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Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized Trial of MaintenanceChemotherapy Versus Observation in Patients WithMetastatic Breast Cancer After Achieving Disease ControlWith Six Cycles of Gemcitabine Plus PaclitaxelAs First-Line Chemotherapy: KCSG-BR07-02Yeon Hee Park, Kyung Hae Jung, Seock-Ah Im, Joo Hyuk Sohn, Jungsil Ro, Jin-Hee Ahn, Sung-Bae Kim,Byung-Ho Nam, Do Youn Oh, Sae-Won Han, Soohyeon Lee, In Hae Park, Keun Seok Lee, Jee Hyun Kim,Seok Yun Kang, Moon Hee Lee, Hee Sook Park, Jin Seok Ahn, and Young-Hyuck ImSee accompanying editorial doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.48.6894 Yeon Hee Park, Jin Seok Ahn, and Young-Hyuck Im, Samsung Medical Center, SungkyunkwanUniversity School of Medicine;Kyung Hae Jung, Jin-Hee Ahn, and Sung-Bae Kim, Asan Medical Center, Universityof Ulsan College of Medicine; Seock-AhIm, Do Youn Oh, and Sae-Won Han, SeoulNational University Hospital, CancerResearch Institute, Seoul National University,College of Medicine; Joo Hyuk Sohnand Soohyeon Lee, Yonsei UniversityCollege of Medicine; Hee Sook Park, SoonchunhyangUniversity Hospital, Seoul;Jungsil Ro, Byung-Ho Nam, In Hae Park,and Keun Seok Lee, National CancerCenter, Goyang; Jee Hyun Kim, SeoulNational University Bundang Hospital,Cancer Research Institute, Seoul NationalUniversity College of Medicine, Seongnam;Seok Yun Kang, Ajou University School ofMedicine, Suwon; Moon Hee Lee, InhaUniversity School of Medicine, Incheon,Korea.Published online ahead of print atwww.jco.org on April 8, 2013.Written on behalf of the Korean CancerStudy Group.Support information appears at the endof this article.Both Y.H.P. and K.H.J. contributed equallyto this work.Authors’ disclosures of potential conflictsof interest and author contributions arefound at the end of this article.Clinical trial information: NCT00561119.Corresponding author: Young-Hyuck Im,MD, PhD, Division of Hematology/Oncology,Department of Medicine, SamsungMedical Center, Sungkyunkwan UniversitySchool of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dongGangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea; e-mail:imyh00@skku.edu.© 2013 by American Society of ClinicalOncology0732-183X/13/3199-1/$20.00DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.2490A B S T R A C TPurposeThe primary purpose of our study was to evaluate whether maintenance chemotherapy withpaclitaxel/gemcitabine (PG) was superior to observation in improving progression-free survival(PFS) in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) who achieved disease control with an initialsix cycles of PG as their first-line treatment.Patients and MethodsThe study was a prospective, randomized, multicenter, phase III trial. Patients MBC with whoachieved disease control after six cycles of PG chemotherapy were randomly assigned tomaintenance chemotherapy or observation until progression.ResultsOf 324 patients from 10 centers enrolled, 231 patients with MBC exhibited disease control(complete response partial response stable disease) with first-line PG and were randomlyassigned to maintenance chemotherapy (n 116) or observation (n 115). The median agewas 48 years (range, 28 to 76 years), median follow-up was 33 months, and median numberof chemotherapy cycles in the maintenance group after random assignment was six. Themedian PFS time after random assignment was longer in the maintenance group than in theobservation group (7.5 v 3.8 months, respectively; P .026). The median overall survival (OS)time was longer in the maintenance group than in the observation group (32.3 v 23.5 months,respectively; P .047). The rate of grade 3 or higher neutropenia after random assignmentwas higher in the maintenance group than in the observation group (61% v 0.9%, respectively;P .001).ConclusionIn patients with MBC who achieved disease control with an initial six cycles of PG chemotherapy,maintenance PG chemotherapy resulted in better PFS and OS compared with observation.J Clin Oncol 31. © 2013 by American Society of Clinical OncologyINTRODUCTIONMetastatic breast cancer (MBC) is an incurable diseasewith a 2- to 3-year median overall survival (OS)time.1,2 The therapeutic goals are palliative and includeprolongation of survival with good quality oflife (QoL) and symptom