title: [Taxotere phase III trial on the first-line treatment of metastatic breast cancer]
abstract: OBJECTIVES: Doxorubicin and taxanes are the most effective agents in the treatment of advanced breast cancer. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacy of Doxorubicin (A) + Docetaxel (T) (AT) and standard Doxorubicin (A) + Cyclophosphamide (C) (AC) chemotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Results of first-line AT (50/75 mg/m2) and AC (60/600 mg/m2) D 1 q 3 wk, maximum of 8 cycles, were compared. Three Hungarian centers - Petz Aladár County Teaching Hospital, Gyôr, St.Margit Hospital, Budapest, and BAZ County Hospital, Miskolc, with 33 patients participated the international, phase III randomized TAX 306 trial. Between June, 1996 and March, 1998, 429 metastatic breast cancer patients were enrolled in the study. Eligible patients were who had not received prior chemotherapy for advanced disease, and were anthracycline-naive. Objective response rate observed in the AT arm was significantly higher than in the AC arm (ORR: 60% vs. 47%, p=0.008). Time to progression was longer in the AT group (37.1 weeks vs. 31.9 weeks, p=0.0153). Except for higher incidence of neutropenia not requiring dose modification in the AT arm, there were no major differences concerning toxicity. T did not enhance cardiac toxicity induced by A. CONCLUSION: AT results in significantly higher response rate and longer time to progression than AC in advanced breast cancer, even in patients with unfavourable prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Onkoradiológiai Osztály, Petz Aladár Megyei Oktató Kórház, Gyôr, H9002, Hungary.
authors.forename: Tamás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pintér
authors.forename: Kofi Agyemang
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Prempeh
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szántó
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szántó
vernacular_title: Taxotere 306 fázis III vizsgálat eredményei elôrehaladott,áttétes emlôrák elsô vonalbeli kezelésében.