survival and overall survival (OS) were secondary end points. RESULTS: After 94.4-month median follow-up (range, 0-114 months), relative risks of disease progression [hazard ratio (HR) = 0.77; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.60-0.99; P = 0.042] and of death (HR = 0.66; 95% CI 0.43-1.02; P = 0.064) are still reduced by ZOL although no longer significant at the predefined significance level. Overall, 251 DFS events and 86 deaths were reported. Absolute risk reductions with ZOL were 3.4% for DFS and 2.2% for OS. There was no DFS difference between tamoxifen alone versus anastrozole alone, but there was a pronounced higher risk of death for anastrozole-treated patients (HR = 1.63; 95% CI 1.05-1.45; P = 0.030). Treatments were generally well tolerated, with no reports of renal failure or osteonecrosis of the jaw. CONCLUSION: These final results from ABCSG 12 suggest that twice-yearly ZOL enhances the efficacy of adjuvant endocrine treatment, and this benefit is maintained long-term. CLINICALTRIALSGOV: NCT00295646 (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=00295646). |
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KEYWORDS: LHRH agonists, anastrozol, bisphosphonates, early breast cancer, tamoxifen, zoledronic acid |
Publikations ID: 25403582 Quelle: öffnen |