control. Therefore, themanagement ofMBCis a clinical challenge for medicaloncologists.Chemotherapy is generally recommended inpatients with hormone receptor (HR) –negative tumors,endocrine-resistant disease of the luminalsubtype, and rapidly proliferative and/or symptomaticdisease. However, the optimal duration of firstlinechemotherapy in the treatment ofMBCremainscontroversial. Several trials have reported that continuouschemotherapy prolongs the duration of remission,but its effect on survival and QoL are lessconsistent.3-11Arecent meta-analysis of 11 randomizedtrials reported that a longer treatment durationof first-line chemotherapy was associated with asubstantially longer progression-free survival (PFS)JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY O R I G I N A L R E P O R T© 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 1The latest version is at http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/doi/10.1200/JCO.2012.45.2490Published Ahead of Print on April 8, 2013 as 10.1200/JCO.2012.45.2490Copyright 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.and marginally longer OS in patients with MBC.12 However, thismeta-analysis included only three recent studies incorporatingtaxane-based chemotherapeutic regimens, which are the current standardof care. In addition, most of the studies in the meta-analysis didnot address QoL issues. The relative benefits of tumor regression andimprovement in disease-related symptoms provided by chemotherapymust be balanced with treatment-induced toxicity and its impacton QoL, even if prolonged chemotherapy has a survival benefit.Therefore, it is crucial to choose proper first-line chemotherapeuticagents for maintenance treatment. Recently, two taxanecontainingchemotherapy regimens have shown significantlyimproved responses and PFS and modestly improved OS comparedwith single-agent chemotherapy as the first-line treatment.Capecitabine and docetaxel (CD) were shown to be superior todocetaxel alone, and paclitaxel and gemcitabine (PG) were foundto have better efficacy than paclitaxel alone without a clinicallymeaningful increase in toxicity.13,14No differences in response rate, PFS, and OS were observed in acomparison of gemcitabine and docetaxel with CD.15 However, thenonhematologic toxicity profile favored gemcitabine and docetaxelover CD, suggesting that gemcitabine may be a better therapeuticoption than capecitabine when combined with a taxane for the treatmentof MBC. This is notable because combination chemotherapywith PG is the preferred first-line treatment in patients with MBC.The question remains whether continuation with PG in themaintenance period after achieving an initial response is feasible whentoxicity and QoL are taken into account. Although single-agent treatmentwith gemcitabine or paclitaxel may be superior in terms oftoxicity, the efficacy of single-agent treatment in patients who respondedto initial PG chemotherapy remains unproven. Furthermore,PG chemotherapy was well tolerated in a previous study andshowed survival benefits in the treatment of MBC.On the basis of this rationale, we hypothesized that patients withMBC who achieve disease control with an initial six cycles of PGchemotherapy would have a longer PFS with maintenance PG chemotherapycompared with observation. The primary purpose of thestudy was to determine whether maintenance PG chemotherapy issuperior to observation in prolonging PFS in patients withMBCwithdisease control after six cycles of PG chemotherapy.PATIENTS AND METHODSEligibility CriteriaWomenwith histologically confirmed metastatic or recurrent breast cancerwereeligible for the study.Bothpremenopausalandpostmenopausalwomenwithmeasurable and/or nonmeasurable lesion(s)whowere candidates for chemotherapyand who had no prior history of chemotherapy in the metastatic setting wereeligible. Patients were eligible for the study if it had been at least 12 months sincecompletion of the prior chemotherapy, even if theyhadreceived an anthracyclineortaxane-containing regimen as neoadjuvant or adjuvant therapy. Patients whohad received hormonal therapy in the adjuvant and/or metastatic setting wereeligible, but hormonal therapy was terminated before random assignment. Patientswho had received radiation to less than 25% of their bone marrow and hadrecovered from the