Originally published as JCO Early Release 10.1200/JCO.2003.09.081 on February 13 2003
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 21, Issue 8
(April), 2003: 1431-1439
© 2003 American Society for Clinical Oncology
Randomized Trial of Dose-Dense Versus Conventionally Scheduled and Sequential Versus Concurrent Combination Chemotherapy as Postoperative Adjuvant Treatment of Node-Positive Primary Breast Cancer: First Report of Intergroup Trial C9741/Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9741
Marc L. Citron,
Donald A. Berry,
Constance Cirrincione,
Clifford Hudis,
Eric P. Winer,
William J. Gradishar,
Nancy E. Davidson,
Silvana Martino,
Robert Livingston,
James N. Ingle,
Edith A. Perez,
John Carpenter,
David Hurd,
James F. Holland,
Barbara L. Smith,
Carolyn I. Sartor,
Eleanor H. Leung,
Jeffrey Abrams,
Richard L. Schilsky,
Hyman B. Muss,
Larry Norton
From the ProHEALTH Care Associates, LLP, Lake Success; and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Cancer and Leukemia Group B Statistical Office and Data Operations, Durham; Comprehensive Cancer Center of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem; and University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Womens Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Northwestern University and Cancer and Leukemia Group B Central Office, Chicago, IL; Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, and National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD; John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica, CA; University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL; University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; and University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Address reprint requests to Marc L. Citron, MD, ProHEALTH Care Associates, LLP, 2800 Marcus Ave, Lake Success, NY 11042; email: mcitron{at}prohealthcare.com.
Purpose: Using a 2 x 2 factorial design, we studied the adjuvant chemotherapy of women with axillary nodepositive breast cancer to compare sequential doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C) with concurrent doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by paclitaxel (T) for disease-free (DFS) and overall survival (OS); to determine whether the dose density of the agents improves DFS and OS; and to compare toxicities.
Patients and Methods: A total of 2,005 female patients were randomly assigned to receive one of the following regimens: (I) sequential A x 4 (doses) T x 4 C x 4 with doses every 3 weeks, (II) sequential A x 4 T x 4 C x 4 every 2 weeks with filgrastim, (III) concurrent AC x 4 T x 4 every 3 weeks, or (IV) concurrent AC x 4 T x 4 every 2 weeks with filgrastim.
Results: A protocol-specified analysis was performed at a median follow-up of 36 months: 315 patients had experienced relapse or died, compared with 515 expected treatment failures. Dose-dense treatment improved the primary end point, DFS (risk ratio [RR] = 0.74; P = .010), and OS (RR = 0.69; P = .013). Four-year DFS was 82% for the dose-dense regimens and 75% for the others. There was no difference in either DFS or OS between the concurrent and sequential schedules. There was no interaction between density and sequence. Severe neutropenia was less frequent in patients who received the dose-dense regimens.
Conclusion: Dose density improves clinical outcomes significantly, despite the lower than expected number of events at this time. Sequential chemotherapy is as effective as concurrent chemotherapy.

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