acute toxic effects of the treatment were eligible. Additionalrequirements included age 18 years or older with an Eastern Cooperative OncologyGroup performance status of 0 to 2; adequate bone marrow, renal, and liverfunction; and absence of other concurrent or previous malignant neoplasms, withthe exception of adequately controlled in situ uterine carcinoma and/or cutaneousbasal cell carcinoma.The exclusion criteria were prior chemotherapy for MBC, clinically detectablebrain parenchymal and/or leptomeningeal metastases, prior treatment withgemcitabine, other severe medical conditions, and human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2–positive breast cancer treated with trastuzumab.Study DesignThis study is a multicenter, phase III study of the Korean Cancer StudyGroup (KCSG; KCSG-BR07-02) with a randomized discontinuation design. Patientswho achieved disease control (complete response [CR], partial response[PR], or stable disease) after the initial six cycles of PG chemotherapy were randomlyassigned, in a 1:1 ratio, to either the maintenancePGchemotherapyarmorthe observation arm. Patients were accrued from 10 institutes in Korea. Registrationand random assignment were coordinated centrally at theKCSGdata center.The random permutation method was used for random assignment. The stratificationfactors for random assignment were the presence or absence of visceraldisease, prior adjuvant taxane therapy, response (CR/PR v stable disease) to theinitial six cycles of PG chemotherapy, andHRstatus (positive v negative; Fig 1A).Chemotherapy was started within 14 days after random assignment. Treatmentcomprised paclitaxel175mg/m2 intravenousonday1andevery21days thereafterand gemcitabine 1,250 mg/m2 administered as a 30-minute intravenous infusionon days 1 and 8 and every 21 days thereafter.The patients randomly assigned to the maintenance arm continued withPG chemotherapy until disease progression, development of unacceptabletoxicity, or withdrawal of consent. The patients randomly assigned to observationwere observed without any treatment until disease progression orwithdrawal of consent. Hormonal therapy was not allowed in either group ofpatients after random assignment before disease progression.The study was conducted in full accordance with the guidelines for GoodClinical Practice and the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by theinstitutional ethics committees of each hospital and the KCSG InstitutionalReview Board (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00532857). Written informedconsent was obtained from each participant.Study EvaluationThe prestudy clinical evaluation included a physical examination; vitalsigns with performance status; chest x-ray; computed tomography scans of thechest, abdomen, and pelvis; and a bone scan. Blood chemistry results andCBCs were obtained for every treatment cycle. Radiographic studies wereperformed every 6 weeks. Toxicity was assessed on the first day of each cycle.OS was measured from the date of random assignment to the date ofdeath from any cause, with censoring of the last visit date. PFS was calculatedfrom the date of random assignment to the documented date of diseaseprogression or the last visit date. Disease response was assessed according toRECIST (version 1.0).16,17 The duration of the response was measured fromthe time of chemotherapy to the date of disease progression. PFS and theduration of response were assessed by investigators. Toxicity was assessed atthe end of each cycle using National Cancer Institute Common TerminologyCriteria for Adverse Events (version 3.0).Dose ModificationsOn the planned day of therapy, if the absolute neutrophil count (ANC)was less than 1.5109/L and/or the platelet count was less than 100109/L,chemotherapy was delayed 1 week. If the ANC and platelet counts weresatisfactory after 1 week, the full intended dose of chemotherapy was given.However, if after 1 week, the ANC was still less than 1.5 109/L and/or theplatelet count was less than 100 109/L, chemotherapy was given at 75% ofthe original intended dose. Treatment was delayed and the dose was reduced inpatients who experienced a second occurrence of a grade 2 nonhematologictoxicity (except alopecia or nausea/vomiting) or any grade 3 toxicity. In patientswith grade 2 peripheral neuropathy, the dose of paclitaxel was reduced.In patients with grade 3 neuropathy, paclitaxel was discontinued. Both drugswere discontinued if one of the drugs was discontinued.Statistical MethodsTheprimaryendpoint wasPFSafterrandomassignment. Secondaryendpoints included OS, QoL, toxicity, and response duration. We hypothesizedthat PFS would be longer in the maintenance chemotherapy group comparedwith the observation group. A 20% longer 6-month PFS rate was expected inPark et al2 © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.the maintenance group compared with the observation group. With 90%power and 5% one-sided type I error, and considering a 10% follow-up loss,we calculated that 244 patients were needed at the time of random assignmentand a total of 326 patients were needed at the time of enrollment.All randomly assigned patients were included in the efficacy analysis accordingto the intent-to-treat principle, and patients who received at least one dose ofstudy medication were evaluated for safety. Observations were censored at the lastclinical contact if patientswerelost to follow-up or at the cutoff date for the analysis(October 31, 2011). PFS and OS were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier methodand were compared using the log-rank test. Analyses of treatment effects wereadjusted for covariates selected before the analysis using a multivariate Cox proportionalhazards model with stratification according to the visceral disease, age,menopausal status, performance status,numberof metastatic sites, prior adjuvanttaxane therapy, disease response, and HR status. Differences were consideredstatistically significant at P.05 with a two-tailed test.RESULTSPatient CharacteristicsA total of 324 patients were enrolled from 10 centers in Koreafrom August 2007 to September 2010. Of these, 231 patients whoachieved disease control with an initial six cycles of PG chemotherapywere randomly assigned to either maintenance PG chemotherapy(n116) or observation (n115; Fig 1B). The baseline characteristicsof the patients were similar between the two groups (Table 1). Themedian ages of patients were 48 and 47 years in the maintenance andobservation groups, respectively, and about half of the patients werepremenopausal women. The number of HR-positive patients was 85(73.3%) in the maintenance group and 87 (75.7%) in the observationgroup. Forty-two patients (36.2%) in the maintenance group and 38patients (33.0%) in the observation group had received adjuvant taxane(P.613). Palliative hormonal therapy because of metastasis hadbeen administered before enrollment in 20 patients (17.2%) in themaintenance group and 26 patients (22.4%) in the observation group.Dose AdministrationAtotal of 768 cycles ofPGchemotherapy (median, six additionalcycles) were received in the maintenance group after randomization.Including the six cycles of chemotherapy administered before randomassignment, the median dose-intensity of gemcitabine was 721.9mg/m2 per week (86.6% of the expected dose; interquartile range[IQR], 645.3 to 721.9mg/m2 per week) in the maintenance group and763.9 mg/m2 per week (91.7% of the expected dose; IQR, 694.5 to763.9 mg/m2 per week) in the observation group. The median doseintensityof paclitaxel was 55.2mg/m2 per week (94.7% of the expecteddose; IQR, 49.7 to 55.2 mg/m2 per week) in the maintenance groupand 55.9 mg/m2 per week (95.9% of the expected dose; IQR, 53.5 to55.9 mg/m2 per week) in the observation group.ABPatients with MBCand no previouschemotherapy(N = 324)PD Withdrawn from studyObservation until PD••••••• Until PD6 cycles of PGStratification1. Visceral v nonvisceral2. Previous adjuvant taxane3. Response (CR/PR v SD)4. HR positive v HR negativeCR/PR/SD REnrollment(n = 324)Randomly assigned(n = 231)Reason for discontinuationProgression (n = 50)Adverse event (n = 12)Withdrawal (n = 17)Death as result of disease (n = 2)Physician/patient discretion (n = 12)Reasons for stopping the study drugsProgression (n = 40)Adverse event (n = 13)Withdrawal (n = 14)Death as result of disease (n = 0)Physician/patient discretion (n = 33)Other (n = 9)Reasons for stopping the study drugsProgression (n = 80)Adverse event (n = 0)Withdrawal (n = 13)Death as result of disease (n = 0)Physician/patient discretion (n = 6)Other (n = 6)Maintenance*(n = 116)Observation*(n = 115)Fig 1. (A) Treatment scheme. (B) CONSORTflow diagram. (*) Patients includedin the final analyses of survival and secondaryefficacy variables with intent-totreatprinciple. CR, complete response;HR, hormone receptor; MBC, metastaticbreast cancer; PD, progressive disease;PG, paclitaxel and gemcitabine; PR, partialresponse; R, random assignment; SD, stabledisease.Maintenance Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine for Metastatic Breast Cancerwww.jco.org © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 3202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.Efficacy AnalysisThe overall response rate and disease control rate of the initial sixcycles of PG chemotherapy in 324 patients were 50.0% and 78.6%,respectively. The median PFS time from random assignment wasprolonged by 3.7 months in the maintenance group, from 3.8 monthsin the observation group to 7.5 months in the maintenance group(hazard ratio, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.55 to 0.97; P .026; Fig 2A). The6-month PFS rate after random assignment, which was the primaryend point of this study, was 59.7% in the maintenance arm and 36.0%in the observation arm—a 66% difference (P .001; Fig 2A). In allpatients, the median OS time from random assignment was 26.3months (95% CI, 19.6 to 32.9 months). The median OS time fromrandom assignment was longer in the maintenance group than in theobservation group (32.3 v 23.5 months, respectively; hazard ratio,0.65; 95% CI, 0.42 to 0.99; P.047; Fig 2B).The PFS benefits of maintenance chemotherapy were observedin patients younger than 50 years of age (95% CI, 0.33 to 0.74;P .001), premenopausal women (95% CI, 0.34 to 0.79; P .002),patients with a response (CR or PR; 95% CI, 0.46 to 0.95; P .024),patients with visceral disease (95% CI, 0.49 to 0.98; P.041), patientswith HR-negative disease (95% CI, 0.30 to 0.90; P .019), andpatients with two or more metastases (95% CI, 0.47 to 0.93; P.029;Fig 2C). The response durations were 9.6 and 7.8 months in themaintenance and observation groups, respectively.The reasons for nonadherence to randomly assigned treatmentin the absence of progression differed between the twogroups (Table 2). Eighty (69.6%) of 115 patients in the observationarm and 40 (34.5%) of 116 patients in the maintenance armexperienced disease progression. In the maintenance group, 33patients whose disease had not progressed stopped further chemotherapyat the physician’s discretion. The median number ofchemotherapy cycles for these patients after random assignmentwas 12 (range, nine to 26 cycles). Patients who stopped the studydrugs at the physician’s discretion did not receive further anticancertreatment, including endocrine therapy, until disease progressionwas documented.Table 1. Patient Characteristics in Maintenance Arm and Observation ArmCharacteristicMaintenance (n 116) Observation (n 115)No. of Patients % No. of Patients % PAge, years .768 (t test)Median 48 47Range 30-70 29-76ECOG PS .9800 58 50.4 57 49.11 55 47.8 57 49.12 2 1.7 2 1.7Menopausal status .643Premenopausal 56 48.3 53 46.1Postmenopausal 56 48.3 60 52.2Unknown 4 3.4 2 1.7IDC v others 107 92.2 112 97.4 .135HR statusPositive 85 73.3 87 75.7 .679Negative 31 26.7 28 24.3HER2 positive 2 1.7 2 1.7 .950No. of metastatic sites .3421 32 27.6 38 33.02 37 31.9 44 38.33 47 40.5 33 28.7Metastatic sitesDistant lymph nodes 78 67.2 62 53.9 .320Lung, hematogenous 37 31.9 19 16.5 .029Lung, lymphangitic 26 22.4 31 27.0 .218Liver 41 35.3 34 29.6 .776Bone 53 45.7 50 43.5 .685Pleura 21 18.1 12 10.4 .192Others 2 1.7 1 0.9 .503Visceral metastases 81 69.8 74 64.3 .375Prior adjuvant chemotherapyAnthracycline 67 57.8 57 49.6 .212Taxane 42 36.2 38 33.0 .613Prior adjuvant endocrine therapy 53 45.7 42 36.5 .182Palliative endocrine therapy before PG chemotherapy 26 22.4 20 17.4 .339Abbreviations: ECOG PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; HR, hormone receptor; IDC,invasive ductal carcinoma; PG, paclitaxel and gemcitabine.HR positive status indicates estrogen receptor positive and/or progesterone receptor positive; HR negative status indicates estrogen receptor negative andprogesterone receptor negative.Park et al4 © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.Systemic Treatments After ProgressionThe details of the systemic treatment after progression are listedin Table 3. A total of 165 patients (71.4%) received additional chemotherapy.Seven hundred seventy-nine cycles of chemotherapy weregiven in the maintenance group, and 708 cycles of chemotherapy weregiven in the observation group. PG combination chemotherapy wasnot given to any patient in the observation group after progression,whichmeansthat there wasnocross over.Hormonaltherapy was usedin patients with HR-positive disease. A total of 41% of patients receivedhormonal therapy. The types of additional hormonal therapywere similar in the two groups.Toxicity AnalysisTable4liststhedrug-relatedtoxicities(accordingtoNationalCancerInstituteCommonTerminology Criteria for Adverse Events) per patientobserved. Hematologic toxicity of all grades was observed more frequentlyin the maintenancegroupthan the observationgroup(neutropenia,87.1% v 30.4%, respectively; P.001; thrombocytopenia, 25.9% vHazard ratio, 0.73 (95% CI, 0.55 to 0.97)P = .0266-month PFS rate after random assignment59.7% v 36.0% (P < .001)PFS(probability)Time (months)1.00.80.60.40.2No. at riskMaintenance 116 68 25 11 5 2 0 0 0Observation 115 41 19 11 6 4 1 0 0Trial Arm Events Median 95% CIMaintenance 97 7.5 6.2 to 8.9Observation 96 3.8 2.4 to 5.30 6 12 18 24 30 36 42 48Hazard ratio, 0.65 (95% CI, 0.42 to 0.99)P = .047Overall Survival(probability)Time (months)1.00.80.60.40.2No. at riskMaintenance 116 112 88 57 26 17 5 0 0Observation 115 110 71 50 26 13 7 1 0Trial Arm Events Median 95% CIMaintenance 37 32.3Observation 49 23.5 18.9 to 28.10 24 30 36 42 48Favors maintenance Favors observation6 12 18ACBn Hazard Ratio 95% ClMenopausal statusPremenopausal 109 0.52 0.34 to 0.79Postmenopausal 116 0.98 0.68 to 1.49Performance status0 115 0.69 0.46 to 1.031-2 116 0.77 0.52 to 1.15Age group, years≤ 50 139 0.50 0.33 to 0.74> 50 92 1.03 0.69 to 1.56Response to PG #6CR+ PR 143 0.66 0.46 to 0.95SD 88 0.82 0.50 to 1.35Disease typeVisceral 155 0.70 0.49 to 0.98Nonvisceral 76 0.82 0.50 to 1.35Tumor subtypeHR positive 172 0.79 0.56 to 1.10HR negative 59 0.52 0.30 to 0.90No. of metastases1 70 0.86 0.50 to 1.47≥ 2 161 0.66 0.47 to 0.93Overall 231 0.73 0.55 to 0.970.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0Fig 2. (A) Progression-free survival (PFS) after random assignment in the maintenance and observation groups. (B) Overall survival after random assignment in the maintenance andobservation groups. (C) Forest plots (PFS analysis). CR, complete response; HR, hormone receptor; PG, paclitaxel and gemcitabine; PR, partial response; SD, stable disease.Maintenance Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine for Metastatic Breast Cancerwww.jco.org © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 5202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.12.2%, respectively; P.008; and anemia, 87.9% v 64.3%, respectively;P.001). The rate of grade 3 or higher neutropenia was much higher inthe maintenance group than in the observation group (61% v 0.9%,respectively; P.001). QoL did not differ between the two groups (datanot shown). Additional data will be reported in a separate article.DISCUSSIONIt is important to realize that patients with MBC are a heterogeneousgroup, and thus the strategies for treatment differ depending on thecircumstances of the individual patient.18 For patients with humanepidermal growth factor receptor 2–positive MBC, trastuzumab incombination with cytotoxic chemotherapy has transformed the prognosis,and this combination therapy is recommended as the first-linetreatment.19 For patients with HR-positive disease, hormonal therapyis considered initially. It can be assumed that nearly all patients withMBCwill eventually require chemotherapy, particularly patients withHR-negative or hormone-resistant disease.Several clinical trials have attempted to identify the optimal durationof first-line chemotherapy in the treatment of MBC.3-7,10-12,20However, one limitation of these results is that in some of the earlystudies, the chemotherapeutic regimens were suboptimal comparedwith most recent regimens involving modern drugs. In addition, theextension of full-dose chemotherapy after disease control may beconsidered an outdated concept and may not be feasible because ofexcessive toxicity and a negative impact on QoL.Our study has several major strengths. First,PGchemotherapy isone of two chemotherapeutic regimens that have shown a definitesurvival advantage as a first-line treatment of MBC without clinicallyrelevant toxicity in randomized trials.14 We selected patients who hadalready demonstrated at least disease stabilization to this regimen,thereby enriching for thosewhomight benefit from maintenance. Theimproved PFS in the maintenance group translated to a prolongationof OS irrespective of HR status.Second, in the Maintenance Paclitaxel 1 (MANTA1) trial, inwhich the concurrent use of endocrine therapy with chemotherapywas allowed, the concurrent use of antiestrogen with chemotherapymight be regarded as a confounding factor in the interpretation of theresults. Because hormonal therapy would affect PFS, in our study,patients with HR-positive disease were not allowed to receive hormonaltherapy until disease progression, which is unique comparedwith previous studies.11 Third, our trial highlighted subgroups ofpatientswhowould have benefited from maintenancePGchemotherapy,although this was the result of the subset analyses. These subgroupsare patients with MBC who are younger and premenopausal,who have HR-negative tumors, who demonstrated a response to PGchemotherapy, and who had rapidly progressive visceral disease and ahigh tumor burden. Although a survival benefit was shown in allpatients, including HR-positive patients, the main role of maintenancePGchemotherapymaybein patients with HR-negative tumors.Interestingly, approximately half of the patients were premenopausaland young. These findings imply an aggressive tumor behavior,which necessitates cytotoxic chemotherapy. The treatment regimen,duration, sequence, and order of palliative chemotherapy are majorchallenges yet to be defined for patients withMBCwith triple-negativedisease and HR-positive tumors with visceral metastases after failureof hormonal treatment. In this regard, our study showed promisingresults that can be adapted to current practice. Given the observed OSTable 2. Reasons for Study DiscontinuationReasonNo. of PatientsMaintenance Arm(n 116)Observation Arm(n 115)Disease progression 40 80Patient withdrawal 14 13Adverse events 13 0Grade 4 neutropenia 2Grade 2-3 neuropathy 10Grade 3 hepatotoxicity 1Physician’s discretion 33 6Physician/patient’s shared decision 33Palliative local treatment 4Switch to other chemotherapy 2Other 9 6Endocrine therapy 2 4Comorbidity 5 2Second primary malignancy 2Median, 12 cycles; range, nine to 26 cycles.Table 3. Systemic Treatment After ProgressionVariableMaintenanceArm(n 116)ObservationArm(n 115)No. % No. % PNo. of subsequentchemotherapy regimens .933Total 82 70.6 83 72.11 33 28.4 28 24.32 23 19.9 27 23.53 26 22.6 28 24.3Median 2.7 2.6 .588 (t test)No. of total cycles 779 708Type of chemotherapyFluorouracil 16 13.8 18 15.7Capecitabine 52 44.8 65 56.5Cisplatin 14 12.1 18 15.7Cyclophosphamide 40 34.5 32 27.8Anthracycline 37 31.9 30 26.1Docetaxel 19 16.4 22 19.1Vinorelbine 29 25 29 25.2Methotrexate 5 4.3 11 9.6Gemcitabine 11 9.5 16 13.9Trastuzumab 1 0.8 2 1.7Other 29 25 20 17.4No. of subsequent endocrinetherapies .268Total 49 42.2 45 39.11 43 37.0 35 30.42 6 5.2 8 7.03 0 0 2 1.7Type of endocrine therapyTamoxifen 13 11.2 16 13.9Letrozole 18 15.5 16 13.9Anastrozole 8 6.9 8 7.0Exemestane 6 5.2 5 4.3Fulvestrant 0 0 1 0.9Goserelin 6 5.2 12 10.4Park et al6 © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.Table 4. ToxicitiesAdverse EventAll Grades Grade 3-4Before Random Assignment After Random Assignment Before Random Assignment After Random AssignmentMaintenance(n 116)Observation(n 115)PMaintenance(n 116)Observation(n 115)PMaintenance(n 116)Observation(n 115)PMaintenance(n 116)Observation(n 115)No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % PNeutropenia 102 87.9 99 86.1 .82 101 87.1 35 30.4 .001 80 69.0 78 67.8 .57 71 61.2 1 0.9 .001Thrombocytopenia 55 47.4 58 50.4 .55 30 25.9 14 12.2 .008 0 0 1 0.9 .50 1 0.9 0 0 .50Anemia 106 91.4 109 94.8 .29 102 87.9 74 64.3 .001 3 2.6 6 5.2 .33 1 0.9 0 0 .50Neuropathy 105 90.5 99 86.1 .31 104 89.7 87 75.7 .005 4 3.4 2 1.7 .68 4 3.4 2 1.7 .68Azotemia 2 1.7 1 0.9 .62 5 4.3 0 0 .06 0 0 0 0 NA 5 4.3 0 0 .06AST 69 69.5 68 59.1 .96 45 38.8 36 31.3 .23 0 0 0 0 NA 1 0.9 1 0.9 .10ALT 72 62.1 71 61.7 .96 50 43.1 28 24.3 .003 4 3.4 2 1.7 .68 0 0 0 0 NANausea 71 61.2 69 60.0 .89 51 44.0 22 19.1 .001 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 0 0 NAVomiting 41 35.3 42 36.5 .89 27 23.3 5 4.3 .001 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 0 0 NAConstipation 26 22.4 32 27.8 .34 24 20.7 7 6.1 .001 0 0 0 0 NA 0 0 0 0 NADiarrhea 19 16.4 24 20.9 .38 19 16.4 1 0.9 .001 0 0 2 1.7 .25 1 0.9 1 0.9 .10Abbreviation: NA, not assessable.Before random assignment, all patients received six cycles of paclitaxel and gemcitabine chemotherapy.Maintenance Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine for Metastatic Breast Cancerwww.jco.org © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 7202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. All rights reserved.benefit and improved PFS, the role of first-line chemotherapy and itstotal duration may be critical determinants of OS, particularly inpatients with triple-negative tumors, for whom targeted therapeuticstrategies are urgently needed. Maintenance PG chemotherapy maybe a good therapeutic option in this setting.In the maintenance group, 33 patients stopped the study drugswithout disease progression, and in this group, the median number ofchemotherapy cycles was 12 (range, nine to 26 cycles) in addition tothe initial six cycles of PG chemotherapy. The optimal number ofmaintenance chemotherapy cycles should be individualized accordingto each patient’s circumstance, although the median number of PGchemotherapy cycles was six after random assignment in this study. Itseems unrealistic to subject all patients to 18 or more cycles of chemotherapyin daily practice, although there was no documentation ofserious toxicity or definitive impairment of QoL. Obviously, the QoLresults should be reported in relation to the results from the primaryend point so that a full view of the risks and benefits of the maintenancechemotherapy can be presented.In conclusion, our results strengthen the data from a prior metaanalysisshowing the benefits of maintenance chemotherapy.12 Thisstudy showed a clinically meaningful improvement in PFS and OS inpatients receiving maintenance PG chemotherapy for MBC.AUTHORS’ DISCLOSURES OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTSOF INTERESTAlthough all authors completed the disclosure declaration, the followingauthor(s) and/or an author’s immediate family member(s) indicated afinancial or other interest that is relevant to the subject matter underconsideration in this article. Certain relationships marked with a “U” arethose for which no compensation was received; those relationships markedwith a “C” were compensated. For a detailed description of the disclosurecategories, or for more information about ASCO’s conflict of interest policy,please refer to the Author Disclosure Declaration and the Disclosures ofPotential Conflicts of Interest section in Information for Contributors.Employment or Leadership Position: None Consultant or AdvisoryRole: None Stock Ownership: None Honoraria: Seock-Ah Im, SamyangCorporation Research Funding: None Expert Testimony: None OtherRemuneration: NoneAUTHOR CONTRIBUTIONSConception and design: Young-Hyuck ImAdministrative support: Young-Hyuck ImProvision of study materials or patients: Yeon Hee Park, Joo HyukSohn, Young-Hyuck ImCollection and assembly of data: Yeon Hee Park, Joo Hyuk Sohn,Jungsil Ro, Jin-Hee Ahn, Sung-Bae Kim, Do Youn Oh, Sae-Won Han,Soohyeon Lee, In Hae Park, Keun Seok Lee, Jee Hyun Kim, Seok YunKang, Moon Hee Lee, Hee Sook ParkData analysis and interpretation: Yeon Hee Park, Kyung Hae Jung,Seock-Ah Im, Byung-Ho Nam, Jin Seok Ahn, Young-Hyuck ImManuscript writing: All authorsFinal approval of manuscript: All authorsREFERENCES1. 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All rights reserved.AcknowledgmentPresented in part at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, June 1-5, 2012, Chicago, IL.We thank Min Young Son of the Korean Cancer Study Group for data management support and the study coordinators from each institute.Maintenance Paclitaxel/Gemcitabine for Metastatic Breast Cancerwww.jco.org © 2013 by American Society of Clinical Oncology 9202.195.183.214Information downloaded from jco.ascopubs.org and provided by at Nanjing Medical University on April 10, 2013 fromCopyright © 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology. 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